NEWS REVIEW – WORLD
[This article was published in the August 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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Docs with foreign PG set to get govt’s nod
In a bid to allow Indian doctors practising abroad to return and plug the acute shortage in healthcare back home, the government may soon recognize postgraduate medical degrees of 10 foreign countries.
iSoft introduces LabCentre in Netherlands
iSoft has announced that its LabCentre laboratory information system is to be introduced in the Netherlands.
Apollo lines up INR 1000 cr for buys in Spain, Peru
Having failed to identify suitable targets in the UK, Apollo Hospitals is eyeing acquisition opportunities in other markets. The company is scouting for opportunities in Spain and Peru and eyeing tertiary level hospitals in both countries. The move will enable Apollo to gain a foothold in the European and Latin American markets.
Pan-European health network planned
Smart Open Services (SOS) is a pan-European ehealth project facilitating cross-border healthcare. The project aims to develop services providing patients travelling across Europe with access to high-quality care.
TN to emerge as hub with Trivitron’s medical technology park
Trivitron’s Medical Technology Park (MTP) is all set to commence construction in Chennai; MTP to create employment for 1000 people by 2011; signs JVs with Aloka, Brandon and Bio-systems for the MTP.
Developing nations will lobby for research funds for TB, malaria
India and other developing countries are set to lobby hard for funding mechanisms to develop medicines,
mostly aimed at neglected diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria, at a forum set up by the World Health Organization or WHO. Developed countries have long maintained that patents are sufficient incentive for innovation.
NEWS REVIEW – BUSINESS
[This article was published in the October 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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The SOPARNO Project Set to Make an Impact
[This article was published in the August 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
SOPRANO stands for �Service-oriented Programmable Smart Environments for Older Europeans� and it is an integrated project in the European Commission�s 6th Framework Programme (IST Priority 6th Call on Ambient Assisted Living or AAL).
A Framework for the Philippines PHR : Dr. Alvin B. Marcelo
[This article was published in the June 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
When patients are more involved in their own healthcare, including the management of their personal health data, they become active participants in their healthcare and become more responsible.
A MEET OF GREAT BELIEF
[This article was published in the January 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The aim of this first of its kind event was to exchange information and views on how eInfrastructures are currently deployed in both Europe and India, with the objective of analysing how their increasing role is viewed in a business, educational, socio-political and scientific context.
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[This article was published in the January 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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