The open source developer community, Open Health Tools (OHT), has announced a collaborative effort to develop common healthcare IT products and services. Its 26 members consist of national health agencies, government-funded organisations and agencies, major healthcare providers, international standards organisations and companies from Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Google Inc has unveiled a plan to help U.S. patients gain control of their medical records and is working with doctors’ groups, pharmacies and labs to help them securely share sensitive health data.
IBM recently announced a new ground-breaking, comprehensive portfolio of health analytics solutions for health systems. IBM’s Enterprise Health Analytics harness the power of massive information generated by today’s healthcare industry by converting it into new, data-driven intelligence.
[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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IBM is partnering Sankara Nethralaya, a specialty institution for ophthalmic care based in Chennai, to help manage its IT infrastructure, over a period of five years.
IBM is targeting multi-billion dollar health business opportunities in India. The company has plans to tap opportunities worth $1 billion each in the Indian pharmaceuticals and health service segments over the next 3-4 years.
IBM is targeting multi-billion dollar health business opportunities in India. The company has plans to tap opportunities worth $1 billion each in the Indian pharmaceuticals and health service segments over the next 3-4 years.
IBM is targeting multi-billion dollar health business opportunities in India. The company has plans to tap opportunities worth $1 billion each in the Indian pharmaceuticals and health service segments over the next 3-4 years.
IBM is targeting multi-billion dollar health business opportunities in India. The company has plans to tap opportunities worth $1 billion each in the Indian pharmaceuticals and health service segments over the next 3-4 years.
Seeking to expand Indo-U.S. healthcare cooperation, the U.S.-India Business Council’s (USIBC) ‘Coalition for Healthy India’ launched its inaugural utive mission to India.
The world’s most remote inhabited island can now access advanced telemedical care, thanks to pro-bono services and support from a high-technology team led by IBM and Beacon Equity Partners.
e4e plans to launch an on-demand type software solution targeted at small overseas commercial health insurance plans covering less than one-lakh individuals.
IBM and Mainsoft Corporation, recently announced that the Belgian University Hospital Ghent (UZ Gent) has chosen IBM WebSphere Portal Version 6.0 to develop a self-service virtual information center for its 5,000 staff members, students, healthcare professionals, plus more than 380,000 patients and their families that visit the hospital each year.
