Wipro launches Next-Generation Remote Monitoring System
Wipro Technologies has launched a next-generation medical gateway solution that aims to improve coordination between patients and their healthcare providers.
HEALTHCARE-INFORMATION
Microsoft and HIMSS launch Health Users Group in APAC
Microsoft Corp and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) today announced the launch of the Microsoft Health Users Group (MS-HUG) in Asia-Pacific, providing regional healthcare organisations and technology partners with access to an online forum to facilitate the development of healthcare solutions.
IBM teams with Google to mobilise patient data
IBM has announced a collaboration with Google and Continua Health Alliance on new software to enable data to be easily moved from remote personal monitoring devices into Google Health personal health records (PHRs).
Trending Enterprise Healthcare : Brian Cohen, Chief Technology Officer, iSOFT
[This article was published in the January 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The Chief Technology Officer of iSOFT tells us about LORENZO – The newly launched innovative service oriented software from iSOFT.
WORLD NEWS
[This article was published in the December 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
World News
Microsoft launches EMEA Health User Group
A year after Microsoft first announced plans to establish a health user group (HUG) for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), it this week announced the launch of the online forum.
Europe launches its health data exchange pilot
A project involving 12 European countries and supported by the European Commission is taking the lead in ensuring healthcare interoperability in Europe.
Version 3 of HL7 released
Developer of global healthcare standards, Health Level Seven, has announced the release of Version 3 Normative Edition 2008, a globally-defined suite of specifications based on HL7
NEWS REVIEW – WORLD
[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
World news
Nottingham univ hospitals to deploy Cisco medical-grade network
The Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a multi-million-pound agreement to use Cisco technology to provide a state-of-the-art network infrastructure across the network of hospitals.
Exchanging health information – eHealth Initiatives in the USA : Susan Thomas, eHEALTH
[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The multi-stakeholder, non-profit eHealth Initiative (eHI) recently released the results of its Fourth Annual Survey (2007)of Health Information Exchange at the State, Regional and Community Levels in the United States of America, taking stock of 130 community-based health information exchange initiatives. We seek to take stock of the situation as it now appears in the US, and what kind of learning it proposes to the rest of the world.
Architecting Health Network – Building a Foundation for Health Connectivity : Michael Gill, Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group
[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Health IT tends to be a catch-all phrase and includes almost anything electronic that displays or transports information. This article focuses primarily on the transportation of information and the provision of applications in a connected environment, where connectivity is the defining factor.
