Leading US health web sites merge
The number two and three US health website networks are to merge to take on the might of market leader WebMD.
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Novel wireless application goes live
InfoLogix has announced that the first successful implementation in the US of a mobile wireless application for the healthcare industry is now being used to scan and track its inventory of more than 10,000 medical, research and scientific devices, located in 55 buildings throughout the Texas Medical Centre and the city of Houston.
Spearheading Innovation : Dr. Biswadip Mitra, Texas Instruments (India), India
Dr. Biswadip (Bobby) Mitra has been with Texas Instruments for over 20 years and is the Managing Director of Texas Instruments (India).
Nuance buys Philips Speech Recognition Systems
Philips has sold its Philips Speech Recognition Systems (PSRS) to US-based Nuance Communications for
Kit to design your own bio-feedback clothing
US company Textronics, Inc., a developer of wearable sensors for health and fitness monitoring, is offering a developer
Apollo Hospitals, Merck arm to set up diabetes clinics
Apollo Hospitals group along with MSD Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of US drug major Merck & Co, is setting up “Sugar Clinics” to tackle diabetes in the country.
In sickness and in health!
[This article was published in the October 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The health care industry needs trained human resources to handle IT applications. This eHealth issue focuses on the human resource needs of the health industry.
NEWS REVIEW – WORLD
[This article was published in the October 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Medical data breach insurance, euHeart Project, bird flu detection machine, Version 3 of HL 7 are some of the stories reported in the World News section of eHealth.
Moving On..The United States of America adopts ICD-10 codes
[This article was published in the October 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
This article talks about the tenth version of International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD – 10) and its adoption by US.
Star Hospitals and Star Health Insurers to work together
Star Hospitals.net, a North American healthcare facilitator, is partnering India’s first stand-alone health insurance company, Star Health and Allied InsuranceCompany, Ltd.
Escorts introduces 3D Trans Esophageal Echo in India
Escorts Heart Institute in New Delhi has introduced at their facility the latest 3D Trans Esophageal Echocardiography with benefits such as 3 dimensional picture quality, timely diagnosis and better accuracy.
Govt puts clinical research approvals on fast lane
The government has begun speeding up approvals in the area of clinical research which is set to boom in India, say top industry sources.
Free medicines guide for iPhone
US company Epocrates has produced a free downloadable medicines guide for the iPhone. In the first month of availability, the Epocrates Rx drug and formulary software was downloaded by more than 125,000 users, including 25,000 US doctors.
