Fortis Healthcare has signed an agreement with ‘Foundation Buntu’, a non profit organisation registered under the Government of Republic Of Burundi. Through this tie-up, Fortis Healthcare would serve patients who require care and treatment in Neurosciences, Oncology, Orthopedics & Cardiac Sciences, informed Fortis.
Lilly, a research based organisation of pharmaceutical products, honoured for contribution to Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by the International Chamber of Commerce, United Nations Development Program and International Business Leaders Forum.
Siemens Information Systems Ltd (SISL) announced the launch of its cutting-edge Soarian MedSuite hospital information system (HIS) for the first time in India. The implementation of this system has been successfully completed at S.L. Raheja Hospital in Mumbai, also a Fortis Healthcare associate.
There is an urgent need for atleast 500 medical colleges in India and that too in the next five years, urged the Medical Council of India (MCI). Further to that the MCI has also recommended that the proposed new medical colleges can be established now with a minimum requirement of only 10 acres of land and more than 250 students.
The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has announced Medsynaptic Pvt Ltd, a pioneering and leading Teleradiology and PACS company from India, as one of the top 10 Information Technology startups for 2010 at the Delhi edition of the NASSCOM EMERGOUT Conclave 2010.
Dell Services and Max Healthcare have announced that Dell Services has converted the information technology infrastructure of all eight Max Healthcare facilities into a private MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switching) cloud running remotely from Dell Services Data Centre in Noida.
Girish Rao, Chief utive Officer of Nova Medical Centers has recently resigned from the post, as announced by the organisation. Girish Rao will continue to be an Advisor to Nova Medical Centres, though. He will also remain a significant shareholder, investor, and founder of the business, informed Nova.
Accenture and the Institute of Clinical Research in India (ICRI) had announced jointly to develop a Pharmacovigilance and clinical research programme customised to meet the growing industry requirements of the thriving sector.
Nine winners and 19 runners up won the coveted Asian Hospital Management Awards (AHMA) 2010 held in August, 2010 at the Grand Hilton Seoul, Korea. Of these, two hospitals from India won the awards.
The Apollo Hospitals Group launched the first standalone dialysis centre in Public Private Partnership with Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS).
The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) has empowered the BPL population with the ability to avail quality healthcare services free of cost. Within a span of two and a half years, the scheme has provided healthcare cover to almost 70 million people living under the poverty line.
[This article was published in the September 2010 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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