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Using SAS Analytics, a University of Central Florida (UCF) research team won the fifth annual Data Mining Shootout by showing that winter storms had the greatest impact on infectious diseases, surpassing the effect of floods, thunderstorms and windstorms.
In-vitro diagnostic (IVD) devices are highly in demand in Australia, as the country's ageing population requires more IVD-based tests.
SAS recently unveiled a cross-disciplinary Center for Health Analytics and Insights that is expected to drive innovation and collaboration among organizations to develop deeper insights into medical care.
A pilot program to test the technology framework which enables dermatologists to use 3G mobile network to diagnose skin conditions remotely was launched recently in Egypt by various government agencies and the private sector.
PLDT Global Corp. (PGC), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Philippine Long Distance and Telecommunications Company (PLDT), in partnership with PhilCare, has introduced an innovative prepaid healthcare maintenance program for Filipinos workers in Hong Kong.
Cloud-based services are ready for the taking, but is the healthcare industry moving any closer to adoption? Gabe Rjipma, Healthcare and Social Services Industry Director for Public Sector, Microsoft Asia Pacific, explains the challenges IT organizations face in adopting cloud services for healthcare institutions.
The Philippine House of Representatives has approved a measure requiring all healthcare facilities to post a price list of all their services to fully inform the public of the cost of healthcare services.
Once in a while, corporate executives don't really mind losing their hair; not if it can help raise funds for childhood cancer. In a recent head-shaving event, executives from storage firm NetApp raised USS$130,000 for the cancer research fund of the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore and matched dollar for dollar by the Singapore government.
The Southeast Texas Medical Associates (SETMA) is using business analytics software to gain greater insight into hospital readmissions and the data help the hospital identify causes and design interventions to prevent patients from having to return to the hospital soon after their discharge.
Australia is introducing a new program to improve the health of war veterans and their widows who have complex care needs and at risk of hospitalization.
