UK to increasingly focus on ehealth

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Alaska Power & Telephone to provide telemedicine through wireless broadband

Both Alaska Power & Telephone (AP&T) and Organised Village of Kasaan (OVK) have announced the completion of the work and delivery of wireless broadband services to Kasaan, an Alaskan Native community located 25 miles west of Ketchikan on Prince of Wales Island.

Schiller’s new offering: Truscope

Schiller India has launched two new patient monitors with wireless capability-Truscope

Cerner to provide Laboratory Information System to VA

Cerner Corp., a leading provider of healthcare information technology, recently signed a nine year agreement with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), to install their Millennium

IBM and Beacon Equity Partners led team provide advanced medical support to most remote island

The world’s most remote inhabited island can now access advanced telemedical care, thanks to pro-bono services and support from a high-technology team led by IBM and Beacon Equity Partners.

DRE, releases updated medical equipment catalog website

DRE designed the updated site www.dremed.com to allow medical professionals quickly locate the equipment they need.

India’s Manipal AcuNova acquires German firm Ecron

Clinical research firm Manipal AcuNova Ltd recently announced it has completed the acquisition of ECRON GmbH, Europe.

Cisco, Wipro announce strategic alliance

Wipro has announced it will offer solutions based on Cisco products and services on a global basis, with the initial focus on India, Middle East and Africa.

Trivitron launches an array of X- Ray Products

Trivitron, the largest Indian Medical Technology company, on 2nd November, launched, for the first time, home products in the Imaging division under its new brand name Brem.

IT@Pharma Innovations : Dipanjan Banerjee, eHealth

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

Success parameters of pharma companies are typically attributed to their R&D productivity and �time-to-market� of productised innovations.

Aspects of Telemedicine for healthcare delivery : Anurag Dubey, Frost & Sullivan

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

Telemedicine has changed healthcare delivery dynamics in the interest of extending health services to all individuals and eliminating time and distance barriers.

Wi-fi for Eye Care in Rural Tamil Nadu

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

With an estimated 15 million visually challenged people, India is home to the largest blind population in the world. The main causes are cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, and glaucoma. Thanks to the new technology used at Aravind Eye Hospital, Theni – thousands of villagers are now able to receive timely eye care.

PRODUCT PROFILE: SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS – AdvancedMD – Web-Based EMR & Practice Management

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

AdvancedMD is one of the most popular Medical Billing, Scheduling & EMR software solutions on the Web.