Philips announces breakthrough in medical imaging technology

Royal Philips Electronics recently announced the first 3D imaging results obtained with a new imaging technology called Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI).

Satellite monitoring can predict cholera outbreaks in India

Scientists have found that cholera outbreaks can be predicted using satellite monitoring of marine environments, especially in India and Bangladesh where such epidemics occur regularly.

Italian GPs get digital x-rays online

Carestream Health and Italy

RFID in healthcare consortium being formed

According to Harry P. Pappas, CEO and founder of the RFID Educational Foundation, the non-profit charitable institution, is leading an effort to form the RFID in Healthcare Consortium (https://www.rfidinhealthcare.org). On September 9, the Foundation is holding a by-invitation-only meeting at the RFID World 2008 event in order to establish the consortium.

eHEALTH India 2008 Event Report

[This article was published in the September 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

eINDIA 2008, India�s largest ICT event was held from 29th to 31st July 2008 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

New telemedicine service to help in the care of sick babies

Tiny Tom is the latest development of the tele-paediatric service, a major research project run by The University of Queensland’s Centre for Online Health (COH), a research centre based in the Royal Children’s Hospital in Brisbane.

Robotic surgery at AIIMS for rare neuro disorder

On Saturday, for the first time ever, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) performed robotic thoracoscopic thymectomy on patients with myasthenia gravis, a rare autoimmune disorder.

Cellworks Group Inc. forays into India through R & D centre in Bangalore

Cellworks Group Inc, a California based company, has set up its R&D centre in Bangalore, India. Cellworks Research India Limited (CRIL), the R&D centre of Cellworks, would develop and provide technology based solutions that hasten drug discovery research and development.

Wi-fi for Eye Care in Rural Tamil Nadu

[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

With an estimated 15 million visually challenged people, India is home to the largest blind population in the world. The main causes are cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, and glaucoma. Thanks to the new technology used at Aravind Eye Hospital, Theni – thousands of villagers are now able to receive timely eye care.

NEWS REVIEW – WORLD

[This article was published in the October 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

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eHealth India 2007 – July 31 August 02 2007, The Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi

[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.

Telemedicine Gets a Human Face

[This article was published in the July 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

This initiative of the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka endeavours to take the dividends of the highly specialized field of human genetics to rural communities through an ICT platform, and draws on the infrastructure facilities of the newest Nenasala at the Kurunegala Hospital and that of the Koslanda Nenasala.

National Seminar on Medico-Legal Informatics

[This article was published in the June 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

The seminar covered the topics of �Medico-Legal Informatics & Law, �Accessing Medico-Legal Information� and �Electronic Medical Record Management�Legal Viewpoint�.