Fortis eyes stakes in hospital chains
Fortis Healthcare, which operates a chain of hospitals across India, is seeking to buy a minority stake in Manipal Hospitals and Wockhardt.
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Medwin Hospital gets NABH certification
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.
Accentia Technologies bags $22 mn order in HRCM arena
Accentia Technologies Ltd., a leading provider of Healthcare Receivables Cycle Management, has secured an order valued at US$ 22 million to service a chain of hospitals in US.
Vodafone invests in mobile health firm
Newbury, Berkshire-based, mobile phone giant Vodafone has invested in t+ Medical, a UK provider of mobile health services acccessed across mobile handsets.
Pan-European 112 emergency number a reality
Citizens across all European Union countries can now access emergency services by dialling 112, the single European emergency number.
KLAS announces top-performing software and services vendors for 2008
Market research firm KLAS has named Epic as the highest-performing healthcare vendor across all market segments in its annual rankings, which were released recently.
Medicare to pay doctors to embrace e-prescribing
Medicare, the federal health insurance program for the elderly and disabled in the US, will offer financial bonuses to doctors who prescribe drugs electronically rather than on paper. Doctors who do not will face penalties from Medicare starting in 2012.
Transasia launches fully automated clinical chemistry analyser
Transasia Bio-Medicals Ltd., leader in the clinical diagnostic segment, has launched the EM 200
European drugs to carry barcodes
Medicines sold across Europe will have to carry barcodes and other improved security mechanisms, under proposals unveiled by the European Commission to crack down on counterfeit drugs.
Commission sets out steps on patient safety
The European Commission has published proposals designed to improve patient safety and reduce the number of patients who suffer harm from the healthcare they received.
Apollo to foray into drug manufacturing
Apollo Hospitals, India
Govt mulls medical devices price regulation Act
The Government would soon bring in a medical devices Act in a bid to regulate prices of healthcare equipment.
Perfect vision for health informatics
Representatives of international and regional e-health advocacy groups are meeting at the Wellcome Trust in London this week to agree plans for building
