India declared polio-free by WHO
India has taken off the list of polio endemic countries by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Health Minister Ghulam Nabi […]
HEALTH
Health Level Seven International publishes implementation guide to extend HL7 standard into blood banking
Health Level Seven® (HL7®) International, the global authority on standards for interoperability of health information technology has published an implementation […]
Expert roundtable on non-communicable diseases emphasises global cooperation
India Health Progress (IHP) in association with Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) organised an expert roundtable on Non-Communicable Diseases […]
Health activists oppose India-EU free trade pact
Hundreds of people marched in New Delhi to protest an ambitious free-trade agreement being negotiated between India and the European […]
IMS Health acquires baring PE funded PharmARC
US based Healthcare analytics provider – IMS Health Inc. has acquired Baring PE backed PharmARC Analytics Solutions Pvt Ltd. Financial […]
Venture capitalists in US remain bullish on medical devices, health IT
Venture investments held strong and steady across healthcare in 2011, with medical devices finishing a close second to biopharmaceuticals in […]
Health insurance plans at pharmacies in near future
Cigna TTK Health, the most recent entrant in the Indian health insurance space, plans to set up an innovative distribution […]
VA Expands its fleet of telehealth-equipped mobile health centers
The Department of Veterans Affairs has added 20 more vehicles to its fleet of telehealth-equipped mobile health centers, bringing the […]
EHRs can help address health care disparities
Primary care physicians could help address health disparities between black and white patients if they implement electronic health records, according […]
AADHAAR Opening Up of New Vistas in Healthcare
Aadhaar, a unique identification system for providing ID (a digital signature) to citizens, is based on the personal bio-data and biometrics […]
Standardise Nomenclature of Medical Information
Col Sanjay Patole, Head IT, Army R&R Hospital, believesthat HL7 version 3.0 can be a potential solution for creating medicalinformation […]
Technology that Secures
With innovations and developments in the technology, we have smooth electronic data flow from insured to insurer Bishwajit Nayak Head of […]
Building Trust in Telemedicine
Dr Jawahar Shah throws light on the workthat Mind Technologies, a company that hefounded, has done for connecting rural and […]
