The Government of India has launched the Health Management Information System (HMIS) portal to convert local health data into real time useful information, management indicators and trends which could be displayed graphically in the reports.
Engineering firm Larsen and Toubro said it will continue with the operations of Medical Equipment & Systems (MED) business unit and will also bring in new products for providing better health care.
MoH facilities in the UAE will be implementing healthcare information technology (HIT) systems from Cerner Corporation that are designed to improve patient care.
Calling for stringent regulations on the import and export of drugs and food items to meet the global competition, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said the items people consume should be of the highest quality.
Hyderabad-based Ramky Group is planning to invest INR 500 crore for setting up hospitals and educational institutions over the next three years. The group is into consultancy and real estate business among others.
China recently unveiled details of a long-awaited overhaul of its struggling healthcare system, aiming to provide affordable basic care for all by 2020.
Wireless broadband market is estimated to touch INR 52,000 crore with an estimated subscriber base of 19 million by 2012, WiMax Forum has forecast.
InfoLogix has announced that the first successful implementation in the US of a mobile wireless application for the healthcare industry is now being used to scan and track its inventory of more than 10,000 medical, research and scientific devices, located in 55 buildings throughout the Texas Medical Centre and the city of Houston.
Communications solutions provider BT has successfully completed the first phase of a pilot project to improve the exchange of information between hospitals, outpatient clinics and general practitioners in the three least developed regions of Hungary.
A project involving 12 European countries and supported by the European Commission is taking the lead in ensuring healthcare interoperability in Europe.
International majors such as Philips, General Electric (GE) and Siemens are believed to be in the race for acquiring the medical equipment business of Larsen and Toubro (L&T).
The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, is to implement an eICU program designed to improve critical care delivery and save lives.
Health IT specialist iSoft says it will launch its RadCentre radiology information system in the Netherlands this autumn.
