CII recommends economic ties in health IT
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has recommended that bilateral economic cooperation be promoted through a focus on healthcare, information technology and entertainment sectors.
Wipro Healthcare scouting for niche buys in US
Acquisition in the healthcare and life-sciences space for IT service providers seems to be the flavour of the season with another information technology major, Wipro, scouting for a niche player in the segment based out of the US.
GE Healthcare to invest $1 billion in oncology solutions
GE Healthcare, the health business of General Electric, announced its plans to dedicate $1billion of its total R&D budget over the next five years to expand its advanced cancer diagnostic and molecular imaging capabilities, as well as its world-class technologies for the manufacture of biopharmaceuticals and for cancer research.
Electronic medical records improve diabetes care in study
Diabetics treated by doctors who use electronic medical records have better quality of care regardless of what type of insurance they have than those whose practitioners use paper records, a study showed.
ICT Becomes
[This article was published in the September 2011 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org) ] The first eHealth World Forum was held from 1st -3rd August 2011 to create a platform for dignitaries from all over the world and discuss emerging issues in depth in the areas of IT and technology in the healthcare services sector
“PPP model is important for improving the current healthcare scenario in India” : Gaurav Malhotra, CEO – Medfort Hospital
Medfort Hospitals is providing superior healthcare services by offering compassionate patient care and clinical excellence in
News: August 2009
Bill Gates: Go high end on R&D On a visit to New Delhi, Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft Corp, urged […]
Dell to tap NextGen for electronic medical records platform
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems Inc. has entered into an agreement with Dell in the Health IT marketplace to jointly market health information technology products and services to medical practices, hospitals and physician networks.
“we are driving innovation by delivering authoritative content with cutting-edge technology” : Rohit Kumar, Managing Director,
By changing the way healthcare professionals access information, Elsevier is at the forefront of the drive to improve outcomes for patients and reduce healthcare costs. Rohit Kumar-Managing Director, Elsevier Health Sciences, South Asia, in an interaction with Dhirendra Pratap Singh, shared Elsevier’s initiatives in this space and threw light upon the role of ICT in streamlining medical information products and services. Excerpts:
Centraly Hosted IT Infrastruture: Need of the Hour
[This article was published in the August 2011 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org) ] With a total plan outlay of Rs. 1623 Crore, State Data Centres are poised to become the back bone of the Government to Citizen (G2C), Government to Business (G2B) and Government to Government (G2G) interactions in 28 states and seven Union Territories, under the National e-Governance Plan. Once uted, Data Centres being the core of ICT infrastructure in any given set-up would be integrating the hardware, network, storage, and management resources, that will play the role of a central repository, secured data storage and will facilitate online delivery of services for the whole of state.
eHealth News: July 2009
WHO puts world on swine flu alert With 74 countries reporting 27,737 cases of infection, including 141 deaths, the World […]
Infosys Seeks to Jumpstart health insurance exchanges
As information technology companies continue to seek new opportunities in the lucrative healthcare IT market, Infosys Technologies Ltd. has launched a health insurance exchange platform that it says will help states establish insurance exchanges mandated under the Affordable Care Act.
