Study: slum residents live in sub-human conditions
According to survey study of around 900 people living in Chennai’s slums and pavement, 86 per cent of slum dwellers survive on one meal a day.
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Dell Ranked No. 1 Global Healthcare Information Technology Services Provider
A recent Gartner industry report says, Dell is the leading provider of healthcare IT services globally according.
Maxivision merges with Medfort Hospitals
Medfort Hospitals Pvt. Ltd (Medfort), India
Abbott Launches
Abbott is launching
Abbott launches ‘Healthy Mother Healthy Baby’ programme
Abbott is launching
Greater implementation of EHRs could spur PHR adoption
Although several factors have hindered widespread adoption of personal health records, experts say PHR use could increase as more physicians transition from paper-based systems to electronic health records, Computerworld reports.
EHR can track preventive care
The use of electronic health records can help track preventive care efforts and boost quality in primary care settings, according to a commentary published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, CMIO reports.
Minnesota hospital opens new paediatric surgery centre
The Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota have opened a new 30,000ft
Maxivision merges with Medfort Hospitals
Medfort Hospitals Pvt. Ltd announced the merger with Maxivision Eye Hospitals (Maxivision), a renowned eye care chain headquartered in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
New agency to boost RSBY implementation
To improve the implementation of the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY)
UK health system expected to abandon e-health network
Government officials in the United Kingdom are expected to announce next month that they will cancel plans to create a centralized database of electronic health records, the London Independent reports.
Israeli scientists develop new breast cancer scanner
Israeli scientists have developed a new radiation-free scanner that can detect breast cancer more effectively than traditional X-ray mammograms.
Biotronik reports home-monitoring study results
Biotronik has reported the results of its Home Monitoring in Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy clinical study.
