GE Pilots IT Healthcare Project in India
GE Healthcare is initiating a pilot project to develop IT solutions for Indian hospitals to deliver affordable treatment.
HEALTHCARE-PROVIDERS
Challenges in Current Medico- Legal Environment in India : D. Samuel Abraham, Legal Offi cer, Directorate, CMC Hospital, Vellore
[This article was published in the December 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The article focuses on the laws pertaining to the health services in India and discusses certain cases that put light on the various issues and challenges faced by the medical industry.
Wipro unveils remote healthcare solution
Wipro Technologies has developed a medical gateway solution for remote healthcare management on real-time basis through mobile, broadband and dial-up networks.
Orion and Cisco announce integration, sharing and reporting Public Health Data through New Medical Data Exchange Solution
An announcement was made by Orion Health, Inc. and Cisco regarding the Rhapsody AXP.
Open Source IT helps Louisiana hospital for meaningful use
Open-source technology has been selected by ABeauregard Memorial Hospital, a 60-bed, acute care and community hospital to automate its medical records.
Reducing Invoice costs in Healthcare supply chains through GHX OnDemand AP
The OnDemand AP(SM) solution by GHX is being used by a growing number of healthcare providers to automate and streamline their accounts payable processes, reducing invoice processing costs.
Certification Criteria for Meaningful Use by CCHIT
A certification program is to be launched by The Certification Commission for Health IT in October, that will be required for providers to demonstrate meaningful use of their electronic health records by 2011.
Enhanced IT Implementation in Healthcare : Dr Ashish Dhawad, Chief utive Officer,Medsynaptic Pvt. Ltd
Medsynaptic is an emerging medical informatics company in India with a diversified product range for the medical imaging industry.
New Web-Based Cardiology PACS
A new web-based cardiology PACS that offers a single integrated platform for diagnosis, image review and reporting for echocardiographywas launched by Carestream Health.
‘Meaningful Use’ of e-Health under discussion
Health care reforms have been the talk of the town lately and some big progress is being made on the healthcare IT front.
Customers get new connectivity options from Intel Health Guide
In an announcement Intel Corporation told that additional connectivity options for customers for the Intel Health Guide, reflecting increased momentum for Intel’s next-generation remote patient monitoring solution.
Telethinking and health sector in Nigeria
Nigerian health sector is yet to fully witness the emulation of these tools to provide efficient health services.
e-Ordering of Diagnostic Imaging by groups
Many institutions have united to advocate for electronic ordering of diagnostic imaging procedures, aided with decision- support software, by forming Imaging e-Ordering Coalition.
