Two new pilots are underway to offer pharmacy personal health records (PHRs) in Germany. Both are based on a PHR including details of current medication and offer patients the potential to offer prescription ordering online.
Punjab Government has chalked out a comprehensive plan to restructure the complete network of Veterinary Hospital and Poly Clinics in the state by spending INR 30 crore on their upgration.
An AIIMS like Ayurveda institute will be set up in the capital to carry out clinical research, drug safety uation and scientific validation of the traditional Indian system of medicine.
Singapore’s Parkway Group, which owns one of Asia’s largest hospital chains, plans to pick up 50% stake in Mumbai-based Khubchandani Hospitals for INR 155 crore.
iSoft has announced its re-entry into the Swiss market through a distribution agreement, just 18-months after it sold its Swiss operations.
With Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledging to offer telehealth services to 100,000 patients, the new HealthHUB is another step by Docobo to bring the benefits of telehealth to people with long term conditions and their carers.
The increasing requirements for medical imaging such as X-rays, scans and mammograms for an aging baby boom population may be the rationale for Hewlett-Packard’s renewal of its HP Medical Archiving Solution (MAS) with a more affordable compact version in its new MAS 3.0 edition.
Silverline Technologies has announced the launch of its healthcare sector through an investment of 15% with an option of 100% acquisition in a North American firm specializing in healthcare change and performance management.
Leading drugmaker, Nicholas Piramal India has announced that its subsidiary Wellspring is partnering with Dr. L H Hiranandani Hospital. This partnership entails the complete outsourcing of the radiology department at Dr. L H Hiranandani Hospital to Wellspring.
Carestream Health India unveiled its newest digital imaging products and solutions which help healthcare providers improve quality and operational performance, at the 61st Indian Radiology Congress. The company also announced state-of-the-art systems and services for the capture, processing, sharing, printing and storing of images for diagnostic and non-diagnostic applications.
ICICI Venture, the largest domestic private equity fund, is all set to sign a deal with a foreign strategic investor in its endeavor to become a health care investment major in the country.
Venture capitalists pumped a record USD 9.1 billion into privately-held US biotechnology and medical device companies last year, in hopes of making discoveries they can sell to larger drugmakers.
Microsoft Corp. has announced the first results of its recent healthcare software acquisitions, the Microsoft Amalga Family of Health Enterprise Systems.
