Tetra radios, upgrades emergency health services in UK
The Department of Health (DoH) is planning to install over 1800 Tetra radio terminals in all The NHS Ambulance Trusts in England.
Record health records on iPod
New software called HealthFrame 2.1 has been launched in the US, which allows patients to access their personal health records using an iPod.
DIT launches unique identification cards for Indian citizens
The department of information technology (DIT) has initiated the process of assigning a unique identification (UID) to the Indian citizen. The UID will provide a common medium for identifying all citizens by government agencies and enhancing the efficiency and transparency in service delivery.
Telemedicine offers new era of health care services
Christian Weigand, a computer scientist at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits in Erlangen, Germany has developed a portable laboratory to diagnose the condition as well as monitor during therapy.
Sun eyes on Indian pharma and media industry
After making it in ITES, telecom and manufacturing space, Sun Microsystems India is looking at the retail, healthcare and media sectors for its Identity Management Software (IDM).
Drishtee offers e-Health initiatives in rural Bihar, India
An e-Governance initiative by Drishtee, a network orchestrator is delivering fee based services in rural population of Madhubani district in Bihar, India.
Health Department goes online in South Africa
The Department of Health in South Africa has launched a new website to provide easy access of government programmes and services to public.
BP, Intel, Wal-Mart to launch electronic medical record system
Applied Materials Inc., British Petroleum America Inc., Intel Corp., Pitney Bowes Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc., are funding a nonprofit institute to develop “Dossia”, a Web-based electronic health record system, which can be used for storing health information of 2.5 million employees and departments.
Telemedicine helps to monitor critical patients
Physicians and doctors of Parkview Health hospitals are monitoring their critical patients though telemedicine technology.
US HHS launches awareness website on HIV/AIDS
The U.S. Health and Human Services Department has launched the AIDS.gov Web site to spread the awareness about HIV/AIDS on World’s AIDS day.
Visually impaired student develops software for blind
A visually impaired student has developed Brailleface, software, which converts Braille commands into Devanagari script on the computer screen.
Effective use of telemedicine mammography in North Dakota and South Dakota
Indian women living in North Dakota and South Dakota are getting their mammograms read in Ann Arbor, Mich., without ever leaving the reservation.
Qatar plans to emerge regional health care hub
Qatar is planning to emerge a regional model providing health care sector with a ground-breaking national e-health strategy by the beginning of next year.
