Canada
Canada’s electronic health record projects have quadrupled since 2004, according to the head of the Canadian health IT agency. Investment in EHRs is said to have increased by 12% in the past year alone.
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Version 3 of HL7 released
Developer of global healthcare standards, Health Level Seven, has announced the release of Version 3 Normative Edition 2008, a globally-defined suite of specifications based on HL7
TeleHealth Services acquires assets of Pathware
TeleHealth Services, a leading provider of integrated communications solutions for the healthcare market, has acquired substantially all Instant HealthLine(R) assets of Pathware, Inc. (formerly SVI Healthcare, Inc.)
BPOs woo nurses for handling healthcare business
Outsourcing firms in the healthcare and life sciences and insurance space have started recruiting nurses and para medics to do jobs that require these specializations.
NoemaLife buys Ferrania Technologies
German healthcare software specialist NoemaLife has acquired the radiology information (RIS) and picture archiving and communications systems (PACS), in addition to the service division, of UK-based Ferrania Technologies.
Karnataka partners EMRI to initiate medical emergency project
The Karnataka government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Hyderabad-based Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI) to roll out
New medical colleges in pipeline
Cornered by a shortage of doctors and medical specialists in the country, the Centre plans to start colleges attached to hospitals run by the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC).
Fortis acquires CRS Health
Fortis Healthworld has acquired CRS Health, a Delhi-based pharma and wellness retail chain. It is also planning to rebrand itself and the pharma chains it acquires in future as Religare Wellness.
Health bodies to get details of citizens internet use
Public bodies in the UK, including health authorities, could be given the power to access details of everyone’s personal text messages, emails and internet use if new Home Office proposals are passed.
Indu Projects, Care, Hopkins to jointly set up health city
A consortium of real estate developer Indu Projects, US-based healthcare major John Hopkins and Hyderabad-based CARE Hospital is setting up a 2,000-bed health city in Nagpur. The consortium will invest around INR 750 crore in the project through a combination of debt and equity.
KIMS to acquire 2 hospitals, invest INR 300 crore
Healthcare services provider Kerela Institute of Medical Sciences is looking to acquire two hospitals in South India and has earmarked a budget of INR 300 crore for the purpose.
First wi-fi cold storage monitor with long battery life launched
GainSpan Corporation, an Intel spin-off and a technology innovator and leader in wi-fi semiconductor and software solutions today announced the availability of industry’s first Wi-Fi cold storage monitor that provides up to 5-10 years of battery life.
US-wide EHRs priced at USD 150 billion
The full implementation of a digital US healthcare system, with integrated networked electronic health records (EHR) in all U.S. doctors
