Health, IBM revisit IT outsourcing deal
IBM Australia has kept its stranglehold on the federal Health Department, with a renegotiation of its service agreement over the next four years.
Corporate updates
HDFC Bank
HDFC Bank is organising a nationwide Blood Donation Campaign on December 10, 2010.
TiE Awards GSK Velu
TiE has awarded, Dr. GSK Velu with
Fresenius Medical Care introducing Home Hemodialysis in India
Fresenius Medical Care, the global leaders in dialysis equipments and services introduces
VA Creates Online Tools To uate Healthcare and Provide Transparency
The Department of Veterans Affairs launched two online dashboards in an effort to offer transparency of its internal clinical performance, Modern Healthcare reports.
Global Dental Implants Market to Reach $4.2bn in 2015
Dental implants are estimated to have one of the highest growth rates amongst all dental device submarkets, according to a report by Sandler Research.
InferMed-managed NHS Direct Health ,Symptom Checker website up for two awards
InferMed is excited to announce that the NHS Direct website providing Arezzo-powered Health and Symptom Checkers to NHS patients in England (www.nhs.uk/nhsdirect) has been nominated as a finalist for two awards.
Asian Development Bank to Strengthen Disease Monitoring in Three Mekong Countries
The Asian Development Bank will provide $49m to strengthen surveillance response systems to prevent the spread of communicable and tropical diseases in Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Vietnam.
Philips introduces multimodality, multivendor imaging portal
Royal Philips Electronics introduced the Philips IntelliSpace Portal, a multimodality workspace that uses advanced networking capabilities to facilitate collaboration between radiologists and referring clinicians that may lead to faster, more accurate and informed patient care.
Nebraska starts work on US $18M network to connect rural hospitals
The Rural Nebraska Healthcare Network (RNHN), a consortium of nine rural hospitals and related clinics in western Nebraska, launched construction of an US $18M fiber optic medical network that aims at improving care throughout the Nebraska panhandle.
Philips launches 24/7 pacemaker monitoring
Royal Philips Electronics has announced a new service that provides Web-based remote monitoring follow-up services for patients with pacemakers.
Nova Medical Centers appoints Mr Sudhir Bahl as President and COO
NOVA Medical Centers, India
New York Health Plan Launches Online Service To Boost Care Delivery
BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York launched a Web-based service that connects members to in-network physicians.
Online Care NY is part of the insurer’s “virtual health” plan to improve health care delivery. Cynthia Ambres, senior vice president and chief medical officer at BCBS, said that the program will help to alleviate an expected shortage of primary care physicians in the next 10 years.
