Category: Technology & Devices
Singapore hospital selects CSC appointment scheduling solution
SINGAPORE – Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) in Singapore has selected CSC Enterprise Scheduling solution, UltraGenda, to improve referrals, appointments and scheduling across its 27 clinical departments and 15 specialist centres. The system is expected to help the multi-disciplinary hospital […]
Heart health tips via Mobile phones
MALAYSIA – Maxis customers can now receive heart-related health tips via its mobile services and applications. An inaugural partnership between Maxis and Institut Jantung Negara (IJN), launched recently will provide healthcare content service via mobile phones with SMS features, smart […]
Goggles Trick you to Go on Diet
JAPAN – Another bizarre tool for losing weight has been invented by a group of researchers at the University of Tokyo. Goggles that trick the wearer into thinking the plain snakc in their hand is a chocolate cookie, or make […]
H5N1 Bird Flu Diagnostic Kit Detects all Strains with a Single Test
SINGAPORE – The close collaboration between scientists from the Experimental Therapeutics Centre (ETC) under the Agency for Science and Technology Research (A*STAR) and clinicians from Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) has enabled the successful development of the most comprehensive and […]
New Options for Storing Medical Imaging Data
UNITED STATES – Mach 7 Technologies, an enterprise clinical image management solutions provider and IT solutions provider Logicalis have signed an agreement to co-market offerings, vendor-neutral archiving and cloud archiving solutions to healthcare IT professionals, empowering them to own, share, […]
Your tongue can reveal health secrets
UNITED STATES – A new computer software that analyses the flow and balance of positive and negative energies in your body by scanning one’s tongue has been developed. Invented by a team of researchers from the University of Missouri, the […]
Beijingers could drink seawater in three years
CHINA – The shortage of drinking water has long been a threat to the development and future of the country’s capital, but a recent report suggests turning seawater into fresh water could turn the tide to an old problem in […]
Abbott, Syngene To Open First Nutrition R&D Center In India
INDIA – Health care company Abbott and Syngene, a subsidiary of Indian biotechnology company Biocon, announced plans to establish its first nutrition research and development center in India. The Abbott Nutrition R&D Center at Biocon Park in Bangalore will focus […]
Critical Diagnostics Extends Its Asia Pacific Reach
Critical Diagnostics, a U.S.-based biomarker company focused on cardiovascular diseases nnounced that it has added two distribution partners in the Asia Pacific region for its Presage ST2 Assay. These appointments come on the heels of three distributor deals announced in […]
Sonic Healthcare to buy some Healthscope assets
MELBOURNE – Sonic Healthcare Ltd. announced that it is taking over some of private equity-owned Healthscope Ltd.’s Australian operations for US$99.4 million to expand its pathology business. Sonic Chief Executive Colin Goldschmidt said in a statement the acquisition of the […]
