Apollo Speciality Cancer Hospital in Chennai introduces Asia-pacific’s first robotic radiosurgery machine – ‘CyberKnife’
Apollo Hospitals Group introduced the most advanced CyberKnife
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Siemens obtains full rights to the hospital information system i.s.h med
Siemens Medical Solutions GSD GmbH, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Siemens Healthcare Sector, will soon take over all use and exploitation rights of the
software i.s.h.med, which are today held by T-Systems in Austria.
GE Healthcare and HCL form healthcare IT partnership
HCL and GE Healthcare, a leading provider of healthcare technology, announced recently a structured partnership to bring together HCL’s renowned business and technology services with GE Healthcare’s portfolio of healthcare IT software.
Microsoft and HIMSS launch Health Users Group in APAC
Microsoft Corp and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) today announced the launch of the Microsoft Health Users Group (MS-HUG) in Asia-Pacific, providing regional healthcare organisations and technology partners with access to an online forum to facilitate the development of healthcare solutions.
Information Technology advances in healthcare
By 2012, it is estimated that healthcare spending will almost double, with developing economies such as India, China and the Southeast Asian countries showing the highest growth potential with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.0 to 14.0 percent.
Asia-Pac sees strong SAP adoption
SAP Asia Pacific Japan recently announced strong adoption of its SAP for Healthcare solution portfolio. Despite the current economic downturn, the company continues to see strong momentum in the healthcare sector.
Back to the future..
[This article was published in the March 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
While medical sciences have extensively enlarged its knowledge pool over the last few decades, healthcare delivery continue to become ever more complex, costlier and in some cases, even cumbersome.
Role of telehealth in developing nations : Rajendra P Gupta, President & Director, Disease Management Association of India (DMAI)
[This article was published in the March 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Economy and healthcare are two major thrust areas in every part of the world. If a country has a healthy population, it has a productive workforce that leads to a vibrant economy
IGMH, Maldives to be managed by Apollo Hospitals
Vice President of the Republic Dr. Mohamed Waheed has indicated IGMH would soon be jointly managed by the Maldivian government and Apollo Hospitals of India, one of the largest healthcare organizations in the region.
GTI plans to invest INR 250 cr in healthcare
New York-based private equity (PE) firm GTI Group is setting up a wholly-owned subsidiary, India Management Company, to invest INR 250 crore into Indian healthcare sector.
