Tanda medical college to offer treatment soon
In the next two years, Dr Rajendra Prasad Medical College, Tanda, will start offering medical treatment, bringing major relief to the people of lower Himachal.
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Medical seats to increase by 30 percent
Medical aspirants will have a better chance of securing a seat in state colleges next academic year as the number of medical seats in the state might increase by an average of 30 percent, thanks to the new Medical Council of India rules.
Handheld ultrasound market poised for rapid growth
The U.S. handheld ultrasound market is expected to exceed US $1.2 billion by 2016 due to technological advances and improvements in three and four-dimensional capabilities by some of the major manufacturers including SonoSite, GE and Siemens, according to a new report by market research firm iData Research.
Healthcare sector to hit a high of USD 75 bn
Major healthcare deals have been struck in the last couple of months, attracting about USD 379 million in 2006
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.
Panasonic launches new technology to monitor heart health
Panasonic has unveiled its new CardioHealth Station, a tool for personalized preventive medicine, at the 2010 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.
DA Launches External Defibrillator Improvement Programme
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a programme to facilitate the development of safer and more effective external defibrillators through improved design and manufacturing practices.
Indian Health Service, VA Announce Plan To Improve Care Using IT
The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Indian Health Service will team up to improve the health status of American Indian and Alaska Native veterans, in part by developing health IT tools to improve care.
Himachal Pradesh launches BPL medicine scheme
A scheme for providing 38 types of medicines free of cost in OPDs of government hospitals of Himachal Pradesh was launched by Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal at Nahan recently.
Dutch healthcare system rated Europe
The Netherlands has been named as having the best healthcare system in Europe, emerging as the overall winner in the Euro Health Consumer Index (EHCI) 2008.
EHTEL publishes e-health patient charter
The European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL) has published a patient charter defending patient
University of Virginia Health System expands deployment of Barco displays and online QA software
Medical imaging specialist Barco announced recently that it is supplying the University of Virginia Health System (UVA) with a growing number of diagnostic and DICOM-compliant clinical review displays throughout the institution as part of the facility’s ongoing technology purchases.
