Royal Philips Electronics introduced Lifeline with AutoAlert, an enhanced medical alert service. This integrated solution offers an added layer of protection by combining the industry-leading Philips Lifeline medical alert service with automatic…
ET Medical Devices, Italy announces joint venture with Trivitron Healthcare
Trivitron, the largest medical technology provider of Indian origin has today announced its joint venture with ET Medical Devices, Italy to manufacture and market advanced technology cardiac diagnostic instruments which includes ECG…
ELEKTA NAMES NEW HEAD OF ASIA PACIFIC ORGANIZATION
Ian Alexander has been named Executive Vice President of Elekta’s Asia Pacific Region. Ian Alexander has been a member of Elekta’s Executive Committee since 2008 and is currently COO of the company….
Updated radiation guidelines published
An updated set of guidelines aimed at making radiation treatment of 16 organs safer have been published as a supplement to the current issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology…
Institute of safe medication practices develops guidelines for CPOE standards
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices has developed a set of guidelines aimed at helping providers create drug-prescribing standards for their computerized physician order entry systems. The guidelines, according to a news…
Cereberus to acquire Caritas
Private-equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, New York, has agreed to acquire Caritas Christi Health Care, Boston, for $830 million, including the Catholic system’s pension liabilities and virtually all of its debt. The…
Pneumococcal diseases , cause and prevention.
Ironically a small bacterium can cause severe health hazard, this is the case with bacetrium Streptococcus pneumoniae ( S.pneumonaie) which causes a group of illnesses known as Pnemococcal diseases. S.pneumonaie colonizes in…
Each year over two million children die of Pneumonia, the forgotton child killer,
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,…
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…
Around 35% of the medication sold in the Middle East is fake Say Kip Report
One of the region’s biggest-ever seizure of counterfeit drugs occurred in 2007, when Dubai Customs seized five million sexual stimulant and sedative tablets worth more than AED20 million. Officials reportedly confiscated copies…