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Zargis Medical Corp, a majority-owned subsidiary of Speedus Corp, had announced that it has signed an agreement with the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) providing for the delivery and testing of Zargis
Established in 1991, the IGNOU School of Health Sciences has pioneered in developing competency-based programmes in various disciplines of health sciences.
Telecom operators, healthcare providers and wireless solution players will meet in Singapore 18-19 October 2010 and discuss key issues while positioning themselves for new opportunities in m-Health key applications. Market analysts and researchers estimate the mobile healthcare monitoring applications market globally at a whopping USD 2 billion, a promising future for the stakeholders in the new healthcare sub-sector.
Union Minister for IT and Communications A Raja has recently spoke on the varied ways in which Information Technology can provide the common man with easy access to healthcare.
Apollo Hospitals, Asia’s one of the largest health care providers, and Cisco has announced an alliance to help transform health care through Information and Communications Technology (ICT).
[This article was published in the May 2010 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
News: May 2010
With the help of the World Health Organization, North Korea formally launched a medical videoconferencing network that will connect smaller, rural medical facilities with specialists at Kim Man Yu hospital in the capital Pyongyang.
Aydogan Ozcan, a UCLA engineer, has created a miniature microscope, the world’s smallest and lightest for telemedicine applications.
A new hospital recently opened in Botswana is being touted as a paperless hospital without borders. Bokamoso Private Hospital, a 200-bed, state-of-the-art specialty hospital that opened in January, is allowing patients to stay in the country for the medical care they need, said officials.
The University of California selected AT&T for a three-year, USD 27 million contract to build a telecommunications system for the California Telehealth Network.
The 8th edition of Med-e-Tel, the International eHealth, Telemedicine and Health ICT Forum, will take place on 14-16 April 2010 at Luxexpo, the Luxembourg Exhibition and Congress Center.
The basic diagnostic tool for heart attack patients is an Electro cardiogram. ECG detects that patient has suffered a heart attack or not besides this it is very useful tool for surveillance following heart attack, coronary bypass surgery or balloon angioplasty.
[This article was published in the April 2010 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
A post-show report of the first International Conference on transforming healthcare with information technology organised by the Apollo Group during March 8-10, 2010 in New Delhi.
