In Motion Technology’s onBoard Mobile Gateway is now Bluetooth compatible with the Philips HeartStart MRx monitor/defibrillator, allowing paramedics in the field to wirelessly send patient data to hospitals and caregivers without the use of mobile phones, modems or expensive wireless adaptors.
NHS Direct has launched a service that allows users to obtain details of local health services by text messages.
Fortis Healthcare is considered to have one of the best IT infrastructure among healthcare providers in India and is proud of being the pioneer in deploying Web-based HIS system.
NHS trusts in London are being offered free connections to the N3 Local Gateway Service (LGS) as part of a major city-wide pilot.
BodyTel Scientific, Inc., a developer of wireless telemedical measuring devices, will be presenting the GlucoTel telehealth solution, the company’s blood glucose monitoring and diabetes self-management system at the international medical fair, Medica 2007, from November 14-17, 2007 in Dusseldorf, Germany.
The Union Government of India advised Orissa Government to put geographical information system (GIS) at each village to deliver health services.
As part of a UN programme for tackling poverty in rural Africa, 79 villages across 10 African countries will be hooked up to cellular networks. Around half a million people, described by the UN as “the poorest of the poor”, are expected to make mobile calls soon.
This initiative will improve the health service delivery system in the rural areas. All the 55,400 women health volunteers in the State will receive mobile phones.
Ericsson has partnered with the Earth Institute at Columbia University to provide connectivity to the Millennium Villages project.
[This article was published in the September 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Quality of public health and availability of proper healthcare amenities are one of the prime yardsticks for estimating the level of development and well being of any country or society.
[This article was published in the August 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Hospitals are also moving away from purchasing point solutions and toward buying equipments from different vendors that are interoperable, and that have a uniform user interface.
Now, patients can check medical records through their mobile phone. A division of Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc., CapMed, has acquired the technology, which provides mobile phone-based medical records.
Now, patients can check medical records through their mobile phone. A division of Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc., CapMed, has acquired the technology, which provides mobile phone-based medical records.
