The growing need for well-trained doctors and nurses in India will now get a step up, thanks to a new agreement announced between Medvarsity, a medical e-learning initiative by Apollo Hospital Group, and an innovative software company from New Zealand. It is estimated that India will need nearly four times as many healthcare personnel by [...]
Country-specific analysis will evaluate the cost effectiveness of an FFR-guided intervention strategy for patients with multivessel coronary artery disease in India, Japan, China, Korea, and AustraliaSt. Jude Medical, Inc. a global medical device company, announced today it will evaluate the incremental cost-effectiveness ofFractional Flow Reserve (FFR)-guided treatment for patients with multivessel coronary artery disease in [...]
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Nova Medical Centers, India’s premier surgery provider, unveiled its new brand identity. The new logo expresses the essence of Nova’s new identity – “the joy of good health.” Nova Medical Centers will now be known as Nova Specialty Surgery. The new name and carefully crafted lettering communicate the commitment to expert, world-class standards that Nova [...]
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The Health Ministry is in favour of banning smokeless forms of tobacco. The ministry has now decided to implement new rules notified by the Food Regulator – Food Safety and Standards Authority of India. “The Supreme Court ruled in a recent order that Gutka be treated as a food item. That being the case, its [...]
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Meddius, the leading provider of healthcare integration appliances has announced the launch of the Integration Router Nano as the newest in its line of integration appliances available through the Meddius Integration Platform. The announcement was made at the 2011 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. “Today’s integration challenges have [...]
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The percentage of US hospitals using health information technology such as Electronic Health Records has more than doubled in the last two years, according to an announcement by the Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. There has been major progress in use of health information technology (health IT) by doctors and hospitals, and [...]
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The Business intelligence specialists, announces the TecENTERPRISE Claims Solution providing both a deep and wide scope into claims status, claims processing and claims management. TecENTERPRISE Claims presents relevant and detailed claims information to allow both claims processors and information managers to locate and modify problem claims and also identify patterns quickly and accurately. The solution [...]
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Based on its recent analysis of the unified communications (UC) technologies healthcare market, Frost & Sullivan recognises Siemens Enterprise Communications with the 2011 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Line Strategy. Siemens Enterprise Communications offers healthcare organisations an unmatched set of communications solutions. This includes one of the strongest and most comprehensive UC and [...]
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Healthcare organisations and state agencies are increasingly turning to Xerox to help tackle their growing list of IT and federal reform requirements. From preparing for the new ICD-10 medical coding system – to securely hosting healthcare data in the cloud, Xerox’s work with customers places new emphasis on patient safety and healthy outcomes. Xerox is [...]
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OMG®, in partnership with Health Level Seven® International (HL7®), announced the adoption and availability of the hData record format and hData RESTful Transport specifications, a scalable electronic method for exchanging patient health information (such as electronic health records, “EHR” and mobile health, “mHealth”) among patients, doctors, hospitals, and clinics. “This is the latest in a [...]
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