Wipro, Microsoft launch remote health platform

Digital Health |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 08 Mar, 2013

Bangalore: Wipro Technologies, the Global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing business of Wipro, announced the launch of the Wipro AssureHealth platform in partnership with ...Read more

SAP to offer healthcare services in Korea

Digital Health |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 29 Oct, 2014

Singapore: SAP has recently announced cooperation with major Korean companies to enhance its healthcare services across Korea. SAP targets healthcare innovation with HANA, which combines da...Read more

Novartis invests in smart healthcare

Digital Health |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 13 Jan, 2015

Singapore: Novartis Pharmaceuticals has formed a joint investment company with Qualcomm Ventures to target early stage companies who offer technologies, products or services for digital hea...Read more

Cognizant acquires Cadient Group

Digital Health |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 09 Oct, 2014

Singapore: Tech-giant Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp has acquired US-based Cadient Group for an estimated $30 million. Cadient offers services to a broad spectrum of life sciences comp...Read more

Healthcare delivery revolution in APAC

Digital Health |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 30 May, 2014

Asian countries face the challenge of wide demographics, resource accessibility and disruptive connection between healthcare providers and consumers. Setting examples to overcome the challe...Read more

IBM buys Merge Healthcare in a $1 billion deal

Digital Health |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 07 Aug, 2015

Singapore: Tech giant IBM recently announced that it would buy medical image company Merge Healthcare for $1 billion to combine with its newly formed health analytics unit. IBM's health ana...Read more

China's first cloud-based hospital inaugurated in Ningbo

Digital Health |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 16 Mar, 2015

Singapore: Ningbo Municipal Health and Family Planning Commission and Neusoft Xikang Healthcare Technology recently inaugurated China's first cloud based hospital, "Ningbo Cloud Hospital," ...Read more

First case of Google glass addiction documented

Digital Health |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 25 Oct, 2014

Singapore: Doctors in San Diego have identified the first case of internet addiction disorder by the use of Google Glass. The 31- year-old Navy serviceman is said to have used the glass for...Read more

AstraZeneca, Vida health team up to develop new app

Digital Health |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 15 Jul, 2015

Singapore: AstraZeneca has teamed up with Vida health to launch a new app- 'Day-By-Day' for speedy recovery of heart attack patients, to cope up with the stress and trauma associated with s...Read more

Korea develops mobile app to combat trachoma

Digital Health |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 03 Sep, 2014

Singapore: Korea-based Severance Hospital announced that in collaboration with KT Corporation they have developed a mobile app to manage patients suffering from trachoma. The company said t...Read more

An app to detect skin cancer

Digital Health |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 04 Feb, 2015

Singapore: An app embedded with skin identification system using image recognition software is on a trial by general practitioners, physicians and dermatologists in the United States, Unite...Read more

Aussie parkinson tech company raises $14.8 mn

Digital Health |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 02 Jun, 2015

Singapore: Australian health technology company, Global Kinetics, has raised $14.8 million to rapidly progress the company's global commercialisation strategy for its lead Parkinson's Kinet...Read more

PerkinElmer launches new imaging system

Digital Health |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 27 Oct, 2014

PerkinElmer has announced the launch of its Mantra Quantitative Pathology Workstation with inform Image Analysis Software for cancer immunology and immunotherapy research. It enables resea...Read more

UST Global, Blackberry launch a telemedicine app

Digital Health |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 01 Oct, 2014

Singapore: UST global, in collaboration with Blackberry, has launched an advance telemedicine application that offers rural communities access to medical specialties over the phone. The app...Read more

Ybrain, Menisa join forces to treat Alzheimer's disease

Digital Health |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 01 Oct, 2014

Singapore: France-based Mensia Technologies has announced its collaboration with Korea-based Y brain, which is currently developing the world's first EEG-driven treatment option for patient...Read more

Aussie mhealth firm to roll out tool for Parkinson's

Digital Health |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 25 Aug, 2014

Singapore: Australian technology company, Global Kinetics Corporation (GKC), is set to roll out a new mobile health technology capable of measuring Parkinson's disease symptoms. Mr Andrew ...Read more

Facebook ventures into healthcare sector

Digital Health |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 06 Oct, 2014

Singapore: Reports suggest that Facebook is planning to take baby steps in the fertile field of healthcare, following the heels of major techie groups like Google and Apple. According to m...Read more

Health apps educate kids through games

Digital Health |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 08 Sep, 2014

Singapore: In line with the recent trend of gamification, many digital health companies are mushrooming to develop new apps that can help kids to learn and manage their health. Recently, S...Read more