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Caribbean-Health-IDB in digital platform project for Latin America and Caribbean

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Monday said it has joined with a number of firms including Microsoft, to provide governments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) with immediate digital solutions helping to ensure the continuity of administrative procedures during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It said that the Digi/Gob platform, which is also being developed with the … [Read more...]

MD Link brings telemedicine to the Caribbean

[Reprinted: Loop T&T News, 6/13/2020] In 2018, the Trinidadian doctor created a telemedicine platform that connected doctors with people who didn’t want to or could not leave home for medical services. Today, with the COVID-19 pandemic fast-tracking the development of digital solutions in the Caribbean, Dr Bowen’s platform, MD Link, is in demand. “When coronavirus came around we saw a … [Read more...]

‘Encouraging panorama’ to develop Puerto Rico’s medical tourism industry

[Reprinted: News Is My Business, 6-9-2020] The medical tourism industry in Puerto Rico has an opportunity for growth on the island, due to the worldwide spread of COVID-19, said Department of Economic Development and Commerce Secretary Manuel Laboy. “The emergency due to the spread of COVID-19 in the United States allows Puerto Rico to be an option for the practice of medical tourism,” he … [Read more...]

Virtual visits: Spurred on by the pandemic, telemedicine has gone mainstream

[Reprinted: Las Vegas Sun, 6-10-2020] As cities across the country began shutting down when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States, people still needed to receive advice and treatment from doctors for symptoms non-COVID-related. Physicians had to figure out another way to reach patients. Dr. Thomas Hunt, chair of family medicine at Henderson’s Roseman University of Health Sciences and … [Read more...]

Finnish researchers designing mobile MR unit that could fit in a van

[Reprinted: Health Care Business, 6-5-2020] Researchers in Aalto University in Finland are developing a mobile MR scanner designed for transport in a van rather than a lorry, or trailer. The aim of the three-year project — which costs more than $830,000 (€750,000) — is to build a lighter, cheaper and mobile solution that would not require specially trained healthcare personnel to handle … [Read more...]

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