NEWS REVIEW – BUSINESS
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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HEALTHCARE
NEWS REVIEW – INDIA
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
India News
Decline of Public Sector = Rise of Private Sector
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Editorial
Healthcare Industry Challenges & IT Solution Offerings : Faisal M. Paul, Country Manager – HPC & Healthcare Business Development, Hewlett Packard India (Sales) Pvt. Ltd.
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Industry forces are converging the Life Sciences and Healthcare Value Chain – the industry convergence is driven by bioscience innovation, increasing healthcare costs, the aging population and technology adoption.
Connected Healthcare – Concept and Feasibility : Anurag Dubey, Industry Analyst, Healthcare Practice, Frost & Sullivan
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The Indian healthcare industry currently estimated at around US$ 34 billion is growing dynamically.
GE Healthcare in joint venture
GE Healthcare, the US$ 17 billion (Dh62.3bn) healthcare business of General Electric Company (GE), has announced formation of a joint venture, GE El Seif Healthcare Arabia.
Free land for healthcare giants in rural J&K
Chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad recently invited Indian corporate healthcare giants to construct hospitals in rural areas, and offered them land to be provided free by the government. The CM vowed to strengthen peripheral health institutions of state and lessen the patient burden on tertiary hospitals in the city.
Computer Sciences Corp forms healthcare unit
Computer Sciences Corp. has launched a new business unit dedicated to healthcare. CSC’s Healthcare Sector will focus on the information and service needs of healthcare providers, health plans, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers and allied industries globally.
Open source health IT solutions in Europe
The open source developer community, Open Health Tools (OHT), has announced a collaborative effort to develop common healthcare IT products and services. Its 26 members consist of national health agencies, government-funded organisations and agencies, major healthcare providers, international standards organisations and companies from Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Apollo DKV health insurance in ties with InsuranceMall
Apollo DKV Insurance recently announced its tie-up with Bonsai Insurance Broking Pvt. Ltd., a leading Insurance Broker in the General Insurance segment for online insurance shopping through its website www.Insurancemall.in.
EMIS in joint venture with Ireland’s Helix Health
EMIS has announced a joint venture agreement with Ireland’s largest healthcare IT provider, Helix Health Ltd. The agreement sees the two companies selling each other’s products in their respective market areas.
US$ 350k MacArthur grant for India’s public health inst
Sangath, a Goa-based public health institution focussing on 350 million children and youth, is one among eight organisations in six countries that has won the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions.
Nottingham univ hospitals to deploy Cisco medical-grade network
The Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a multi-million-pound agreement to use Cisco technology to provide a state-of-the-art network infrastructure across the network of hospitals.
