Siemens unveil new radiology solutions
Siemens Healthcare unveiled a new portal of IT software for radiologists and other hospital personnel who work with imaging staff, known as the syngo Portal.
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National urban health mission soon
On the lines of National Rural Health Mission, the National Urban Health Mission will be launched in 429 towns, having over one lakh population, within four months, Union Health Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss has said.
Piramal Diagnostic eyeing acquisitions
Aiming to tap the booming healthcare sector, Piramal Healthcare’s (formerly Nicholas Piramal) diagnostic division, Piramal Diagnostic Services (formerly Wellspring), is in talks with 15 diagnostic centres for acquisition.
Wireless tracking for mobile diagnostic imaging systems
A product has been developed for the optimised repair and tracking of mobile diagnostic imaging systems.
Transasia Bio Medicals Ltd awarded ISO 13485
Transasia Bio-Medicals Ltd, leader in the Clinical Diagnostics Segment across the Indian healthcare sector, which aids in diagnosing life threatening diseases faced by the humankind such as, AIDS, Tuberculosis, Cancer and Diabetes etc. has been awarded ISO 13485 (Quality Management Systems for Medical Devices) by UL India, a certifying body to foster quality assurance and improvement.
Anurag Gupta appointed MD, GE Healthcare Life Sciences, South Asia
GE Healthcare, has announced the appointment of Anurag Gupta as Managing Director, Life Sciences, GE Healthcare South Asia.
Agfa, ICW, Sun Microsystems form open-source eHealth initiative
Agfa HealthCare, InterComponentWare (ICW) and Sun Microsystems have joined as foundation members of the new Open eHealth Foundation, an open-source initiative for the healthcare IT arena.
Vietnam Gov
A national project in that would standardize medical tests among hospitals and health clinics in Vietnam will be launched this year, the Ministry of Health has said.
System C launches new healthcare consultancy
System C Healthcare has launched a new consultancy service aimed at helping healthcare organisations meet the challenges posed by the government’s reform agenda.
Handwriting recognition integrated with smartpen
Vision Objects has integrated its MyScript handwriting recognition into Livescribe’s Pulse smartpen and desktop application.
Carestream’s upgraded product launched
Carestream Health has debuted its newest version of Kodak Carestream Information Management Solutions (IMS) that offers health care providers more convenient viewing of medical imaging exams and other types of patient documents, while facilitating the integration of images with electronic medical record (EMR) systems.
Agfa HealthCare’s new product to aid communication in emergency
Agfa HealthCare has launched IMPAX ConnectED, which automates and expedites communication between a hospital’s radiology and emergency department (ED) regarding preliminary findings.
