Xerox helps healthcare providers, payers and states prioritise patient safety

Healthcare organisations and state agencies are increasingly turning to Xerox to help tackle their growing list of IT and federal […]

Health activists oppose India-EU free trade pact

Hundreds of people marched in New Delhi to protest an ambitious free-trade agreement being negotiated between India and the European […]

ICT investments could cut healthcare costs for key ailments, says a study

A new study finds that investment in computer, communications and diagnostics technologies could drastically cut the long-term care costs for […]

International Finance Corporation to invest into Religare Laboratories

International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector investment arm of the World Bank Group, is investing up to $30 million […]

Sigma-Aldrich buys BioReliance for $350M

Avista Capital Partners is exiting its four-year-old investment in biopharmaceutical testing company BioReliance Holdings Inc., via a sale to Sigma-Aldrich […]

Apollo plans investment on health park in Andhra

Healthcare major Apollo Hospitals is understood to be planning to invest around Rs 100 crore to set up a mega health park at Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh.

EMRs a risky investment for small physician practices

Problems with the reliability and utility of electronic medical record systems has caused hardships for some small physician practices — costing them tens of thousands of dollars and limiting access to patient care.

Service tax makes life insurance expensive

Once the Union Finance bill 2011 is passed , the service tax will make life insurance policy more expensive.

NEWS REVIEW/MONEY MATTERS

[This article was published in the July 2010 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Fortis Healthcare plans to raise Fresh Fund

Achieving with Achievers

[This article was published in the May 2010 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

The healthcare sector has become one of the most glorified sectors of the Indian economy with launch of world-class facilities, cutting-edge technologies, government initiatives, indigenous manufacturing, and unprecedented growth rates.

Scottish NHS to invest

Online scanning to allow remote diagnosis for island-based patients and Scotland’s biggest telehealth system are among a range of hi-tech projects to help more patients to be treated quicker and closer to home.

India needs INR 60,000 cr by 2013 in healthcare

India needs an investment of up to INR 60,000 crore (INR 600 billion) over the next five years to meet demands in the healthcare sector alone, according to a consultancy firm Feedback Ventures.

Investment and Financing in Healthcare Sector : Dilip Khanna, Associate Director, Healthsciences Practice, Ernst & Young

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

The Indian healthcare sector is on a high-growth trajectory propelled by unparalleled domestic growth, increasing public awareness and growing global interest in India�s delivery capabilities.