Monday, September 19, 2011

David Odhiambo develops telemedicine software

Two years ago, David Odhiambo graduated with a degree in electrical and communications engineering at Masinde Muliro University.

But unlike his colleagues, he resisted the urge to dive straight into the job market due to a personal conviction that he had an extraordinary mission to accomplish before seeking formal employment. It is then that he applied and enrolled at the Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute (Kirdi) for an incubation programme on software development.

After tussling with the technology, the 27-year-old has now emerged with what he claims could be a lasting solution to Kenya’s perennial doctors’ shortage. Odhiambo is set to launch a remote clinic; an innovative software programme he says is a new aspect of telemedicine in Kenya. Telemedicine involves the use of telecommunications and information technologies to provide clinical health from a distance. read on: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000043009&cid=4&ttl=Kenyan%20develops%20telemedicine%20software

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