Computers and mobile phones are playing an increasingly valuable role in helping doctors
Government ministers of United Kingdom believe that new technology can also be harnessed to help elderly people live independently for longer.
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GE Healthcare to provide wireless system to hospitals
GE Healthcare has announced a worldwide agreement with MobileAccess Networks to jointly offer a wireless communication service for hospitals.
Technology improving life for seniors
New technologies for seniors, supplementing conveniences like The Clapper and emergency warnings like Life Alert, are on display this week at the White House Conference on Aging.
A call centre now for blinds in India
The non-governmental organisation, Late Vasantrao Sule Medical and Charitable Trust, is launching a call centre in India that will employ only unemployed visually impaired youths.
Wireless spending to reach $7 billion
A recent study by The Focal Point Group LLC predicts that spending for wireless health care applications will reach $7 billion by 2010.
Technology helping blind, deaf enjoy movies
More than 150 movie theaters in US have added special systems to help the deaf, hard of hearing, blind or visually impaired in enjoying a movie.
Contest for ICT products for disabled in Viet Nam
A contest for information and communication technology (ICT) products for disabled people, entitled “ICT – Light the Hope,” was launched in Ha Noi on 1 december.
Computer users in hunt to fight HIV/AIDS
The FightAIDSHome project is asking computer users worldwide to donate the power of their idling PCs to a distributed or grid computing effort to fight HIV/AIDS.
More tech and growth potentials in health sector
In a bid to improve patient care, governments in Europe and North America are pushing for the adoption of electronic records and data transfers, which is kick-starting the growth of a hybrid business that attracts companies from both the healthcare and tech arenas.
Enabling drug discovery with technology
Computational genomics, proteomics and drug design get a boost with the Centre for Genomic Application adopting high performance computing solutions to cut down the research time and costs.
Uganda first to get benefit of ARV technology
Uganda has become the first country in the world to benefit from a healthcare information system that manages, measures and monitors the distribution of Anti retroviral drugs (ARVs).
Semantic Web eyes to link health care information
The World Wide Web Consortium announced formation of the Semantic Web for Health Care and Life Sciences Interest Group , which is to deploy standardized Semantic Web specifications to provide services defined by the user community.
India showcases its prowess at World Summit
India showcased its technological prowess in the Information Technology and Communication (ICT) sector at the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) at Tunis with leaders like Infosys, TCS, HCL and NIIT displaying their wares in the country pavilion.
