Northern Ireland launches emergency care record

Northern Ireland health minister, Michael McGimpsey, has launched the Northern Ireland Emergency Care Record – a new emergency care project for patients attending A&E and out-of-hours services.

Sweden launches national e-health strategy

The Swedish government has launched a new citizen-centred national e-health strategy designed around ensuring the provision of information to where it is needed to support improvements in care.

Disease Management Association soon in India

In an effort to control proliferation of chronic diseases in the country, a group of healthcare professionals has devised a new non-profit organization, Disease Management Association of India (DMAI) to propagate disease management concept and tools all over the country.

Dabur OncQuest to expand operations to Pakistan, Dubai

Dabur OncQuest, the cancer diagnostics arm of Dabur Group, is planning to enter Pakistan, Dubai and other south Asian countries.

Smart fabrics for health to be piloted by EU team

A cluster of EU research projects, collectively known as the SFIT Group are piloting garments which can measure a wearer’s body temperature or trace their heart activity.

Indias Health Budget 2008

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

India�s Finance Minister P. Chidambaram increased the health allocation in the latest budget by 15% compared to the last fiscal year to INR 165.34 billion with particular stress on HIV/AIDS, polio and health care for the rural and urban poor.

NYC to develop unified medical records

New York Governor, David Paterson announced recently announced US$ 105 million in grants to help develop a unified system of electronic medical records for New Yorkers he said would reduce errors and duplicative testing.

Online medical information exchange launched

A verified, physicians-only online information exchange, www.ozmosis.com, dedicated to the discovery and sharing of medical knowledge and the improvement of patient care has been launched.

Voice-based information capture soon in Norwegian hospital

Royal Philips Electronics announced today that Ull University Hospital in Oslo – Norway

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Philips acquires cardiac IT company Tomcat Systems

Royal Philips Electronics has announced it will acquire Northern Ireland-based Tomcat Systems Ltd. Tomcat is a privately held company producing cardiovascular information systems (CVIS). Terms were not disclosed.

Trusts, societies may be kept out of hospital PPPs

The government’s proposed scheme to invite private players to run hospitals and schools in partnership with it might not be open to the most preferred business vehicles in these sectors – trusts and societies.

GE Healthcare acquires VersaMed

GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, announced recently that it has completed the acquisition of VersaMed Corporation, a provider of portable critical care ventilators for respiratory care.