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WHO Releases Guidelines for The Treatment of Malaria

The World Health Organization (WHO) released new guidelines for the treatment of malaria, and the first ever guidance on procuring safe and efficacious anti-malarial medicines.

The ‘Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria (second edition)’ provides evidence-based and current recommendations for countries on malaria diagnosis and treatment, said a WHO official.

The main changes from the first edition [...]

P&R Dental Strategies develops Rapid Review Imaging System

P&R developed and built its own system for digitizing x-ray images. The Rapid Review Imaging System is the result.

The system consists of both hardware and software, with a specially designed camera and light table to collect the images for enhancement, and is extremely easy to operate. The user simply puts any x-ray on the light [...]

EHR, PACS & Related Standards Training Seminar & Workshop

ICT for Health along with its US partners OTech Imaging is organizing its 4th PACS seminar in the Middle East with a special emphasis on EHR implementation & strategies, particularly the open source Electronic Health Record WorldVista, developed by VA. Course is delivered by industry leaders from US who carry over 25 years of experience [...]

Fayez defends ‘blood fees’

Health Minister Nayef Fayez on Wednesday defended a decision imposing fees on blood units, saying that the measure aims to cut ministry funds spent on foreign patients.

In a joint press conference with the ministers of finance and state for media affairs and communications yesterday, Fayez said over 700,000 non-Jordanians live in the country and enjoy [...]

Arthritis cases on the rise in Qatar

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is increasingly becoming a common problem here with majority of the sufferers being women in Qatar.

Though no complete cure is available till date, latest advancements in the medical science gives much promise to the patients, according to an expert.

“We see patients at our clinic every day and now we have some 700 [...]

Health Campaign at Walking Tracks in Parks

Dubai Municipality has organised today a health campaign to provide free medical check-ups and consultations for those who do regular walking as exercise in Dubai.

The checkups and consultations will be offered by the medical staff of the clinic and Medical Services Section of the Public Health Services Department of the Municipality in collaboration with doctors [...]

Upgrading to RIS-PACS to improve radiology service

Imaging Center Chain Upgrades to Web-Based RIS/PACS to Improve Productivity, Service
Speaking Out with Steve Canino, President, Island Radiology Management Inc., New York

Some healthcare facilities favor a best-of-breed approach where they assemble equipment from different manufacturers to suit their clinical needs rather than going with a single vendor offering a complete package. You chose [...]

Saad Group Case study

Saad Group: Operating A Successful Group of Specialized Companies

TOPPING the list of Saudi Arabia’s diversified businesses Is Saad Group, established in1980 and today ranked as one of the top ten companies nationwide and in the top 25 in the Gulf region.

Chairman Maan A.Al-Sanea, one of the most respected entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia for his business [...]

Rochester General

Rochester General’s All-Digital Workflow Marries Increased Physician, Patient Satisfaction With 11 Percent Revenue Gain

For more than 160 years, Rochester General Hospital (RGH), a 528-bed tertiary care facility, has been a key provider of healthcare services for the Rochester community. As the recipient of more than a dozen quality and recognition awards in the last seven [...]

Key Trends in Global Healthcare Information Technology Market

The market research report analyses the key trends in global healthcare information technology market, and segments it into various submarkets as per their sizes in various geographies. It also analyzes the key market drivers, restraints, and opportunities of the global healthcare IT market.

The global healthcare information technology market is estimated to be $53.8 billion in [...]