Government-run hospitals in the state of Maharashtra will soon be electronically inter-connected and every patient visiting the hospital will be given a unique health identity number and will have access to his medical history at any hospital across the state.
CMPMedica, a division of United Business Media Limited, and healthcare IT sysytems supplier iSOFT, have signed a worldwide agreement to supply iSOFT with comprehensive evidence-based drug information.
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Scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have created a cell phone that can monitor the condition of HIV and malaria patients and test water quality at disaster sites and undeveloped areas.
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Five months have passed since the Quality Council Of India (QCI) organised a sensitisation programme for accreditation of blood banks in the city.
Rockland Hospitals, a multi-speciality hospital offering health care services with its main branch in New Delhi is planning expansion in Tier-II and Tier-III cities in Northern India like Lucknow, Jaipur, Agra, etc., next year.
The Arizona Health Query, a project designed to develop and maintain a community health data system for Arizona residents, is using analytics software to integrate and analyse healthcare records.
Electronic Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) and 21st Century Health Management Solutions have signed an MoU to jointly set up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Healthcare ICT and Medical Electronic Solutions to address the very large healthcare projects in the government sector in India.
SoftLink International, a leading Software Product company with core focus on Hospital Automation and Medical Imaging, has bagged the prestigious order for implementation of Hospital Management Information System at JIPMER, Pondicherry.
The standardisation of Personal Health Records (PHRs) received a boost with the international healthcare IT standards body, Health Level Seven (HL7) publishing a Personal Health Record System Functional Model (PHR-S FM) as a draft standard for trial use.
Fortis Healthcare, which operates a chain of hospitals across India, is seeking to buy a minority stake in Manipal Hospitals and Wockhardt.
Medwin Hospital recently received a National Accreditation Board for hospitals & Healthcare (NABH) certificate and is now the first hospital in Andhra Pradesh and the 20th in India to do so.
