e-health IDs based on Medicare

Medicare number and card will soon link the patients’ medical records across health providers, under the US$98 million Unique Healthcare Identifier (UHI) program.

Phone to solve Uganda’s Health problems

Many African countries are now looking upto the field of Telemedicine and experts in the same area, that would help overcome problems of limited health care skills and growing disease burden.

Telecommunications boosted By UN for improvement of Health in West Africa

For promoting better access of information about disease and consult with physicians in remote areas of Africa, the United Nations is helping modernize telecommunications in the region.

On the go… : Ramesh Sundaraman, Motorola

A new series of mobile computing device launched by Motorola is all set to revolutionise the way enterprises work and do business. While these new devices, launched recently in the Asian market, are offering a wide variety of mobility solutions across industry verticals, healthcare organisations that are looking to create a sophisticated enterprise-level mobile work environment has much in store from this.

“the human (health) network effect” : Vishal Gupta, Healthcare Practice (APAC & Emerging Markets)

Considered as the global leader in IT network solutions and products, Cisco has developed an array of innovative and futuristic solutions that promises to transform the way healthcare is delivered and received.

On the go…

A new series of mobile computing device launched by Motorola is all set to revolutionisethe way enterprises work and do […]

The human (health) network effect

Considered as the global leader in IT network solutions and products, Cisco has developed an array of innovative and futuristic solutions that […]

Asking IT: June 2009 Issue

EDITORIAL Health IT czars “ on a platter! COVER STORY Asking IT Exclusive interviews of some globally renowned health IT leaders […]

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Data Connectivity Challenges in Telemedicine : Lieutenant Colonel Salil Garg & Squadron Leader Mudit Mathur

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We live in a divided world: between rich and poor, healthy and sick, literate and ignorant, democratic and authoritarian, and between empowered and deprived. All the technologies and policies that we developed in the past for harnessing human development have not wiped out these glaring disparities.

REACH Call launches REACH 3.0

REACH Call, Inc., a provider of 100 percent Web-based solutions for remote treatment of medical conditions such as stroke, announced the latest version of its telemedicine solution, REACH 3.0. The enhanced next-generation REACH 3.0 release accelerates the use of telemedicine by enabling specialists to remotely uate and diagnose virtually any acute medical condition that requires time-critical treatment using customized applications.

Multi-disciplinary health care village planned in Kerala

A multi-disciplinary health care village has been proposed on 40 hectares of land in Kozhikode as part of providing integrated treatment facilities from all scientific streams of medicine. Conceived by Infrastructures Kerala Limited (InKEL), the village, to be completed in four years, is estimated to cost Rs.417 crore.

Philippines urged to adopt telemedicine

Senator Joseph Emilio A. Abaya of the first district of the Cavite province stressed the need for the country to have a law pushing for a telemedicine bill that will facilitate collaboration between public and private institutions, and government and non-government offices.