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Hospital of the future
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 13/05/2015
» As the ageing population poses a big challenge to healthcare providers worldwide, Singapore's Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) has readied itself to face such a challenge by renovating the patient wards, using innovative robotics, and applying virtual reality technologies for ambulatory outpatient rehabilitation.
Learning from experience
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 05/03/2012
» With compensation money from his company, Tiwa York had initially planned to backpack to 16 countries over a 10-month period. He first travelled to Thailand, then proceeded to China, but soon returned to Thailand and travelled no further as the Thai-American from Arizona had, by then, fallen in love with a Thai girl who he married and was blessed with a baby girl, and decided to make the land his mother was born his home.
Cluster solution
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 14/02/2012
» Every year medication errors account for around 10% of overall mistakes that are blamed for some 100,000 deaths in the US, and though no such statistic is available for Thailand, this unnecessary loss of life has been a niggling source of concern.
Indigenous mobile applications unveiled
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 27/09/2011
» The rapid growth of smartphones has spawned an expansion of mobile applications _ and while most of them are geared for entertainment, the National Electronics and Computer Technology Centre (Nectec) is showcasing 30 apps with a wider scope covering health and medication, agriculture and logistics, as well as entertainment and lifestyle.
Thai talent shines
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 20/09/2011
» Thai programmers have already shown their competence in developing software to serve a variety of industries. Now, there's an opportunity for the winners of the Thailand ICT Awards (TICTA) 2011 to expand their capabilities abroad by participating in the Asia Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA) Awards.
Community public health goes online
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 02/08/2011
» Ubon Ratchathani is now at the forefront of IT utilisation for public health in pioneering a mobile app on Android tablet PCs for healthcare officials to collect household information on patients.
Disabling Disability
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 19/07/2011
» Technology has come to the aid of people with disabilities, thanks to the ingenuity of university students whose gadgets, soon to go on view at i-CREATe 2011, could help bridge gaps in their communication with other people and enable them to do their daily chores on their own.
Data share to boost health
Database, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 11/08/2010
» Seeing the doctor is expected to become safer and more efficient thanks to pioneering efforts by Ramathibodi Hospital, which is carrying out a medical information interchange between healthcare organisations in Thailand.