World population to touch 9.2 billion in 2050
The world population will see a likely increase of 2.5 billion over the next 43 years, by moving from 6.7 billion currently to 9.2 billion in 2050.
HEALTHCARE
Mount Kellet invests in MedPlus
Mount Kellett Capital Management , US private equity group, is investing Rs 410 crore in one of India’s top pharma retailer MedPlus Health Services.
Harvard students to launch mHealth
San Francisco-based mobile health and Health 2.0 incubator, Rock Health, that aims to provide healthcare expertise, development resources and eventually funding to winning ideas.
Non profit drugstores boosts health of poor people
The government is now planning to set up of over 8,000 drug retail outlets spread across the length and breadth of the country.
Healthcare services go cashless for poor
Planning commission expert group has called for making the preventive, primary and secondary healthcare services publicly funded and cashless.
News Review- March 2010
South Asia’s first Medical Technology park to make quality healthcare affordable in India Trivitron has set up the first medical […]
Revisited tax policy on healthcare demanded
With the high uproar about the increase in the service tax for health services, the government is now trying to revisit the policy.
Business News
Microsoft and HIMSS launch Health Users Group in APAC Microsoft Corp and Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) have […]
News Review India
Apollo's white hope The healthcare group Apollo Hospitals have set up a new hospital Apollo Speciality Cancer Hospital (ASCH) in […]
Steria and Neology partner to bring quality RFID solutions
Steria, a European leading provider of IT-enabled business services, and Neology, a major Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology solution provider, has announced a partnership to develop and deliver RFID solutions to the Indian market.
mHealth Used By Poor In Uganda
The mobile healthcare has not yet come up and still is in the initial levels in most of the countries.
BUSINESS NEWS
Cerner moves into Ireland Cerner, a leading international supplier of healthcare information technology (HIT) solutions, recently announced the opening of […]
Agfa HealthCare to Implement IMPAX PACS Solution
Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, has implemented IMPAX, its archiving and communication system (PACS) at the University Hospital in Krakow, Poland. The installation replaces the hospital’s existing system of disparate, standalone diagnostic stations with an IMPAX 6 solution.
