Category: Technology & Devices
Tarlac Wireless project Empowers Health care providers
PHILIPPINES – Provincial health centres in Tarlac are going wireless with the help of international mobile technology company Qualcomm Inc. and its “Wireless Access for Health (WAH)” project with the Department of Health (DOH). “Wireless Access for Health empowers local […]
E-health records laws pass Parliament
AUSTRALIA – Patients will no longer have to repeatedly re-tell their medical histories to doctors after legislation passed Parliament to set up a electronic health record system. The Federal Government says the system will bring the management of health records […]
Perfint Healthcare launches Maxio
INDIA – Perfint Healthcare Corp., based in Chennai, India and U.S.A., announced the launch of Maxio, an integrated planning, navigation and robotic targeting system for CT Guided tumor ablation. The ground-breaking product was unvieled by Sam Pitroda, Chairman National Innovation […]
Bringing World-Class Care Solutions to the Home
MALAYSIA – In the near future, keeping a health monitoring system would become more affordable, says Teoh Seng Jing CEO of Mobile Health Sdn Bhd. Individuals and families who need to keep track of their basic medical measurements of vital […]
Qualcomm provides 3G-enabled home BP systems for Japanese disaster victims
JAPAN – Qualcomm Inc., through its Wireless Reach initiative has announced the provision of 200 sets of 3G enabled home blood pressure management systems to patients living in disaster areas of Iwate Prefecture with Medical Platform Asia. These devices allow […]
TMOF Pill Starves Mosquito Larvae to Death
MALAYSIA – Biotechnology company, EntoGenex introduces a “diet pill” that can help fight off dengue. The pill contains a protein called Trypsin Modulating Oostatic Factor (TMOF) that shuts down mosquito larvae digestive system, starving them to death before they can […]
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 […]
