Pan-European health network planned
Smart Open Services (SOS) is a pan-European ehealth project facilitating cross-border healthcare. The project aims to develop services providing patients travelling across Europe with access to high-quality care.
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Wockhardt Hospitals gets the best website award
Wockhardt Hospitals group
Coimbatore hospital a model for e-governance
The Directorate of Medical Education is focussing on adopting e-governance to make outpatient registration, consultation and prescribing of medicines smooth in all medical college hospitals in the State.
Norms to start medical colleges may be relaxed
The Centre is considering relaxation of regulations for starting medical colleges, especially in areas under-served by healthcare systems, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has said.
Veeda Oncology acquires Biologie et Industrie of Paris
Veeda Oncology, the subsidiary of one of the leading Global CRO
XIENCE
Patients treated with XIENCE V in SPIRIT III trial experience better long-term clinical outcomes, lower rates of stent thrombosis than patients treated with TAXUS.
GE Healthcare and Merck to partner
GE Healthcare has signed an agreement with drug maker Merck & Co, to provide lung imaging technology to assist in respiratory drug development, says CNN Money.
Manipal Cure and Care launches SNORBEN in India
Manipal Cure and Care [MCC], India
TPG may buy 30% stake in Manipal for INR 500 cr
Private equity (PE) giant Texas Pacific Group (TPG)-controlled Parkway Hospital in Singapore is leading the race to acquire 25-30% stake in Bangalore-headquartered Manipal Hospital for over INR 500 crore, sources said.
Govt to pump in INR 750 cr in GQ healthcare project
The government plans to invest INR 750 crore to develop health centres in partnership with health majors such as Apollo Group and trauma care centres like Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI), Hyderabad. And nearly 140 trauma care centres will be developed along the 6,500 km long north-south and east-west corridors of the four to six lane express highway.
New business models dot medical outsourcing
Indian hospitals are upping the ante on outsourcing. Instead of making heavy capital investments on expensive diagnostic equipment, costing INR 1.5 to INR 5 crore for MRI & CT scans, hospitals are opting for newer pay-per-use and outsourced models.
Global healthcare IT firm enters Pune
US-based healthcare information technology services firm Eclipsys has set up its second India unit in Pune to support its cleint base in Europe, US and Australia.
New visual control system for patient management
McKesson has launched Horizon Enterprise Visibility, a
