Narayana Hrudayalaya plans health city in Mexico
Indian hospital major Narayana Hrudayalaya plans to set up a health city in Mexico that will also cater to patients from the US.
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Wockhardt Group to invest INR 1000 cr in next three years
Wockhardt group will invest INR 1,000 crore in the next three years for expanding its healthcare infrastructure.
Satellite monitoring can predict cholera outbreaks in India
Scientists have found that cholera outbreaks can be predicted using satellite monitoring of marine environments, especially in India and Bangladesh where such epidemics occur regularly.
Europe aims to boost telemedicine
The European Commission telemedicine communication aims to increase and broaden telemedicine services, including diagnosis, treatment and monitoring at a distance across Europe.
SCM mobile terminal for German card
SCM Microsystems has announced its latest terminal for the German electronic health card programme: the eHealth500 mobile terminal.
Finally, a lifeline for India’s poor
The government is set to introduce Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), a visionary national health insurance scheme, which provides INR 30,000
A ‘Tipping Point’ Year For Health Care IT, Says HHS
Health-care providers of all stripes face a host of technology challenges in the new year. Indeed, “the tea leaves are not settled at the bottom of the cup yet, but [providers] are already expected to budget for 2009, 2010 and beyond,” said Bob Booz, managing vice president for Gartner Research, at a kick-off town hall at Everything Channel’s Healthcare Summit in San Diego.
SecureCare Adds Addison Health Systems to Its Growing List of EMR Resellers
SecureCare Technologies, Inc., a health care information technology company based in Austin, Texas, has successfully launched Sfax(TM) as part of an integrated and automated faxing solution within Addison Health Systems’ WritePad(TM), an EMR (electronic medical record) system used to track patients, create exam notes and compile detailed patient reports.
WebMD Announces 2008 Health Heroes
WebMD Health Corp. announced the honorees of the 2008 WebMD Health Heroes awards, featured in the November/December issue of WebMD the Magazine.
MedlinePlus: National Library of Medicine Brings FreeMD.com Symptom Checker to Health Consumers
DSHI Systems, which uses new technology to give people likely diagnoses for their medical conditions online, has partnered with MedlinePlus, the leading authority for online health information.
Quest Diagnostics’ Laboratory in India Accredited by Leading Laboratory Accrediting Organizations
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, the world’s leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Quest Diagnostics India Pvt. Ltd. has received certificates of accreditation from the College of American Pathologists (CAP), a leading international laboratory accrediting organization, and the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL), the sole government-authorized laboratory accreditation body in India, for its diagnostic and clinical trials laboratory in Gurgaon, India.
Pelco Pairs Up with Barco
Pelco, a developer of video and security systems, and Barco announced a new integrated solution that is set to offer interoperability of the companies’ streaming video solutions.
