Many US hospitals overuse double CT scans
Hundreds of hospitals are routinely performing a type of chest scan that experts say should be used rarely, subjecting patients to double doses of radiation and driving up health-care costs.
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Health sector reforms announced in West Bengal
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said a three-phase developmental system will be taken up to improve the state’s ailing health services sector.
Multidisciplinary Central Research Lab in Govt Colleges
Government has proposed to promote biomedical research in government colleges; the Department of Health Research has proposed to set up a multidisciplinary Central Research Lab (CRL) in various government colleges.
IRDA postpones Health Insurance Poratbility
The citizens need to wait for implementation of health insurance portability system by IRDA across non-life insurance companies to October 1.
MCI rejects Medtronic new equipment
Medical equipment giant
Max Healthcare looks for strategic alliance
Max Healthcare is likely to enter into an equity-cum-strategic alliance with a private equity (PE) firm-backed global hospital major.
PE Fund invests in Wellspring Healthcare
Venture capital firms Catamaran, the Anil Ambani Group
New dashboard software helps hospitals comply with US regulations
Health care software developer VitalWarehas introduced VitalView, a Web-based project-management tool that provides clinical and financial data to help health care companies adhere to new federally mandated diagnosis codes.
Innovations bags award
ISLH 2011, the XXIVth on Technological Innovations in Laboratory Haematology was organised from May 6th
Wipro Technologies Launches Cloud-Based portal for Clinical Trials
Wipro Technologies, the Global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing business of Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT) announced a secure cloud-based productized solution called
Mindray Medical receives medical device excellence award
Mindray Medical International Limited, a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices worldwide, today announced that it has recently received gold recognition for the Mindray V Series patient monitoring system in the prestigious 2011 Medical Device Excellence Award (MDEA) competition. The competition is a premier awards program for the medical technology community – product candidates are uated on the basis of design and engineering features that improve healthcare delivery, change traditional medical practices, and provide enhanced benefits to patients.
CARESTREAM PACS workstation successfully competes with dedicated 3D workstations
Carestream Health showcased productivity-enhancing embedded 3D tools on its CARESTREAM PACS workstation at the annual “Workstation Face-Off”. Hosted by the International Society of Computed Tomography (ISCT), the “Workstation Face-Off” requires radiologists to process and interpret several complex computed tomography (CT) imaging studies. According to the ISCT this event is designed “to stretch the capabilities of the workstations to their limits.” This year each vendor was asked to present four cases: musculoskeletal; Brain CTA (including skull removal); vascular; and liver (including segmentation of the eight Couinaud segments).
