Europe aims to boost telemedicine
The European Commission telemedicine communication aims to increase and broaden telemedicine services, including diagnosis, treatment and monitoring at a distance across Europe.
European Commission adopts plans distance healthcare programme to help doctors
The European Commission has adopted Communication to support and improve access to telemedicine for EU citizens and healthcare professionals across Europe. In response to a call for action from Member States, this initiative aims to increase and broaden telemedicine services, including diagnosis, treatment and monitoring at a distance across Europe.
HP helps healthcare providers around world go digital
HP has announced that it is working with healthcare providers across the globe to improve their operational and business processes through the HP Digital Hospital Solution.
CompuMed previews telecardiology EMR
Medical informatics company CompuMed has previewed its new CompuBRIDGE telecardiology electronic medical records (EMR) solution.
Unilabs buys Belgian teleradilology firm
Unilabs says the acquisition will enable it to develop teleradiology services on a pan-European basis. At present EuradConsult carries out around 40,000 teleradiology MRI reports a year.
Upgrade for select pvt hospitals soon
In a move that will regularise and upgrade the healthcare facilities for central government employees, the health ministry is likely to issue a directive asking more than 150 Central Services Medical Attendant (CSMA)-affiliated private hospitals to get the approval of National Accreditation Board for hospitals and healthcare providers (NABH).
Spearheading Innovation : Dr. Biswadip Mitra, Texas Instruments (India), India
Dr. Biswadip (Bobby) Mitra has been with Texas Instruments for over 20 years and is the Managing Director of Texas Instruments (India).
Requirements of Quality in Hospital Information System : Harpreet Singh, Chief utive Officer, Oxyent Technologies & Oxyent Medical Pvt.Ltd.India
[This article was published in the October 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Improving Hospital Information System is very important to facilitate better health care. This article looks at the various aspects of Hospital Information System or the Clinical Information system.
IBM delivers new mobility services for healthcare industry
IBM has announced new services to help healthcare organisations implement wireless mobility solutions to meet their 21st century objectives towards efficiency and quality.
CSC selects InterSystems for trust integration
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) is to use InterSystems Ensemble for the integration of all new applications it provides to existing trust systems.
Parkway Hospitals -Singapore
[This article was published in the September 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
ParkwayHealth owns a total of 15 hospitals in South Asia providing 3,277 beds and the expertise of 1,500 accredited medical professionals in a wide range of specialist fields.
Connecting people, systems and services
[This article was published in the September 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The European Commission has recently published a new draft of interoperability guidelines setting out a roadmap to achieve interoperable electronic health records (EHR) across the continent by the middle of the next decade.
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[This article was published in the September 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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