JJ Hospital upgradation plan runs into trouble
The mass purchase of medical equipment for JJ Hospital’s INR 120-crore upgradation plan has run into trouble, with some companies questioning the tender process followed by the state government.
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Balco to build INR 300 cr cancer hospital in Chhattisgarh
The Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (Balco), which is a part of the Vedanta Group, will spend INR 300 crore in building a cancer hospital and research centre here, officials.
Sysmex, Transasia introduce products for Clinical Research sector
Sysmex, the world leader in Haematology, in partnership with Transasia Bio-Medicals introduce the XT-1800i V & XT-2000i V (Veterinary mode), a fully automated Haematology analyzer for High Quality Animal Blood testing.
Apollo, IGNOU to offer 45 health-related courses in India
Health service provider Apollo Group and Indira Gandhi National Open University recently signed a memorandum of understanding to launch 45 medicine-related courses in four verticals from January next year.
Apollo
The dry run of the initial INR 5 crore EMR (Electronic Medical Record) system by Apollo in association with 40-odd hospitals in south India and networking of 2 lakh doctors will be done by October of this year.
Govt puts clinical research approvals on fast lane
The government has begun speeding up approvals in the area of clinical research which is set to boom in India, say top industry sources.
IBM delivers new mobility services for healthcare industry
IBM has announced new services to help healthcare organisations implement wireless mobility solutions to meet their 21st century objectives towards efficiency and quality.
GE Healthcare, Varian to collaborate on MRI system
GE Healthcare and Varian, Inc. announced that they will begin a collaboration to develop a new pre-clinical 7T magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system.
Holland aims for electronic child records
In Holland all child healthcare providers will have to introduce electronic patient records by the end of 2009.
Better health through your cell phone
Lens-free imaging advance by UCLA researchers could lead to improved wireless diagnostics for HIV, malaria and other global medical problems.
HIMSS investigates global EHR implementation
Recognising common threads that affect all EHR implementations in 15 countries, the Global Enterprise Task Force of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has released the white paper Electronic Health Records: A Global Perspective.
Idhasoft launches hospital management system
The USD 100 company aims to be amongst the top 50 IT company in the world, Idhasoft, an IT services company in healthcare space, has launched its iHMiS (Idhasoft Hospital Management System) product in Pune.
CSC selects InterSystems for trust integration
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) is to use InterSystems Ensemble for the integration of all new applications it provides to existing trust systems.
