News on IT in Healthcare  

After incessant delays, medical records of some 50 million patients are finally online in the much delayed IT upgrade in the NHS. The project was due to take off four years ago and has cost ... Read more

The electronic prescriptions issued by Walgreens chain of pharmacy establishments across USA have seen an unprecedented rise of 185% touching the 4 billion mark in October 2009 as compared t... Read more

Google on Tuesday launched an online tool for tracking down where to get vaccinations against H1N1 and seasonal influenza in the United States.

The flu-shot finder service went l... Read more

Scientists have for ages tried to decipher the meaning behind a baby's cries, now an iPhone application called the Cry Translator claims to successfully interpret this meaning.

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Reports say Sigourney Weaver's powerful robotic arm in the cult science-fiction film Aliens has become a reality thanks to Japanese engineers.

A team of six engineers, led by Go ... Read more

The use of electronic tools and technology applications can significantly help improve people's health care processes, reveal a new study.

The researchers from the Johns Hopkins ... Read more

A new robot that sweats, moans, and exhibits symptoms of the H1N1 swine flu virus has been created by Japanese scientists, in order to help train health care workers.

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A computer program developed by Japanese researchers is powered to predict if an emergency caller is going to die just be analysing his or her voice.

The study published in the ... Read more

A robot that can help diagnose swine flu has been unveiled at the Security & Safety Trade Expo (RISCON) in Tokyo. The human-like machine can display swine flu symptoms and sweats, moans, cri... Read more

Researchers have developed a remote-controlled robot called 'CYCLOPS'- implanted with an artificial retina - which simulates 'visual' experience of a blind person.

The novel stud... Read more