Tele-ICUs Cut Costs for Critical Care Patients

According to a study by the New England Healthcare Institute and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, widespread use of telemedicine technology in intensive care units could save 350 patient lives and more than US $122 million annually in Massachusetts, The report — titled ‘Critical Care, Critical Choices: The Case for Tele-ICUs in Intensive Care’ examined data from a demonstration project at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center and two Massachusetts community hospitals.

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Philips Organises Conference on Sleep ApnoeaPhilips Respironics recently organised a conference called “wake up to sleep”. The conference was based […]

Armenian Association of Telemedicine to Deliver Specialty Teleconsultations

Armenian Association of Telemedicine (AATM) announced the launch of its new telemedicine project aimed to establish a fully functional telemedicine connection between a primary health care facility in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), and AATM central office, Yerevan, Armenia.

Mityung launches MDYantra.com, a Global healthcare ecosystem

HealthCare ignorance to the roots and HealthCare insufficiency in the world causing indefinite tribulations to the human kind, and disconnected healthcare systems fabricate health information islands due to unavailability of Patient Medical Records when it is needed.

Zargis to provide Ontario Telemedicine Network with remote stethoscope solution

Zargis Medical Corp, a majority-owned subsidiary of Speedus Corp, had announced that it has signed an agreement with the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) providing for the delivery and testing of Zargis

“Technology-enabled programmes are crucial for continuing medical education” : Prof VN Rajasekharan Pillai, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), India

Established in 1991, the IGNOU School of Health Sciences has pioneered in developing competency-based programmes in various disciplines of health sciences.

mHealth World Congress 2010 at Singapore

Telecom operators, healthcare providers and wireless solution players will meet in Singapore 18-19 October 2010 and discuss key issues while positioning themselves for new opportunities in m-Health key applications. Market analysts and researchers estimate the mobile healthcare monitoring applications market globally at a whopping USD 2 billion, a promising future for the stakeholders in the new healthcare sub-sector.

IT plays important role in healthcare management, Raja

Union Minister for IT and Communications A Raja has recently spoke on the varied ways in which Information Technology can provide the common man with easy access to healthcare.

Smart Healthcare through ICT-Apollo and Cisco join hands

Apollo Hospitals, Asia’s one of the largest health care providers, and Cisco has announced an alliance to help transform health care through Information and Communications Technology (ICT).

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[This article was published in the May 2010 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

News: May 2010

North Korea Teams up with WHO to Launch Telemedicine Network

With the help of the World Health Organization, North Korea formally launched a medical videoconferencing network that will connect smaller, rural medical facilities with specialists at Kim Man Yu hospital in the capital Pyongyang.

World’s Smallest, Lightest Telemedicine Microscope Invented

Aydogan Ozcan, a UCLA engineer, has created a miniature microscope, the world’s smallest and lightest for telemedicine applications.

Paperless hospital in Africa offers prototype for new model of care

A new hospital recently opened in Botswana is being touted as a paperless hospital without borders. Bokamoso Private Hospital, a 200-bed, state-of-the-art specialty hospital that opened in January, is allowing patients to stay in the country for the medical care they need, said officials.