Dubai, UAE, March 24,2010:More than 200 world class specialists in the research, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Pneumococcal disease (PD),today attended the first Africa and Middle East (AfME)Pneumococcal Congress held in Dubai,…
Category: Healthcare IT
New Data Archiving System by DELL
Healthcare IT is booming. But one of the biggest challenges facing hospitals in the adoption of new technology is finding storage capabilities for the growing profusion of data from EMRs and ever…
Philips and Definiens sign MOU to develop and market CDSS for Digital Pathology
Philips and Definiens, a Germany-based image analysis company, have signed a memorandum of understanding that will see them develop and market clinical decision support systems for digital pathology. Philips, which is best…
Electronic Reporting by use of Health IT is a key to Health Care Reform
The recently signed health care reform law (HR 3590) of United States, places a strong emphasis on using health IT and electronic health records for improving access, efficiency, transparency and quality of care. The…
ECRI Institute Offers Free Educational Seminar on Top Ten Health Technology Hazards
ECRI Institute, (www.ecri.org), an independent nonprofit that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, is offering a free educational seminar, “Top Ten Health Technology Hazards,” at Fraser Health’s Royal Columbian Hospital in…
3rd Annual SOA in Healthcare Conference, Presented by OMG and HL7 International
OMG™ and Health Level Seven® International (HL7) have announced that the third annual “SOA in Healthcare: Improving Health through Technology: The role of SOA on the path to meaningful use,” conference will…
Health Level Seven India Successfully Launches First e-Learning Course Offerings
Online program covers the Version 3, Version 2 and Clinical Document Architecture Standards Health Level Seven® International (HL7®), the global authority for interoperability and standards in healthcare information technology, recent announced that…
Ways To Trigger Suicidal Self-Poisoning Of TB Discovered: Paves Way For Development Of Newer Antibiotics
In a breakthrough discovery, scientists have found ways to trigger self suicide in TB bacteria, paving a way for the discovery of newer antibiotic treatments available to combat the deadly disease. The…
Viagra Treats Infertility: Gives Woman a Baby After Treatment
New mum Kerry Horan’s happiness knew no bounds after she became a mother following an infertility treatment with viagra. Breaking new ground, medics offered Kerry a Viagra treatment for nine days that…
Image Analysis targets NHS
Image Analysis, the company that specialises in developing computer-aided algorithms for MRI data analysis, is calling on the NHS to adopt its technology, which is widely used in the rest of Europe….
Zocor Causes Muscle Injury: FDA
In a recent update, The Food and Drug Administration issued a health warning on the risks of muscle injury with the usage of high doses of widely prescribed statin, Zocor. The agency…
Women…Be aware !
Professional careers… Raising children… Household chores and so many more ………between all this women are suffering too much stress with so little time to look after their health. But now with the…
The use of stem cells in saving teeth for the future
Stem cells are cells found in most, if not all, multi-cellular organisms. They are characterized by the ability to renew themselves through mitotic cell division and differentiating into a diverse range of…
epSOS project to be extended
Smart Open Services for European Patients, which aims to enable a summary of a patient’s electronic medical record to be shared across European country borders, is likely to be extended. The €23m…
CSC wins Danish adverse incidents deal
CSC has signed a major contract with the Danish National Board of Health to provide a national adverse incident system to allow patients and professionals to report adverse events encountered across the…