IBM launches health archive solution
IBM has launched its latest Grid Medical Archive Solution (GMAS) at the Telemedicine Association show in the US.
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IBM has launched its latest Grid Medical Archive Solution (GMAS) at the Telemedicine Association show in the US.
MGR Medical University of Tamil Nadu, India is planning to provide a one-month telemedicine certificate course for doctors.
Soon the small town of Talbotton, Georgia will have a Telemedicine project to benefit residents of the town.
UK based Leeds University has developed a mobile phone, which will measure a patient’s vital signs and also deliver the results straight to the GPs.
The Indian Government has sanctioned INR 25-30 million to the states governments of West Bengal(WB) and Tripura to set up telemedicine zones in these two states.
Telemedicine service started about eight years ago in India as pilot basis. Now it has taken matured Major hospitals are expanding their telemedicine centres in India as well as in neighbouring countries.
The Turkish Ministry of Health will initiate “Tele-Medicine Practice” which will enable digital transfer and examination of ultrasound, pathology and radiology data.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will offer $128 million in loans and grants for telemedicine and distance learning in 2007.
The Federal Government (FG) of Nigeria said that telemedicine network would link the University College Hospitals (UCH), Ibadan, with other six primary health centres in Nigeria.
The Centre will connect all the Community Health Centres (CHCs) of Pune (India) district with super-specialty hospitals through telemedicine and tele-counseling. The project would be modeled on the lines of Baramati-based Grameen Rugnalaya Centre.
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Telemedicine Center (OSU) of United States (US) has selected Spacenet Inc to provide satellite network services for its new mobile telemedicine clinic.
India is becoming a hub for telemedicine centre. Low cost products are helping developing countries for spreading telemedicine.
The first international conference on telemedicine will held in Chennai, India in November 2007. Apollo Hospitals, Sankara Nethralaya and Sri Ramachandra Medical University will sponsor the conference.