M-Health: Mobile phones to enable health professionals to collect data
By Hailu Teklehaimanot: A pilot project to use mobile phones to enable health professionals to collect data, have it analyzed and give feedback is to be launched next week at…
Orange Kenya launches Mpedigree
B y Peter Nalika(IDG News Service ): Telecommunication provider Orange Kenya today launched Mpedigree; an SMS based system to fight against counterfeit drugs. The company will run this programme to…
New app to give VA doctors instant patient information
By NICOLE BLAKE JOHNSON: The Veterans Affairs Department is testing an application it hopes will give clinicians anytime, anywhere access to patient data.The app, known as the iHealth adaptor, is…
Dr Abiye Hector-Goma joins AB Informatics as Clinical Advisor
Press Release: AB Informatics, an African Health Systems and Clinic Solutions provider that offers innovative end-to-end electronic platforms for clinics and large hospital management, today announced that Dr Hector Goma…
Ghana Needs to Deploy ICT to Achieve MDG on Health
Ghana needs to deploy a comprehensive Information Communication Technology (ICT) strategy to address challenges in the health sector to attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on health by 2015. Dr…
Doctors use Technology to Diagnose skin conditions in Africa
BY JAMIE HALL, POSTMEDIA NEWS EDMONTON — As he took the photographs, Russell Wong struggled to maintain his composure. His subject was a young boy whose body was covered in…
Text 4 Baby:Sentara joins text program for pregnant women
Sentara Health System is joining a national effort to help women get more information about their pregnancies through their phones. Sentara is partnering in nationwide program called text4baby, which provides…
IT IMPROVES PUBLIC HEALTH IN MALAYSIA
By Adrienne Valdez (HEALTHCARE IT) Deputy Health Minister Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin announced continuous efforts in upgrading public health to better serve citizens through information technology“Our government has always…
Epilepsy Patient Remote Monitoring
Three million Americans and 50 million around the world suffer from active epilepsy and its estimated that the quality of life of 200 million people worldwide is directly affected by…