Telehealth
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra joined a diverse group of statewide healthcare and technology agencies Aug. 17 at the UC Davis Cancer Center in Sacramento to launch the California Telehealth Network (CTN), which is set to be the largest in the nation.
Telehealth Solutions has been chosen for the national framework agreement to provide telehealth, telecare and telecoaching technology to the entire UK public sector by Buying Solutions - the UK's official procurement partner.
Intel has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire security giant McAfee - a deal executives say underscores the crucial importance of security to information technology, and represents a "fundamentally new approach involving software, hardware and services."
A new research report from MarketsandMarkets (M&M), a U.S.-based global market research and consulting firm, shows that the telemedicine market in Brazil, Russia, India and China can be expected grow to nearly half a billion dollars in the coming years.
Maine healthcare providers launched their first official telehealth summit on Tuesday with a message to the rest of the country: The first state to see the sun rise each day also aims to be one of the leaders in this rapidly growing healthcare delivery model.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra joined a diverse group of statewide healthcare and technology agencies Tuesday at the UC Davis Cancer Center in Sacramento to launch the California Telehealth Network (CTN), which is set to be the largest in the nation.
On Friday, doctors in Nepal will leverage a new IT solution to participate in an educational session, watching live video of a surgery performed halfway around the world.
Today some ambulances come equipped with telecommunciations technology that allows in-transport contact with physicians. But even the minutes between when a patient is loaded into the ambulance, or out and into a care setting, can leave room for miscommunications, according to one expert.
Rural hospitals across the country will benefit from a new $400 million-per-year program, developed by the Federal Communications Commission, to provide affordable broadband in medically underserved communities.
GE and Intel announced on Monday that they'll join forces on a new healthcare company focused on telehealth and independent living. The new company will combine assets of GE Healthcare's Home Health division and Intel's Digital Health Group, and will be owned equally by GE and Intel.