Specialists assist emergency telemedicine consultations

Specialists On Call, Inc. (SOC), has announced that it recently performed its 5,000th emergency neurology consultation via telemedicine since the Company’s inception in 2005.

Novel wireless application goes live

InfoLogix has announced that the first successful implementation in the US of a mobile wireless application for the healthcare industry is now being used to scan and track its inventory of more than 10,000 medical, research and scientific devices, located in 55 buildings throughout the Texas Medical Centre and the city of Houston.

RFID in healthcare consortium being formed

According to Harry P. Pappas, CEO and founder of the RFID Educational Foundation, the non-profit charitable institution, is leading an effort to form the RFID in Healthcare Consortium (https://www.rfidinhealthcare.org). On September 9, the Foundation is holding a by-invitation-only meeting at the RFID World 2008 event in order to establish the consortium.

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.

LipidLabs acquires and adopts ‘Telemedicus (TMI)’ corporate name and technology

LipidLabs, Inc. announced its board resolution that adopts the Telemedicus (TMI) corporate moniker as they move forward into the telemedicine marketplace. LipidLabs has recently purchased the assets of Telemedicus, Inc., including the “Disaster Relief and Emergency Medical Services (Dreams) Technology” and related communication equipment and technology developed by Texas A&M University.

LipidLabs acquires and adopts ‘Telemedicus (TMI)’ corporate name and technology

LipidLabs, Inc. announced its board resolution that adopts the Telemedicus (TMI) corporate moniker as they move forward into the telemedicine marketplace.

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

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Building Information Capacity for Better Health: US and Beyond : Ticia Gerber

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

The terms e-Health and health information technology (HIT) are used somewhat interchangeably in the United States.

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

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