Tele-eye Health Partners With EHRs for Diabetic Blindness

The University of Melbourne and the Fred Hollows Foundation have launched a $3 million partnership to introduce low-cost eye exams […]

Integrating Medical Information With Open Source

Nonprofit organization Open Source Health Care Alliance (OSHCA) believes that open-source software can integrate systems and share various medical related information in the local healthcare industry.

Commercial version of VistA EHR framework released as open source

DSS, Inc. a leading developer of enhancements to VistA, the award-winning electronic health record developed by the US Department of Veterans’ Affairs, has announced it will Open Source the code for its vxVista an enhanced version of VistA designed for the commercial market.

IBM teams with Google to mobilise patient data

IBM has announced a collaboration with Google and Continua Health Alliance on new software to enable data to be easily moved from remote personal monitoring devices into Google Health personal health records (PHRs).

Eye in the sky

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

Technology can be seductive, particularly in healthcare. Unfortunately, all too often the focus of programs and �research� becomes the technology itself rather than the outcome. Informatics based early warning systems for epidemics are a step in the right direction.

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

Free and Open Source Software to track epidemics like Chikungunya, Malaria, Dengue

A new software developed by Zyxware Technologies (India) is about to revolutionize the way information is collected and processed in tracking diseases like Chikungunya, Dengue, Malaria. The software, is being dedicated to the nation as Free Software under the GNU General Public License (GPL) on 5th October 2007.

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.

Indian Govt. allocates INR 25-30 millon to set up telemedicine zones WB, Tripura

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.