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.
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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
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[This article was published in the March 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Apollo Speciality Cancer Hospital introduces the cyberknife robotic radio surgery system which is designed to treat tumours anywhere in the body.
Global HIS market to cross USD 35 Billion by 2015
Increasing awareness among medical service patrons on the benefits of using Information Technology in the healthcare sector, coupled with growing demand for affordable-yet quality healthcare services is forcing hospitals and other medical centers to adopt IT in their daily operations.
KTwo Technology launches new products
KTwo Technology Solutions launched ‘Kshema-Track’ ZigBee based patient flow and asset tracking solution recently. The product is an advanced Hospital Information Management System (HIMS) with radio frequency identification technology (RFID).
Heart patients with pacemakers can now undergo MRI
A cardiac patient with a pacemaker implanted inside his chest can now finally undergo an MRI scan. The world’s first MRI-compatible pacemaker has now been used on Indian patients.
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.
Fortis expanding Escorts as separate unit
Hospital chain Fortis Healthcare is expanding its flagship cardiac hospital brand Escorts Heart Institutes’ as a separate unit within its newly acquired hospitals.
New norms for MNC drug prices
In a move that would prevent MNCs such as GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Eli Lilly, Roche and Pfizer from selling their drugs at a huge premium in India, the government may soon finalise norms for monitoring prices of costly imported patented medicines for diseases such as diabetes, arthritis, obesity, cancer and heart diseases.
India logs over 2 lakh traditional medical formulations online
In what is the world’s first Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL), India has completed documenting over two lakh medical
formulations of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani to save them from piracy.
Trivitron JV Chennai facility commences production
Aloka Trivitron Medical Technologies, a medical equipment manufacturing joint venture of Aloka, Japan and Trivitron healthcare recently commenced production of Aloka SSD 500, portable black and white ultrasound scanner from its facility at Poonamallee in Chennai.
Apollo invests INR 75 cr on ASCH with Cyberknife robotic facility
Corporate healthcare pioneer Apollo Hospitals has invested INR 75 crore on setting up a speciality cancer hospital in the heart of the city.
