Bangalore based Vitage Technologies, a business service management company, has signed an agreement with TTK Healthcare Services Pvt Ltd, part of the TTK Group, to handle their IT operations as the managed services partner.
The University of California San Francisco Medical Center’s project team has implemented a real-time location system to track the location, status and movement of the center’s medical equipment.
An application by AIIMS is being processed by the ministry of civil aviation and permission has been sought to construct a helipad. The service will be available at the AIIMS trauma centre which has been operational for the past 10 months.
Perot Systems Corporation today announced that the company has been selected by the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) to represent AAPC in South India, including Chennai, Bangalore, and Hyderabad.
Healthcare major Apollo Hospitals will hold a series of international seminars and Continuing Medical Education (CMEs) on various speciality areas at its four centres over the next seven months.
NIMHANS, Bangalore and Mysore based KR Hospital has established connectivity for their telemedcine project in collaboration with Larsen & Toubro Ltd in Bangalore.
US-based $23-billion diversified technology firm 3M is in talks with top domestic pharma companies to licence drug delivery technologies.
Pfizer, a US-based pharmaceutical giant, is looking to cut costs by outsourcing as much as 30 per cent of its manufacturing to facilities in Asia, particularly in India and China.
The International Health Advisory Board of British Telecommunications plc (BT), comprising leaders in healthcare and public policy from around the globe, has been in discussions with key decision-makers of the Qatar business community how BT could help develop and advance healthcare information systems in Qatar, as well as examining other opportunities in the region.
Tenet Healthcare Corp. has signed a two-year, national agreement with United Healthcare. Under the agreement, United Healthcare members will have access to all acute care hospitals in Tenet’s portfolio.
IBM is targeting multi-billion dollar health business opportunities in India. The company has plans to tap opportunities worth $1 billion each in the Indian pharmaceuticals and health service segments over the next 3-4 years.
ICICI Venture is planning to float a company that will buy medium-sized hospitals and pharmacy chains and act as a holding company for the fund
The pharma sector may have underperformed in the Sensex , but companies providing contract research and manufacturing services (CRAMS) to global pharma companies have given good returns.
