US insurers keen on Indian tie ups

Keen to take advantage of low-cost healthcare in India, US insurance firms are drawing up attractive medical tourism packages with Indian hospitals to facilitate travel and treatment for its citizens there.

Apollo Unveils Health Insurance Company

The Apollo Hospitals Group in a joint venture with Deutsche Krankenversicherung AG (DKV AG), Europe’s largest private health insurer recently announced its health insurance company, Apollo DKV Insurance Company Limited (Apollo DKV).

e-Health: Tangible Lessons from Canada : By Trevor Hodge

[This article was published in the August 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

In response to strong public concern about wait times, Canada�s First Ministers committed to providing evidence-based wait time benchmarks for cancer, cardiac care, diagnostic imaging, joint replacement and sight restoration (cataract surgery).

CII facilitates health care study mission in Delhi

The Healthcare Study Mission, a two day seminar organized by the CII Delhi State Council in the month of July, 2007, gave an insight into the professional management of Healthcare industry as also on quality patient care, satisfaction and personal attention at optimal costs. The two day Study Mission was aptly titled as “Showcasing the Best Practices In Healthcare”.

Ghana’s Health Sector gets a US $ 40 million boost

Recently the government of Ghana received an approval of funding from the World Bank Board, amounting 40 million USD. This funding will finance two health sector projects (i) Health Insurance Project – US$15 million and (ii) Nutrition and Malaria Control for Child Survival Project

IT is Healthy to Change

[This article was published in the April 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Editorial

Are you feeling feverish again?

[This article was published in the November 2006 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Malaria, HIV-AIDS, Diarrohea, basic maternal and infant health related problems abound the world and happen to be killer diseases, threatening the very development prospects for many nations. The poor suffer the most due to lack of adequate healthcare infrastructure or access.