Bridging the gap between nations taking place on 23rd-25th October, 2010 Background: Over 80% of healthcare problems in Africa are caused by a handful of communicable diseases and issues which remain untreated due to lack of adequate healthcare coverage across all regions. The barriers of geog...

  Hamburg, June 17, 2010: Healthcare systems all over the world are facing very similar challenges: demographic shifts, the impact of globalization and an increased burden of chronic diseases and expensive treatments, to mention some of the most important ones. The Global E-Health Forum, which wil...

HealthCom ’10, the twelth International Conference on e-Health networking, application and services, will take place in Lyon, France; will run from 1-3 July 2010. It is fully sponsored by the IEEE Communication Society and also supported by the IEEE-EMBS French chapter, the SFGBM and the GDR-STIC ...

The Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute (ASHRI) announced that it is going to use a new grant to assess whether school-based telemedicine sessions with doctors would provide students in rural areas with help to manage their asthma. The grant is a five-year, $2.2 million fund, coming from...

According to a recent study, Heart failure patients, using an interactive telehealth system with motivational support tools at home, are spending less time in hospital. Moreover, their quality of life is enhanced significantly during 12 months of follow up. These results came after conducting the CA...

Royal Philips Electronics and Project HOPE, the international health education and humanitarian assistance organization, announced their partnership to bring telemonitoring devices in select homes in areas of New Mexico. This technology is for patients with chronic illnesses who have difficulties re...

Apollo Hospitals, a major healthcare provider in Asia, and Cisco announced that they have made an alliance aiming to help in improving healthcare service by applying information and communications technology (ICT). The formed alliance is going to lead enhanced growth and well-being by fastening the ...

Advanced AF TeleClinic service will be unveiled this week at the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Annual Meeting taking place in Denver, Colorado,  by the LifeWatch Services, Inc., a subsidiary of LifeWatch AG (SIX Swiss Exchange: LIFE). The AF TeleClinic service goal is to improve the standards of care...

GMC Hospital celebrated the new opening of its Telemedicine Department at Ajman on 5th May 2010, with the presence of H. E. Sheikh Dr. Majid Bin Saeed Al Nuaimi, Chairman Rulers Court - Ajman, UAE, and Thumbay Group President Mr. Thumbay Moideen and the Director, Mr. Akbar Moideen Thumbay. GMC's Te...

The Med-e-Tel 2010 conference highlighted presentations of successful business cases, research activities, and practical experiences from healthcare givers. Moreover, it had discussions about telemedicine opportunities and experiences on both local and international aspects of ehealth. The Med-e-Te...