The main role of Occupational Medicine is to provide health advice to organisations and stakeholders, to ensure high standards of health and safety at the workplace. The Chief Medical Officer at British Telecom, speaks about his work at the largest telecom company in the UK.
[This article was published in the December 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Technology can be seductive, particularly in healthcare. Unfortunately, all too often the focus of programs and �research� becomes the technology itself rather than the outcome. Informatics based early warning systems for epidemics are a step in the right direction.
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, the world’s leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Quest Diagnostics India Pvt. Ltd. has received certificates of accreditation from the College of American Pathologists (CAP), a leading international laboratory accrediting organization, and the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL), the sole government-authorized laboratory accreditation body in India, for its diagnostic and clinical trials laboratory in Gurgaon, India.
Sysmex, Transasia introduce products for Clinical Research sector Sysmex, the world leader in Haematology, in partnership with Transasia Bio-Medicals introduced […]
Leading private equity (PE) firm ICICI Venture is betting big on the country
Escorts Heart Institute in New Delhi has introduced at their facility the latest 3D Trans Esophageal Echocardiography with benefits such as 3 dimensional picture quality, timely diagnosis and better accuracy.
Delhi and adjacent areas are facing a shortage of over 12,500 qualified doctors due to high attrition rate and to overcome it, recruitments should be made on priority basis, a study by an industrial body said.
[This article was published in the September 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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[This article was published in the September 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
eINDIA 2008, India�s largest ICT event was held from 29th to 31st July 2008 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
US-based private equity (PE) major General Atlantic is learnt to be final stages of talks with Wockhardt Hospitals to invest around USD 140-150 million. Although there are some differences over the valuation and structure of the investment, the PE may pick up around 20% stake in the Indian company, sources said.
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.
Taking the e-Governance initiative at the forefront, the Government of Delhi has decided to digitise all government hospitals in the Indian capital state.
