NEWS REVIEW – WORLD

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

News Review

Electrolab to launch online connectivity software

The Mumbai based Electrolab, manufacturer of dissolution tester for pharma industry in the country, will launch an online connectivity software next month.

Thermo Fisher Scientific expands clinical trial services capabilities with new facility in India

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. , the world leader in serving science, today announced it has broken ground on a new USD 17 million facility in Ahmadabad, India, to support growing demand for biopharma services in that country.

Google still working on health record

Google is also looking to figure out how to create transportable personal health records that give users.

Pfizer with largest online physician community of US to Improve Patient Care

Pfizer Inc and Sermo, the largest online physician community in the US, have announced a strategic collaboration designed to redefine the way physicians in the U.S. and the healthcare industry work together to improve patient care.

European Consumers Seeking Health and Pharmaceutical Information

Consumers in Europe are renowned for being extremely technologically advanced in terms of online activities and technology and device ownership. But due to the lack of direct-to-consumer advertising for pharmaceuticals, many pharmaceutical companies have assumed that consumers were somewhat passive participants in the patientphysician relationship.

Quest Diagnostics joins e-prescribing initiative

Quest Diagnostics announced recently that it has joined the National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative (NePSI), and will offer physicians access to its Care360 Physician Portal and results capabilities.

NACO launches Mobile AIDS counseling centre in Nagaland

The National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) has launched Mobile Integrated Counselling and Testing Centre (ICTC) in Nagaland (India) in collaboration with the state AIDS control (NSACS).

Safe burial for E-waste in Hyderabad soon

Hazardous material, such as Obsolete electronic devices classified as unsafe will soon have a safe disposal facility in Hyderabad city in the form of E-waste Management Facility comming up at Maheshwaram.

Abu Dhabi hospitals go mobile

The General Authority for Health Services of Abu Dhabi in partnership with ITQAN has selected InfoLogix to provide a mobile technology computing platform in Abu Dhabi.

Health eCard initiative launched in Bulgaria

The Bulgarian Health Ministry has officially launched the first electronic prescription in the new EU member state of Bulgaria. The Ministry has officially launched the pilot system for the Bulgarian electronic health card (eCard).

Doctors assess patients over long distance wi-fi connection

Residents of remote villages in southern India now have easy access to eye care thanks to a specially designed, low-cost and long-distance wi-fi network.

Study says Smartphone use among U.S. physicians accelerating

Smartphones are rapidly emerging as the doctor’s “black bag” of the new millennium, and opportunities abound for mobile eHealth applications for the physician, hospital and consumer segments, according to The Diffusion Group.