Vision screening for diabetics goes high tech

University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center provides technology that will make it easier for diabetics to get a screening that could save their vision.

Geography Plays Role in Colon Cancer

A research from UC Davis Cancer Center has revealed that a person screening for colon cancer often depends on where they live in addition to their race or ethnicity.

Delhi to get HIV/AIDS tele-medicine facility

A tele-medicine facility for HIV infected patients is being set up on a pilot basis in the Center of Excellence, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi.

Washington, New Mexico Awarded Federal Money for EHR Work

Washington and New Mexico Medicaid programs will receive thousands of dollars in federal matching funds for state planning activities necessary to implement the electronic health record incentive program established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Infosys to improve healthcare access in rural regions

Infosys Technologies Limited has announced that it has completed deployment of a patient management tool for an award-winning health information technology (IT) initiative to improve healthcare access for rural and underserved patients.

N. M. VIRANI WOCKHARDT HOSPITAL , Rajkot

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

As part of its foray into Saurashtra, Wockhardt took over the N.M. Virani charitable hospital situated in Rajkot in 2006, converting it into a super-speciality facility.

UNM Health Sciences plans $15.5 million telehealth grid

The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center’s Center for Telehealth and Cybermedicine Research has been awarded US$ 15.5 million from the Federal Communications Commission for the design, construction, operation and uation of a Southwest Telehealth Access Grid.

Telemedicine links Galapagos to mainland

The Equinoctial Technology University in Ecuador opened a telemedicine centre, which will use satellite connections to provide better healthcare to and train medical staff in remote areas like the Galapagos Islands.