HP helps healthcare providers around world go digital

HP has announced that it is working with healthcare providers across the globe to improve their operational and business processes through the HP Digital Hospital Solution.

Spearheading Innovation : Dr. Biswadip Mitra, Texas Instruments (India), India

Dr. Biswadip (Bobby) Mitra has been with Texas Instruments for over 20 years and is the Managing Director of Texas Instruments (India).

GE Healthcare, Varian to collaborate on MRI system

GE Healthcare and Varian, Inc. announced that they will begin a collaboration to develop a new pre-clinical 7T magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system.

Cutting Edge in Healthcare Technology : Tarit Mukhopadhyay, Head – HIS & PACS Business Siemens Medical Solutions, India

Interview

Scoping Radiography

[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

The radiography market has been seeing great innovations of late and with each new innovation there is fresh debate on the pros and cons of the technology vis-�-vis, ease of use, accessibility and return on investment.

HL7 critical to tap global healthcare IT markets : Saji Salam, MD, MBA, Chairman, Health Level Seven India

[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

In a large and diverse country like India standardisation is not an idea too easily followed.

Solutions for Transformation : Patrick Downing, Product Unit Manager, Microsoft Healthcare Solutions Group

Interview

Universalising healthcare through telemedicine

[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Millions of people in India do not have access to essential healthcare. Can telemedicine be the answer?

New business models dot medical outsourcing

Indian hospitals are upping the ante on outsourcing. Instead of making heavy capital investments on expensive diagnostic equipment, costing INR 1.5 to INR 5 crore for MRI & CT scans, hospitals are opting for newer pay-per-use and outsourced models.

Siemens to Launch PETNET Services in India

Siemens Healthcare has announced its first molecular imaging biomarker production facility in Chennai, India. The new facility will enable the healthcare providers in and around Chennai to access the positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) technology to diagnose patients with life-threatening diseases, such as cancer and cardiac and neurological ailments.

Cerner’s new Dublin office for Ireland’s healthcare technology needs

Cerner, a leading international supplier of healthcare information technology (HIT) solutions, announces the opening of a new office in Dublin as it continues to expand its healthcare IT presence in Ireland.

NEWS REVIEW – WORLD

[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

NEWS REVIEW

Philips, Artemis tie up for research in diagnostic devices trials

The firms plan on using advanced technologies to find cheaper ways to discover blockages in the heart, tumours