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Hiliary Clinton Announces New Partnership to Harness Mobile Technology to Improve Maternal and Child Health
Tuesday, 03 May 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C., 2 May 2011 — US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced a new partnership, the Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA), that will harness the power of mobile technology to deliver vital health information to new and expectant mothers.
The partnership leverages the collective resources of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Johnson & Johnson, with support from the United Nations Foundation, mHealth Alliance and BabyCenter LLC. The partnership was developed in collaboration with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Department of State.
UPMC and Alcatel-Lucent Team to Develop Next-generation Telemedicine Solution
Tuesday, 03 May 2011
Pittsburgh, Pa., USA and Paris, 3 May 2011 — UPMC and Alcatel-Lucent have signed an agreement to jointly develop a telemedicine platform and suite of applications that will enable patients to receive care even when they are far from doctors and hospitals. This newest collaboration builds on a relationship and co-development agreement dating back to 2006 between UPMC and Alcatel-Lucent.
Read more: UPMC and Alcatel-Lucent Team to Develop Next-generation Telemedicine Solution
Multi-Tech is Selected to Enable the Physio-Control Advanced Wireless Gateway Project
Thursday, 24 March 2011
MINNEAPOLIS 24 March 2011 – Multi-Tech, a world leading manufacturer of cellular modems for M2M (machine-to-machine) communications, was selected by Physio-Control to enable its Advanced Wireless Gateway Project for its 3G mobile healthcare solution. In addition to using Multi-Tech’s Cellular Development Platform (CDP), a proven 3G hardware platform, Multi-Tech is providing design services, contract manufacturing and forward and reverse logistics to enable a 3G mobile healthcare solution.
Read more: Multi-Tech is Selected to Enable the Physio-Control Advanced Wireless Gateway Project
MedeFile Triggers International Marketing Initiative With Russian Translation of www.medefile.com
Monday, 24 January 2011
BOCA RATON, Fla.,24 Jan. 24 , 2011 MedeFile International, Inc., a provider of portable patient-centric electronic medical record management solutions, today announced that its web site, found at www.medefile.com, is now available in Russian, with translations in French, German and Spanish expected to be accessible within the next quarter.
"MedeFile's long term growth strategy has always provided for empowering patients worldwide with the ability to take full control of their medical records," stated Kevin Hauser, Chief Executive Officer of MedeFile. "For this vision to be realized, it is essential that our web site cater to the needs of individuals on a global basis. According to Internet World Stats, of the more than 6.8 billion Internet users by language, less than 20% are English. Moreover, the stats reveal that Russian is among the fastest growing languages used on the web, second only to Arabic."
Niteo Partners to Showcase SmartPredict Healthcare Solution at Information Technology Healthcare Summit
Monday, 24 January 2011
Princeton, N.J., 24 Jan. 2011 -- Niteo Partners, an NEC company, today announced SmartPredict™ Healthcare – the latest iteration of Niteo's award-winning SmartPredict solutions. SmartPredict Healthcare brings cutting edge performance dashboards, data integration and predictive analytics to the healthcare industry in order to improve patient satisfaction, track meaningful use compliance metrics, and improve operational outcomes. Niteo Partners will showcase the SmartPredict Healthcare solution to industry CIOs and executives at the IT Healthcare Summit at Amelia Island, FL, from 9-11 February 2011.
WellComm Releases App-Based Open System Enabling SmartPhone Connectivity to Digital Health and Wellness Resources
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
San Diego, CA, 12 Jan 2011 - WellComm™ is an open system of components that transforms the SmartPhone into a personal health and wellness hub. The hub begins with the WellComm Application (“app”) placed on an individual’s iPhone, iPad, or other device. This app serves as the individual’s personal health and wellness dashboard. The WellComm dashboard contains, manages and connects personally identified health and wellness apps & resources for the individual.
The WellComm App, released at no cost, is a paradigm changing, gateway app. WellComm’s innovation is that it works with ALL existing resources. Its open architecture connects the patchwork of incompatible apps with other apps and with electronic and personal health records (HER and PHRs). The WellComm system does not force the replacement or change of existing systems or technology, but instead enables these disparate, siloed systems & resources to work together. WellComm can be used by Healthcare Professionals, Caregivers, Researchers and Individuals to advance and extend health and wellness.
Bluegiga Releases eHealth Products for Medical, Health and Fitness Applications
Friday, 17 December 2010
First in the World Continua Certified Bluetooth Gateway Available Now
ESPOO, Finland, Bluegiga Technologies announced today the availability of eHealth products for medical, health and fitness applications. The new Continua compatible products can be used in various health and medical applications by OEMs and system integrators. Bluegiga eHealth products offer an open standard, easy-to-use platform for building Bluetooth certified and Continua compliant wireless sensors and networking them to customer back end systems.
Read more: Bluegiga Releases eHealth Products for Medical, Health and Fitness Applications
RS TechMedic Uses Sierra Wireless Modules for Clinical Data
Thursday, 09 December 2010
By Abraham Joseph
VANCOUVER, Dec. 9 - Sierra Wireless today announced that RS TechMedic BV, a medical technology provider based in The Netherlands, is using the Sierra Wireless AirPrime™ Q2687 EDGE wireless module in its Dyna-Vision™ telemedicine device for cardiopulmonary applications.
The Dyna-Vision™ is a multi-purpose remote patient monitoring device used by cardiologists, general practitioners and health centers all over the world. About the size of a PDA and carried by the patient on a belt, the unit is connected to non-invasive sensors attached to the skin which measure up to twelve clinical parameters, including heart rate, respiratory rate, temperature, plethysmogram (changes in volume within an organ), SpO2 (the patient's oxygen saturation level) and skin temperature.
Read more: RS TechMedic Uses Sierra Wireless Modules for Clinical Data
IEEE: On a Mission to Make Healthcare Personal, Again
Tuesday, 07 December 2010
PISCATAWAY, N.J., Dec. 7, 2010 Members of IEEE, the world's largest technical professional association, are advancing the application of engineering sciences and technology with medicine and biology to make healthcare personal again. By fostering a collaborative approach to healthcare that integrates ideas from researchers in healthcare informatics, communications, imaging, robotics, systems biology, neuro-engineering, among other disciplines, IEEE and its members can advance the state of understanding diseases and outcomes, explore their relationships on a personalized biological basis, and bridge medical humanism and technology.
Read more: IEEE: On a Mission to Make Healthcare Personal, Again
CoreMatrix Creates Electronic Health Records for Concordant in the Cloud
Tuesday, 02 November 2010
RED BANK, N.J., 2 Nov. 2010 - CoreMatrix Systems™, one of the country's leading cloud computing consulting and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) deployment companies, today announced the completion of a custom application development initiative for Concordant, Inc., a provider of healthcare IT services.
The application, called EHRopt™, is a HIPAA-secure portal that provides a streamlined approach to delivering electronic health record (EHR) implementation, training and support services. EHRopt offers a self-service environment where healthcare professionals can access and track implementation tasks, clinical content, and support links. It also enables organizations to share experiences, knowledge, and best practices that leverage Concordant's methodology and intellectual property. To ease implementation, social networking and online collaboration is available.
"EHRopt represents a significant milestone for CoreMatrix in developing custom healthcare industry applications using the Salesforce.com platform, Force.com," commented Paul Nix, Co-founder of CoreMatrix. "It's a great feeling to know we've reached this milestone with Concordant who is focused on streamlining the EHR implementations and support in a more practical manner."
About Concordant
Concordant is an eHealth Services firm that engages with ambulatory healthcare organizations to plan, implement, and manage their health information technology (HIT) infrastructure. Their unique ambulatory methodology combines an ideal balance of tools, talents, techniques, and cost management, within a scalable enterprise approach, not duplicable by larger national service firms.
About CoreMatrix Systems
CoreMatrix is a leading provider of cloud computing consulting, systems integration, custom application development and support services for mid-sized to Fortune 500 companies. With experience gained from more than 1,000 cloud computing engagements, CoreMatrix is dedicated to helping customers achieve their objectives and obtain the greatest value from their investments.
Source: CoreMatrix Systems
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