eHEALTH Weekly Newsletter : 2- 9 February 2010 Vol. IIIV Issue 37   
 


TOP NEWS
    Siemens signs agreement to license Microsoft HealthVault
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Security-enhanced online platform to enable German citizens to store, manage and share their health data with physicians, hospitals and pharmacies...Read more
 
 
 
 
    South Asia's first medical technology park in India
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Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M.K.Stalin inaugurates the 25 – acre Park at Irungattukottai, near Chennai for Indigenous manufacture of world-class medical devices... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Ampyra gets approval for Multiple Sclerosis
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The FDA has approved the drug, Ampyra (generic name dalfampridine, formerly known as fampridine), which is the first Multiple Sclerosis therapy that is taken orally... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Biocon plunges into profit in the third quarter
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Bangalore based biotechnology major Biocon has recorded a profit of 81 crores this quarter. Seeing the profit some of the programmes of Biocon are being reinitiated which had been put on hold last year... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Remote areas to benefit from technology
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Cell phone technology is being used to deliver health care to remote parts of the country. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), the Chandigarh based institute, is working in collaboration with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Barc),on a pioneering national healthcare project called mhealth. ... Read more
 
 
 
 
HOSPITAL NEWS
    Hospital Monitors Heart Rates over the Phone
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Southend Hospital in the UK has started checking patients' heart rates over the phone. Patients with pacemakers can send information over the phone line to medics who can interpret the information... Read more
 
 
 
 
    India's has one of the most privatised healthcare systems
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India has one of the most privatised healthcare systems in the world. Pakistan is a constant companion in this club, along with countries like Burundi, Ivory Coast, Laos and Congo... Read more
 
 
 
 
    IT to be part of the Military Health System in US
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A five year strategic plan for IT and information will be unfolded for Military Health Systems in US according to the Government Health IT reports. The last time MHS formally adopted an IT and information management plan was in 1999...Read more
 
 
 
 
    US Hospital Deploys iPhone to Assist Nurses
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Huntington Hospital in the US has deployed a new technology to relieve nurses from non-clinical duties to allow them to concentrate on providing quality patient care...Read more
 
 
 
 
    1000 Crore Mental Health plan to address manpower shortage
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The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that 1756 mental health worker will be produced with the initiatives under 'manpower development scheme' of National Mental Health Programme (NMHP)... Read more
 
 
 
 
MISC. NEWS
    Novartis providing equivalent of over USD 2.5 million for victims
        of Haiti earthquake
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Through its local organizations in countries throughout the region, Novartis is providing the equivalent of over USD 2.5 million in immediate emergency aid for victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Centre to introduce short-term medical course
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The Centre has decided to introduce a short-term medical education course at district level, in government-run schools, to reach out to rural population across the country... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Electronic Medical Records Solution Launched in Dubai
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DUBAI - ICT Health, the healthcare technology company, has entered into a deal with Riyadh Military Hospital to provide its web-based electronic medical records solution ... Read more
 
 
 
 

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