Unilabs buys Belgian teleradilology firm
Unilabs says the acquisition will enable it to develop teleradiology services on a pan-European basis. At present EuradConsult carries out around 40,000 teleradiology MRI reports a year.
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Growth of eHealthConnect and organ transplants
eHealth Global Technologies has announced that it has established its eHealthConnect medical record retrieve and e-delivery service at more than 25 solid organ transplant departments across the US since launching the service just 18 months ago.
Minister calls for strict norms on import and export of drugs
Calling for stringent regulations on the import and export of drugs and food items to meet the global competition, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said the items people consume should be of the highest quality.
Ramky to invest INR 500cr in health, education
Hyderabad-based Ramky Group is planning to invest INR 500 crore for setting up hospitals and educational institutions over the next three years. The group is into consultancy and real estate business among others.
China aims to provide healthcare for all by 2020
China recently unveiled details of a long-awaited overhaul of its struggling healthcare system, aiming to provide affordable basic care for all by 2020.
WiMax market to touch INR 52,000 cr by 2012
Wireless broadband market is estimated to touch INR 52,000 crore with an estimated subscriber base of 19 million by 2012, WiMax Forum has forecast.
BT in Hungary healthcare IT project
Communications solutions provider BT has successfully completed the first phase of a pilot project to improve the exchange of information between hospitals, outpatient clinics and general practitioners in the three least developed regions of Hungary.
Europe launches its health data exchange pilot
A project involving 12 European countries and supported by the European Commission is taking the lead in ensuring healthcare interoperability in Europe.
State Department, IBM build telehealth bridge to rural Pakistan
A telemedicine project by the State Department, IBM, and other public and private organizations has enabled medical specialists to treat patients in remote, medically underserved areas of northern Pakistan, some of whom have suffered for years from easily treatable diseases.
Christ Hospital implements eICU
The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, is to implement an eICU program designed to improve critical care delivery and save lives.
Leading US health web sites merge
The number two and three US health website networks are to merge to take on the might of market leader WebMD.
Novel wireless application goes live
InfoLogix has announced that the first successful implementation in the US of a mobile wireless application for the healthcare industry is now being used to scan and track its inventory of more than 10,000 medical, research and scientific devices, located in 55 buildings throughout the Texas Medical Centre and the city of Houston.
