Slideshow image

 
 

Slideshow:   

 
 




See All Photo Galleries

Nokia 'ill-treats' phones in US lab

Mobiles are subject to heat, falls, liquids and more

TechAmerica 2009 Innovator Awards

Find out this year's tech pioneer winners

 
 
 

Startups step up at DemoFall

Well-funded entrepreneurs face off with venture capitalists and media at latest Demo event

Books in a minute (or three)

US$97,000 Expresso Book Machines can do just that

 
 
 

Loaded with promise in R&D pipeline

Before fax machines and LCDs became everyday tech, they were recipients of R&D 100 awards.

Defcon badge inspires hacks

Sophisticated tags feature customized circuitry, interactive LEDs and hidden features

 
 
 

Redesigning the router

London art students come up with cool concept designs for the most humble of gadgets

Smartphone as movie projector?

Micron's microdisplay technology could soon be in small devices

 
 
 

Robots make themselves at home

Find out the latest in home-cleaning technology and more

Location-based tech headed your way

Programmers, mappers and designers offer peek at the newest ideas in location-based tech at Where 2.0


More


Healthcare gets a dose of IT

2007-05-17 13:48:29

Inaugural event spurs rally for faster adoption of better clinical systems, as part of a regional effort to improve patient care.


Offering a sneak peek into the industry's future, Professor Tan Ser Kiat, group CEO of SingHealth and CEO of Singapore General Hospital, talked about "interactive intelligence", where IT investments go beyond information archival. He demonstrated an EMR application that is currently piloted at Singapore General Hospital, where doctors need only to click on an icon in the e-healthcare record to access internationally-recognized evidence-based medical databases such as OVID and Cochrane Collaboration. Doctors and nurses can gain more information on a particular illness and be guided to find the right treatment by gaining instant access to these reference sites while attending to a patient.

Photo credit: HIMSS