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The Chatroulette of Healthcare Rises in the Spirit of Experimentation and Innovation Neil Versel, in his recent editorial, maintains that mobile healthcare is “all about experimentation. This is particularly true in developing countries where healthcare infrastructure is minimal, but it also applies right here in America…” In addition, Vital Wave Consulting and its CEO, Brooke Partridge, are praised for facilitating the mhealth development worldwide.
New Study Reveals Global Engineering R&D Market Expected to Reach $1.4 Trillion by 2020, with India Poised to Become a Dominant Player According to the study “Global ER&D: Accelerating Innovation with Indian Engineering” by Booz & Company, the recent economic crisis has passed by almost untouched the world market for Engineering Research & Development (ER&D) services sourcing. Total expenditure on ER&D has gone up “12% from $980 billion in 2008 to $1.1 trillion in 2009 and is expected to expand to $1.4 trillion by 2020… India remains a dominant player in the global ER&D services market, with revenue growth of more than 40% over the past three years to $8.3 billion in 2009 and expectations of reaching $40 billion to $45 billion by 2020.”
Cisco TelePresence Service Launches in Morocco Cisco unveiled the launch of TelePresence solution offer in its Casablanca office, Morocco. Anthony Vonsee, managing director at Cisco North Africa Levant, says that "The deployment of Cisco TelePresence technology can now be increased significantly throughout the sub-Saharan African region with the arrival of submarine cables, which now offer high bandwidth at attractive prices…Cisco TelePresence solution will not only transform the way business is conducted in North Africa but also help make vital services like healthcare and education more accessible to those who need them most."
Mobile Phones Used to Boost Health Outcomes in Asia Sana, India’s mHealth project is implementing the trial on effectiveness of mobile phone use for better healthcare delivery outcomes. The project aims to link health workers across a country via mobile phones and to provide “24-hour help for diagnosing and treating any illness a health worker may be confronted with, even reception is poor.” Amarjeet Singh, doctor of the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, says that "we are also trying to modify Sana technology to work on lower end phones, so Nokia phones which are much cheaper than Android phones..."
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