Hospital group in India plans 1,000 telemedicine centers Apollo Hospitals, one of India's largest health care providers, announced plans to open 1,000 telemedicine centers over roughly the next three years. The majority of the centers will be in India, though some will be located in other nations. Apollo currently runs 103 telemedicine centers, nine of which were established outside India. The market for teleconsultations in India is estimated at between 50 and 75 million people. Full Story VA strengthens support for open source health network platform The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has sent out a draft Request for Proposal aimed at forming an open source community around its VistA (Veterans Integrated System Technology Architecture) electronic health record system. The VA said it welcomes working with private developers to improve VistA, which the agency makes use of in its telemedicine programs. Full Story iPhone/iPad app links volunteers with clinical trials A new app developed by the contract research organization PPD and available for free on Apple's iTunes store links patients with clinical trials seeking volunteers. Using keywords along with filters for age, gender, and other factors, patients can use the Clinical Trials Mobile app to search the U.S. National Library of Medicine's ClinicalTrials.gov database of more than 100,000 clinical trials worldwide. Full Story
Managing diabetes wirelessly and with social networks Hilary Kramer of GameChangerStocks.com weighs in on the wireless revolution's dramatic influence on treating chronic disease, particularly diabetes. Among companies she singles out is Telcare, whose blood glucose monitoring technology combines a glucose meter with wireless connectivity to the company's cloud server. Besides streamlining glucose monitoring, the company has also created a social network linking patients and doctors, she notes. Full Story New platform focuses on telemedicine in rural areas eWaveMD unveiled its Virtual Medical Consultation (VMC) platform consisting of cloud-based software, dedicated hardware, medical devices, and a comprehensive EHR system. VMC enables medical consultations between caregivers and patients in rural areas using available telecommunication infrastructure, according to the company. Possible applications include virtual consultations and diagnostics, EHR storage, and disease management. Full Story African telemedicine pilot project debuts Kenya and Senegal will be the first nations linked to a telemedicine network organized by the European Space Agency, the European Commission, and the Telemedicine Task Force. The network, called SAHEL (Satellite African e-Health Validation), will be developed over the next 18 months and will provide training for healthcare practitioners as well as clinical e-services, while also serving as a test platform for future continent-wide telemedicine initiatives. Full Story Without NBN, slower networks deliver telemedicine to rural Australia While Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN) is years away, slower networks already provide day-to-day health care services to thousands of rural residents. Australia's ABC News says rural patients often must travel to a telemedicine-equipped clinic to consult with their specialists. There, the devices are mostly familiar, including high definition television, video conferencing equipment, and the iPad. Full Story Beth Israel Deaconess CIO: iPad 'ideal' medical device The iPad has proven valuable to doctors at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, who tell The Boston Globe that it lets them complete substantive work remotely as well as at bedside. John D. Halamka, MD, chief information officer, says the iPad fits his criteria for an ideal clinical device: "It has to weigh a pound; it has to last 10 hours, because that's their shift; you have to be able to disinfect it so there's no risk of contamination; and you have to be able to drop it 5 feet onto a carpet without damage." Full Story Canadian contest seeks ehealth ideas The Canadian Health Infoway, a government-funded not-for-profit group that promotes adoption of EHR systems, plans to award more than C$35,000 ($36,486) in prizes to Canadians who submit winning ideas for "an innovative approach to make our health and healthcare better using information or communications technologies." May 15 is the submission deadline. Full Story
Kathi Brown, former national sales manager for Med One Medical, has been named VP of research management systems at RemedyMD…Tana Goering, MD, former member of Kansas-based Hillside Medical Office, has been named CMO in charge of implementation at Pulse Systems Inc…Chris Stakutis, former VP of emerging technology at Computer Associates, has been named VP of engineering at PatientKeeper® Inc.…Jeff Brittain, CTO for Select Data, announced that the company's SmartScribe EMR exceeds the meaningful use guidelines through the use of a paperless chart…Dawn Leaf, senior executive for cloud computing for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, gave a briefing on "GovCloud" at the National Press Club on March 29h…Jeffrey T. LaBelle, PhD, an assistant research professor in the School of Biological Health and Systems Engineering and the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, along with Dharmendra R. Patel, MD, chair of Mayo Clinic's Department of Surgical Opthalmology, have developed a blood glucose meter that uses tear fluid that can be dabbed from the corner of the eye…Retired U.S. Army Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, announced that the U.S. departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs have reached an agreement to develop a common electronic health record system…Michael Nagler, PhD, CEO of Deep Breeze (Or-Akiva, Israel), announced they have developed Breeze@home, which will allow COPD and other chronic lung disease patients to receive continuous remote monitoring…Ingrid Blair, VP of patient assessment for the 3M Infection Prevention Division, announced that 3M has acquired assets of Zargis Medical Corp., including its TELESTETH online auscultation software, STETHASSIST software, and heart sound analysis software (Zargis Cardioscan).
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