More hospitals on the way in Kolkata
Dhoot Developers Pvt. Ltd. has tied up with Columbia Asia to set up seven hospitals in the east, three of them in Kolkata.
Corporate updates
Misys Healthcare to merge with Allscripts
Misys, the UK-based IT software group, is to merge its healthcare division with smaller US rival, Allscripts to create a larger specialist provider of clinical software and services for the US primary
HIMSS virtual conference & expo offers free access
The Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) hosts its third Virtual Conference & Expo on April 23-24 2008 with the recently added benefit of free access to the exhibit hall, educational sessions and networking lounge.
Reliance ADAG plans medical cities across country
As part of its plan for a pan-India foray in the healthcare sector, Reliance ADAG is planning to set up health cities or medical cities across the country. The company is learnt to be in talks to acquire land in Kolkata and Jaipur for the project.
OpenMED finalist for Stockholm Challenge Award
The project OpenMED (https://openmed.nic.in) has been selected as finalist for the Stockholm Challenge Award 2008.
Lifeline Group of Hospitals signs MoU with Zambian govt
City-based Lifeline Group of Hospitals has signed an MoU with the Government of Zambia to set up a 100-bed medical facility at Lusaka at an initial investment of INR 40 crore.
Voice Technologies wins
Hospitals in Scotland now no longer need to go through the potentially time-consuming and costly tender process to set up digital dictation or speech recognition systems.
Cellworks, Lifeline Hospitals in licensing agreement in oncology
Cellworks Research India Ltd, the R&D wing of California based company Cellworks Group Inc and Lifeline Multi Speciality Hospitals have announced one year research collaboration in the area of oncology with emphasis on study of the role of Tumor Stem Cells in cancer pathology and progression.
GE Healthcare honours medical excellence
Healthcare magazine, Modern Medicare and GE Healthcare, leading healthcare solutions company, hosted the Modern Medicare Excellence Awards-2007 in Mumbai. The awards were conceptualized to recognise and honor the phenomenal work done by individuals, hospitals and non-medical institutions within the healthcare industry. These institutions and individuals have transcended the path of service with their outstanding leadership and outshined with their performances and growth.
iSOFT enters agreement with Sentillion
IBA Health Group company iSOFT has signed an agreement with US-based Sentillion to become its first healthcare channel partner in Europe for its single sign-on (SSO), context management, and user provisioning solutions.
Piramal Diagnostic eyeing acquisitions
Aiming to tap the booming healthcare sector, Piramal Healthcare’s (formerly Nicholas Piramal) diagnostic division, Piramal Diagnostic Services (formerly Wellspring), is in talks with 15 diagnostic centres for acquisition.
Transasia Bio Medicals Ltd awarded ISO 13485
Transasia Bio-Medicals Ltd, leader in the Clinical Diagnostics Segment across the Indian healthcare sector, which aids in diagnosing life threatening diseases faced by the humankind such as, AIDS, Tuberculosis, Cancer and Diabetes etc. has been awarded ISO 13485 (Quality Management Systems for Medical Devices) by UL India, a certifying body to foster quality assurance and improvement.
Anurag Gupta appointed MD, GE Healthcare Life Sciences, South Asia
GE Healthcare, has announced the appointment of Anurag Gupta as Managing Director, Life Sciences, GE Healthcare South Asia.
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Delhi to host forum on homoeopathic medicine
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