Vodafone invests in mobile health firm

Newbury, Berkshire-based, mobile phone giant Vodafone has invested in t+ Medical, a UK provider of mobile health services acccessed across mobile handsets.

DesignTech introduces software for consulting doctors, physicians

DesignTech Systems Ltd, a leading solutions provider in healthcare and Product Life cycle Management has introduced a range of healthcare solutions for small to large hospitals.

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Now, cancer diagnosis in 15 minutes Diagnosis of life-threatening diseases such as cancer may become a matter of minutes as […]

Bluetooth system orients pedestrians in urban environments

A new system based on Bluetooth wireless technology places a layer of information technology over the real world to tell visually challenged pedestrians about points of interest along their path as they pass them.
It can also assist those with poor and normal sight.

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Apollo Hospitals working with TCS for patient ID number

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd is working on a project that would give each of its patients a Universal Hospital Identification Number (UHIN).

Satyam launches mobile healthcare for rural Indians

Satyam Computer Services Ltd., announced recently that it has embarked on a revolutionary program to deliver world-class healthcare to remote villages in India, in oartnership with government of Andhra Pradesh.

Health bodies to get details of citizens internet use

Public bodies in the UK, including health authorities, could be given the power to access details of everyone’s personal text messages, emails and internet use if new Home Office proposals are passed.

Mobile rehabilitation of heart patients

Scientists are in the final stages of launching a mobile phone with a miniature heart monitor and a GPS device that would help keep track of rehabilitation of patients thousands of kilometres away.

India to ban mobile phone ads showing children, pregnant women

New guidelines have been drafted by the Indian government banning advertisements showing children and pregnant women.

TI eyes US$ 1 billion a year from health care

Texas Instruments Inc expects health care to become a US$ 1 billion a year market for its chips in coming years in areas ranging from medical equipment used by doctors to devices implanted in the human body.

E-health is C’wealth’s new agenda

The 53-nation Commonwealth launches world’s first international e-health initiative across countries and continents recently in an attempt to harness its members’ evidentially extraordinary appetite for hi-tech with health-friendly governance.

Cell phone ‘Tricorders’ give instant medical diagnoses

New handheld medical scanners coupled with regular cell phones resemble “Star Trek” tricorders and could see what ails you with a push of a button.