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Philips Launches its First Patient Monitoring System in India

Royal Philips Electronics announced a series of new portable, compact patient monitors that provides a reliable, yet affordable means to observe and care for patients. Now available to healthcare providers in India, the new Philips SureSigns VM3 is the first Philips patient monitor designed for emerging markets like India. With a growing per capita income and adoption of new lifestyles, healthcare services in India are rapidly changing. In order to meet the increasing demand for quality care, people in urban areas have seen the construction of new, state-of-the-art hospitals and associated satellite facilities, while others are increasingly seeking care at smaller nursing homes and clinics. This has fueled the demand for healthcare equipment across segments and the growth of the Indian patient monitoring equipment market is estimated

Medical Blogs May Threaten Patient Privacy

THURSDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Blogs written by medical professionals may pose a threat to patient privacy, because the authors of the blogs may inadvertently reveal patient information, says a U.S. study that's the first to examine the issue.

Medical Blogs May Threaten Patient Privacy

THURSDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Blogs written by medical professionals may pose a threat to patient privacy, because the authors of the blogs may inadvertently reveal patient information, says a U.S. study that's the first to examine the issue.

Medical Blogs May Threaten Patient Privacy

THURSDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Blogs written by medical professionals may pose a threat to patient privacy, because the authors of the blogs may inadvertently reveal patient information, says a U.S. study that's the first to examine the issue.

AIIMS marks global first with robotic surgery

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Wednesday claimed to have performed world's first robotic surgery to remove a tumour in the bladder, which was leading to hypertension in a patient. The surgery was performed on Tuesday and doctors said that patient's blood pressure was normal after the surgery. "He is recovering well and will be ready to leave for home in two to three days," said NP Gupta, Head, Department of Urology, AIIMS. He said that in normal surgery long incision are required and the patient takes up to ten days to recover.

Patient-Doctor Partnership AccessMyHealth.org Surveys Washingtonians About Privacy and Confidentiality of Online Personal Health Information

Patient-Doctor Partnership -- AccessMyHealth.org -- Surveys Washingtonians About Privacy and Confidentiality of Online Personal Health Information

Patient reads aloud during brain surgery

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Awake patient reads during brain surgery

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Philips patient monitors launched

HYDERABAD: Royal Philips Electronics has announced the launch of a series of new portable, compact patient monitors. The newly launched Philips SureSigns VM3 is designed specially for the emerging markets. Anjan Bose, Senior Director and Business Head, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal, Philips Healthcare India, said at a press conference here on Wednesday that the SureSigns VM3 would combine advanced software and technology in compact package and offer ECG, respiration and pulse monitoring capability. — Special Correspondent

UPDATE 2-Cricket-Patient Sangakkara steers Sri Lanka into lead

COLOMBO, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Kumar Sangakkara scored a patient five-hour 107 to guide Sri Lanka to 251 for six at stumps on the second day of the deciding third test against India on Saturday.

Global Works One Look Exports Patient Appointments to MS Outlook and Lets You View Them On Your iPhone

Global Works One Look Exports Patient Appointments to MS Outlook and Lets You View Them On Your iPhone

Sirolimus (Rapamycin) Induced Proteinuria in a Patient Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant.

Sirolimus (Rapamycin) Induced Proteinuria in a Patient Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant.

Digital photography effective for patient counseling and education

MedWire News: Digital imaging can be a valuable tool for the dermatologist for patient counseling and follow-up, study findings suggest.

End of life physician-patient communication

INDIANAPOLIS – Although a growing body of research supports a link between effective communication and patient, family and physician satisfaction, doctors, including oncologists and other specialists who frequently care for terminal patients, do not routinely receive training in end-of-life conversations during medical school, residency training, or after they start to practice medicine.

TheraGenetics Licenses Intellectual Property Related to Predicting Patient Response to Antidepressant Therapy

TheraGenetics Licenses Intellectual Property Related to Predicting Patient Response to Antidepressant Therapy

TheraGenetics Licenses Intellectual Property Related to Predicting Patient Response to Antidepressant Therapy

TheraGenetics Licenses Intellectual Property Related to Predicting Patient Response to Antidepressant Therapy

Doctor sacked for having affair with patient

London, July 17: A 53-year-old doctor in Britain who sexually exploited a woman patient and sent text message asking her to ‘come and bonk me’ has been sacked.

NHS trust loses 21,000 patient details on laptop

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) will investigate whether Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust breached the Data Protection Act when it failed to encrypt 21,000 patient details.

Automated dispensing, robots tapped to improve patient safety

While much pharmacy technology today is being touted as revolutionary in terms of enhancing productivity, streamlining pharmacy operations, and allowing pharmacists more time with patients for consultations, patient safety remains the most important area of concern for vendors and pharmacists alike.

Stem Cell Technology: First Neurons Created From ALS Patient's Skin Cells

Harvard and Columbia scientists have for the first time used a new technique to transform an ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease) patient's skin cells into motor neurons, a process that may be used in the future to create tailor-made cells to treat the debilitating disease.

AIS Launches HIPAA Compliance Center - a Web-Based Service that Helps Organizations Safeguard Patient Privacy and Data

AIS Launches HIPAA Compliance Center - a Web-Based Service that Helps Organizations Safeguard Patient Privacy and Data

TheraGenetics Licenses Intellectual Property Related to Predicting Patient Response to Antidepressant Therapy

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 11, 2008 - TheraGenetics Limited, a personalized medicine diagnostics company that is developing and commercializing a portfolio of pharmacogenetic diagnostic tests to guide and improve the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, announced today that it has completed an agreement with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Ontario, Canada, to license intellectual property related to methods and kits for determining the susceptibility of a patient to certain side-effects of anti-depressants. TheraGenetics' strategic expansion into the area of depression underscores the company's commitment to licensing new technologies to build a foundation for future diagnostic tests for the most common CNS conditions.

TheraGenetics Licenses Intellectual Property Related to Predicting Patient Response to Antidepressant Therapy

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 11, 2008--TheraGenetics Limited, a personalized medicine diagnostics company that is developing and commercializing a portfolio of pharmacogenetic diagnostic tests to guide and improve the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, announced today that it has completed an agreement with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Ontario, Canada, to license intellectual property related to methods and kits for determining the susceptibility of a patient to certain side-effects of anti-depressants. TheraGenetics’ strategic expansion into the area of depression underscores the company’s commitment to licensing new technologies to build a foundation for future diagnostic tests for the most common CNS conditions.

Smart nanotechnology wound dressings open up new perspectives in patient care

(Nanowerk News) Biosensors are capable of measuring the healing process of wounds. Their integration in wound dressing materials or other medical textiles opens up new and cost-effective perspectives in patient care. In a European project directed by the CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA (CSEM), intensive research is being conducted in this area. The sixth NanoEurope, which will be held in St.Gallen (Switzerland) on September 16 and 17, 2008, will present this application and other innovations from the field of nanotechnology to the interested specialist public.

GHN-Online and TriHealix Announce Partnership for Point-of-Sale Payer Reimbursement and Patient Payment

DALLAS & NORWALK, Conn., BUSINESS WIRE -- GHN-Online, the healthcare industry's leading provider of real-time revenue cycle management solutions, and TriHealix, innovating integrated platforms for medical claims and financial transactions, today announced a partnership that will provide healthcare practitioners point-of-sale visibility into payer reimbursement and patient payment. The terms of the agreement include reciprocal reselling of products and services to healthcare practitioners and payers as well as the development of new healthcare revenue-cycle management and reimbursement solutions.

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