One of the aspects of development we at Baird’s CMC will be watching with particularly close attention this year is the application of new technologies. “Looking to the future, there will be significant opportunities in this field, particularly with the delivering of health. Things like telemedicine and e-health, for instance, have the potential to be […]
The year ahead, with Paul Dillon
Paul Dillon, a senior associate at Baird’s CMC, is excited about the promise 2014 holds. As an expert in the fields of communications, development and health, he believes the year ahead will be a landmark of sorts in a number of ways. “First of all, I’m really excited about the initiative Baird’s CMC has taken […]
India’s telemedicine moves into the cloud
Confident in the availability of Microsoft’s Windows (r) Azure (r) cloud service, India has made the bold move to try telemedicine across public and private cloud services. No longer reliant on expensive ISDN telephone lines to connect the patient to the health care provider, the Medical Informatics Group of the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) […]
India – The Internet enables remote diagnosis of heart attacks and strokes
In an ICU department of a hospital in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, a doctor hundreds, even thousand miles away is able to diagnose whether a patient has suffered a heart attack or stroke using telemedicine in a matter of minutes. The patient is monitored using a ECG device that is connected to the Internet. A […]
India and HP develop new system for better healthcare
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research [CSIR] and IT giant Hewlett Packard have announced the development of a system that would provide affordable health care to the rural poor and at the same time facilitate faster discovery of drugs for various diseases. The system is based on a truly innovative combination of the latest […]