IIT-Madras invites applications for BS Data Science and Electronics Systems

IIT-Madras invites applications for BS Data Science and Electronics Systems

Students from all streams can apply for BS Data Science | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO   The Indian Institute of Technology Madras has called for applications for the next batch of BS degree in Data Science and Applications, and Electronic Systems Courses.   The four-year programme, which is open to all irrespective of age and … Read more

Defence Ministry signs ₹200 crore contract for anti-drone systems under iDEX initiative

Defence Ministry signs ₹200 crore contract for anti-drone systems under iDEX initiative

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: R. V. Moorthy The Ministry of Defence has signed a ₹200 crore contract for anti-drone systems for the Indian Army and Indian Air Force (IAF) with Big Bang Boom Solutions Private Limited (BBBS). This is the largest contract signed by the MoD under the Innovations for … Read more

Abbott launches automation solutions GLP systems Track to support laboratories’ high-volume needs – ET HealthWorld

Abbott launches automation solutions GLP systems Track to support laboratories’ high-volume needs – ET HealthWorld

Delhi: Abbott announced the launch of its innovative automation solutions, GLP systems Track, to support laboratories’ high-volume needs. India is now the world’s most populous nation, and the population is experiencing a rising chronic disease burden. As a result, the Indian diagnostic sector is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 11 … Read more

AI-driven remote patient monitoring systems can enhance personalised care: Deepa Param Singhal, Oracle India – ET HealthWorld

AI-driven remote patient monitoring systems can enhance personalised care: Deepa Param Singhal, Oracle India – ET HealthWorld

Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld, spoke to Deepa Param Singhal, Vice President – Applications, Oracle India, to know more about the latest advancements in Artificial Intelligence impacting healthcare and how Oracle is contributing by way of connected data approach. AI impacting patient careRecent technological innovations have extended their reach into the healthcare sector, notably through the … Read more

Tackling Bengaluru’s flash floods with Sponge City systems, underground storage tanks

Tackling Bengaluru’s flash floods with Sponge City systems, underground storage tanks

Year after year, flash floods have played havoc with Bengalureans, particularly those in and around low-lying pockets. Erratic rains fuelled by climate change concerns give them no time to prepare, as a month’s rainfall pours down in a few hours. The frequency of these high-intensity events has increased dramatically, demanding urgent but smart solutions. So … Read more

TCS, Dassault Systems partner to create accurate digital human heart models – ET HealthWorld

TCS, Dassault Systems partner to create accurate digital human heart models – ET HealthWorld

Mumbai: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has partnered with Dassault Systems through its Living Heart Project that unites an ecosystem of cardiovascular researchers, educators, medical device developers, regulatory agencies including the US FDA, and practising cardiologists, to develop and validate realistic digital simulations of the human heart. The project will create groundbreaking medical solutions, including the … Read more

AI can help build solutions to systemic challenges faced by healthcare systems: WEF study – ET HealthWorld

AI can help build solutions to systemic challenges faced by healthcare systems: WEF study – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help fight systemic challenges straining global healthcare systems with AI-driven diagnosis, infectious disease intelligence and clinical trial optimisation showing the highest potential, a new study said on Monday. The report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) cited several case studies, including one from India, to highlight the transformative … Read more

Russian hacker group Phoenix targets health ministry systems – ET HealthWorld

Russian hacker group Phoenix targets health ministry systems – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Cybersecurity company CloudSEK’s AI digital-risk platform XVigil on Wednesday detected a Russian-origin threat-actor group that claimed to have targeted the Indian health ministry’s health-management information system. Access to the personnel directory and chief physicians of every Indian hospital is likely to have been jeopardised. This raises the prospect of exfiltration of licence documents … Read more

Poor maintenance support shuts surveillance systems in many private buses

Poor maintenance support shuts surveillance systems in many private buses

Even as the Ministry of Transport is gearing up to make closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras mandatory for all stage carriers in the State, the condition of many such cameras installed in private buses in Kozhikode district subsequent to a directive from the Motor Vehicles department (MVD) nearly six years ago is in a piteous … Read more

Outpatient waiting lines may be reduced via remote symptom reporting systems: Research – ET HealthWorld

Outpatient waiting lines may be reduced via remote symptom reporting systems: Research – ET HealthWorld

Washington [US]: According to a new assessment published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, digital systems for patients to remotely monitor and report symptoms may offer a way to minimise outpatient waiting lines. The review, led by researchers from the Centre for Patient Reported Outcomes Research (CPROR), Institute of Applied Health Research … Read more