Business intelligence key to improving NHS management

Business intelligence tools will play a central role in improving NHS management and meeting the goals of the Darzi report, according to Ardentia.

Docs say IT critical to healthcare reform

Two physician organisations are weighing in on the healthcare piece of the economic stimulus package, calling on the president and Congress to support healthcare information technology, additional funding for primary care training, Medicaid funding for states and comparative effectiveness research.

Gujarat govt to invest INR 300 cr for healthcare

All the primary hospitals and community health centres in Gujarat are set to undergo a sea change, with the state government taking initiatives to ensure quality healthcare services.

dbMotion selected for Unified and Interoperable Patient Record

dbMotion, a provider of health interoperability and intelligence solutions, has been chosen by UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, to deliver its interoperability and intelligence system to create a single electronic, interoperable patient record across numerous information technology environments and care areas.

UnitedHealth Group updates its ID cards

UnitedHealth Group has adopted new standards for healthcare ID cards across all its health plans. The cards will provide patient eligibility information and access to a personal health record, and process healthcare transactions.

NEWS REVIEW- – BUSINESS

[This article was published in the February 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Idhasoft is all set to improve University of Pennsylvania’s tracking software.

EVENTS DIARY

[This article was published in the February 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Get the details of various medical events to be organized in the month of February 2008.

India’s first GMP compliant plasma fractionation facility

Celestial Biologicals Limited (CBL), an associated company of Intas Biopharmaceuticals Limited, and GE Healthcare, the USD 17 billion healthcare business of General Electric Company, announced recently a collaboration to set up India’s first Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) compliant Plasma Fractionation facility in Ahmedabad.

KTwo unveils low cost tele-diagnostics devices

KTwo Technology Solutions, a 200 plus people Bangalore based company and an Intel India Design house vendor unveiled its Healthcare device targeted at rural and urban markets.

Bangladesh introduces telehealth services

From February onwards, the Bangladesh government will have in place

GE Healthcare to acquire Indian medical cos

GE Healthcare is planning to acquire and provide seed capital to Indian medical device and diagnostic companies.

Bridgehead Software releases new Archiving software

Bridgehead Software has released the latest version of PACStore, a long-term archiving solution that consolidates data from disparate PACS systems, enabling it to be centrally managed and accessed while providing powerful federated search facilities.

HL7 releases child health EHR standard

Health Level Seven (HL7), the healthcare IT standards development organisation, has released the first standard specifying the key functional requirements for child healthcare in an electronic
health record (EHR) system.