Mobile eHealth Insurance

eHealthInsurance announced to offer Short-term health insurance products through a specially designed mobile ecommerce platform.

Technology Trends : Dec 2008 : Health benefits of Apple Inc.

The iPhone revolution has had the entire planet in its grip since the mobile phone was released mid 2008. Since […]

Fujitsu Siemens launches mobile clinical assistant

Fujitsu Siemens Computers has announced the launch of the Esprimo MA, a tablet PC designed for mobile working in the healthcare sector.

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.

The time is ripe

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

Pilot projects such as, �Gramjyoti� (Light of the Village) in India, and �Alokito Bangladesh� (Enlightened Bangladesh) led by Ericsson, have remained pilots for long.

HIMSS AsiaPac 08, 20 – 23 May 2008, Hong Kong

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

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), in conjunction with CHIK Services, organised AsiaPac08 at the Hong Kong

FORTIS HOSPITAL, Mohali

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

Fortis Hospital, Mohali, Punjab, set on a sprawling 8.22 acres of land, is the largest Cardiac Care Hospital in the region. The hospital is a 215-bedded cardiac and multi-speciality hospital, and was the first facility of its kind in the region.

An Initiative Towards Affordable Surveillance : Adele Waugaman

[This article was published in the September 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Up-to-date, accurate data is a necessity for public health, and providing that data requires affordable information technology.

Towards Nano Products in e-Healthcare Environment : GL Narasimha Murthy

[This article was published in the August 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Hospitals are also moving away from purchasing point solutions and toward buying equipments from different vendors that are interoperable, and that have a uniform user interface.

Ambient Wireless Networks for Sub-Saharan Africas Health System : Adesina Iluyemi

[This article was published in the July 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

There is a need to provide connectivity and access to the much needed and poorly distributed health knowledge and expertise within the health system in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Rural e-Health

[This article was published in the June 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

The issue of rural e-Health software is a complex one. There are hundreds of open source Electronic Medical Record (EMR)systems supporting different platforms available around the world.

Intel: Wedded to Integrated Technology Solutions in Healthcare – Making deep inroads in home healthcare : Chris S. Thomas, Chief Strategist Intel Corporation

Interview

E-HEALTH AND THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM : Denise Silber

[This article was published in the November 2006 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

eHealth is a work in progress. Many countries have named a national coordinator or taskforce, or at a minimum assigned the subject to the tasks of the national health ministry. But no national system provides all of the e-Health services at the present time