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Social networking will play a major role in an emerging healthcare delivery model that also explores the role of mobile technology in supporting collaborative teamwork, a new report from IDC Health Insights said.Full Story
The Brazilian Ministry of Health and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have formed a strategic alliance to develop solutions for tackling global health issues, including vaccines, nutrition, maternal and child health, and infectious disease control.Full Story
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan is presenting a study highlighting market opportunities for mobile and digital health, including the world's top 20 telehealth markets, at the forthcoming Digital Health Summer Summit in the United States.Full Story
Online health monitoring need not be expensive, and the overall goal is to improve patient care and allow patients to be able to support themselves.Full Story
The use of video conferencing technology in healthcare is getting more prevalent. But as the industry embraces this new platform, the business model is also evolving from connected to collaborative healthcare.Full Story
A joint ITU-WHO workshop discussed means of harnessing advanced communications capabilities to achieve more efficient, cost-effective and equitable health services.Full Story
Korea's domestic health institution accreditation survey standards acquired accreditation from the International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQa), a report in the Korean Ministry of Welfare Health website said. Full Story
Only 6 percent of IT managers included in the IDC Health Insights survey said they have more than 10 percent of their IT budget allocated to cloud initiatives.Full Story
Riverside Surgery has picked a modern workgroup scanner solution to improve access to patient medical information at the point of care.
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Berg Pharma and BT Global Services have bared plans to work together to accelerate the process of drug discovery and development, using resources and technology from both companies.
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Although the Asia-Pacific region is yet to witness widespread adoption of cloud services in the healthcare industry, healthcare providers are looking at cloud adoption beyond short-term benefits such as pay-per-use models, no implementation costs, and out-of-the-box features. Full Story
As hospitals and healthcare institutions begin to move from paper-based to electronic medical records (EMR), developing countries in Asia have found a way to catch up with the digital trend: open source software.Full Story
Can technology really help deliver the best customer care in healthcare? Three specialists from Singapore, Malaysia and South Korea shared their views on how the use of technology in the medical field impacts patient care.Full Story
Transforming healthcare is a complex issue, and no single entity is going to fix it. But by partnering with health organizations and governments around the world, software innovation can help people live longer, healthier livesFull Story
Singapore Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said recently that the government will invest $3.8 million on building up the medical social work (MSW) profession. Full Story
Motorola Solutions (MSI) will soon bring to market a number of local mobile healthcare solutions together with its partners, as a result of its collaboration with the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA).Full Story
The Medical City is the first tertiary care hospital in the Philippines to use a cloud-based enterprise productivity tool for its operations.Full Story
The enormous growth in the amount of data generated by the global economy has been well documented, but its potential to drive competitive advantage has not.Full Story
The new health system will expand the program's finances and improve the quality of medical services, among others.Full Story
Australia's NBN-enabled telehealth pilots program is expected to benefit older Australians and people in need of palliative care at homeFull Story
