Ramsay Health Care Ltd, Australia’s biggest private hospital operator, expects to grow core earnings by 10-12 per cent this year as it scours France, Spain, India and the United States for new businesses to buy.
Managers at network technology giant Cisco Systems say the company is saving more than USD 4 for every USD 1 it invests in its employees’ health care using personal electronic healthcare records.
Members of a US healthcare purchasing alliance are now able to take out insurance to cover the financial costs of data breaches.
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd is working on a project that would give each of its patients a Universal Hospital Identification Number (UHIN).
Columbia Pacific, a Seattle investment firm, said it has raised USD 135 million to go after the Indian market. Its Asian venture, Columbia Asia, has 13 facilities in Malaysia, India, Indonesia and Vietnam
The Estonian Government has approved of the package of regulations which paves the way to the introduction of digital health records.
Intel chief Craig Barrett has drawn his attention to an Indian organisation, Health Management and Research Institute (HMRI), to bring home the point of technology, making it possible to deliver affordable healthcare.
Hindustan Latex (HLL)has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) for developing an integrated medical devices and diagnostic manufacturing park (MediPark) at Chengalpet near Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Thomson Reuters and CareEvolution are working together to deliver an alternative to the chronological medical record
Omaxe Infrastructure & Construction Private Ltd(OICPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Omaxe Ltd has received a Letter of Intent for the construction of Allopathic Medical College and Associated Hospital at Saharanpur, UP from UP Government through UP RNNL.
Global healthcare equipment maker GE Healthcare, an arm of General Electric Company (GE), and the Gujarat government have tied up in a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership (PPP) to upgrade medical technology in the state.
In a move to bring expensive medical devices such as stents, catheters, orthopaedic implants and heart valves under the price negotiation, the government has asked the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) to collect data on price, supply and availability of medical devices in the country.
Condom major Hindustan Latex Limited (HLL) has announced it will set up a MediPark near Chennai to manufacture diagnostic devices to boost the INR 25 billion medical devices market.
