GE Healthcare, the healthcare business of General Electric Company (GE), is showcasing its advanced range of diagnostic technologies and the company’s healthymagination initiative at the 13th International Healthcare, Hospital Supplies and Medical…
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Taiwani scientists identify keys to bipolar disorder in Chinese
Taipei April 14 A group of Taiwan scientists have successfully identified four genes that are associated with bipolar I disorder in people who are ethnically Chinese. “This study marks important progress in…
Biomedical scientists make kidney disease discovery
A team of biomedical scientists have made a discovery concerning the causes of kidney disease. Published in Nature Genetics, the study suggested that around 20 genes could help to explain the causes…
Online patient-physician consultations sponsored by American Well
American Well, a Boston-based vendor of software to support online patient-physician consultations generally sponsored by health insurers, has expanded the ways its services can be used. The new Team Edition product of…
Cisco network and telephony system helps reduce patient waiting time at Nottingham University Hospitals
A report has shown that patient waiting times at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust have been cut by a third following the implementation of a Cisco network and telephony system. Since the…
Automating the Operating Suite Processes
The OT module maintains record of the Operations undergone by the patient. It maintains the name of the surgeon / consultant performing the operation, details of anesthesia, actual consumables, equipment used and…
Diamond nano particals may lead to more accurate bioimaging techniques used to diagnose and track complex biological processes
A team of researchers, led by Macquarie University Associate Professor James Rabeau, have discovered that the properties of light emitted from tiny isolated nano-diamonds are completely different from their larger relatives. The…
Study unveils lifeline for ‘antibiotic of last resort’
Gerry Wright, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences at McMaster University in collaboration with colleagues at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, and the University of Cambridge in…
Sectra and Philips sign agreement in Japan
Swedish medical and communications system supplier, Sectra, has entered into an agreement with Dutch company, Royal Philips Electronics to distribute its picture archiving and communications system across Japan. Under the agreement, of…
Medibank private acquires McKesson Asia-pacific
THE government-owned and biggest private health insurer Medibank Private has acquired phone and web-based healthcare services provider McKesson Asia-Pacific from US health giant McKesson Corp for an undisclosed sum. The deal is…
New Study Links Low Birth Weight and Type 2 Diabetes
A genetic link between low birth weight and the potential for developing type 2 diabetes has been discovered. The finding was published in the April 6 issue of the journal Nature Genetics,…
Making surgery scalpels from sound waves
Sound waves are used in many imaging applications, but they’re often underpowered and hard to focus. But focus them into “sound bullets” and all sorts of interesting things happen. A paper published…
IBM Selected to Support Nigerian Healthcare and Social Welfare Initiatives
Cross River State Government Appoints IBM to Help Implement New Projects to Tackle Poverty in Rural Areas The government of Cross River State, Nigeria, has appointed IBM (NYSE: IBM) to assist with…
Qatar launches robotic surgery centre
The Qatar Robotic Surgery Centre, a collaboration between Qatari and UK educational institutions, was launched in London this week, according to press reports in Qatar. The Qatar Robotic Surgery Centre (QRSC) is…
Doylestown Hospital serves as a community HIE model
Doylestown Hospital in the Philadelphia area received the 2010 Microsoft Health Users Group (MS-HUG) Innovation Award for Best Use of HIE and Interoperability and was named a Stage 6 Hospital by HIMSS in early March….