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OPENING A 3-D WINDOW

Thanks to a new technology that rapidly, robustly and automatically integrates real-time ultrasound images with previously-acquired 3-D computed tomography images, doctors can see inside the body as never before, thus performing needle biopsies and ablations with confidence. Whoever thought that...

Municipalities Adopt Home Health Care Solution, Reduce Rehabilitation Costs

Welfare Denmark is addressing the health care challenges—rising costs and aging populations—that municipalities around the world face. It developed Virtual Rehabilitation, an interactive platform based on Kinect for Windows, which supports movement, voice, and gesture recognition. Physiotherapists use Microsoft...

Improving Quality and Safety in Emergency Care – ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL

A $56.3 million redevelopment began in 2005 on the RMH Emergency Department. The project, completed in October 2009, has significantly expanded ED capacity to 106 beds to cater for an anticipated 65,000 attendances per year by 2015. Royal Melbourne Hospital...

Accenture Eight-Country Survey of Doctors Shows Significant Increase in Healthcare IT Usage

An Accenture survey among 3,700 doctors in eight countries reveals that today’s doctors are going digital—now more than ever before. In fact, the recent. Accenture Doctors Survey showed a spike in healthcare IT usage across all countries surveyed (Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Singapore, Spain and the...

Roundtable discussion on the National Health Portal, India.

HIMSS Asia Pacific India Chapter organized a roundtable discussion on the National Health Portal project of the Ministry of health & family welfare at JLN Auditorium, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi on 8thJune. The idea behind...

Transforming the patient experience with smart practices that complement world-class hospitality

Here on New Petchburi Road, in central Bangkok, the tra¬c moves steadily through clusters of tall luxury hotels, the most visible sign that you are in one of the most popular tourist destinations in Asia. Although the workday has...

Healthcare Major Improves Patient Care with IT-Enabled Trends

To provide its patients with advanced healthcare, the hospital undertakes regular developmental projects. It keeps itself updated with the latest technology solutions and machines. Jehangir Hospital had been using legacy software on Microsoft Visual Basic and SQL Server 2000. This...

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