NEWS REVIEW – BUSINESS

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

Business News

Indian Spinal Injuries Centre signs on Akhil Systems

ISIC has recently signed a contract with Akhil Systems Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi for replacement of their existing HIS System.

TAKE Solutions

TAKE Solutions announced recently that its worldwide business in regulatory document management and electronic submissions software arena is making quick inroads in the Indian market.

Medybiz enters final stage of disease management plan

As Reliance ADA Group goes for a big push in the healthcare segment, group company Medybiz is finalising a disease management venture aimed at treating chronic ailments through health management strategies.

Escorts receives the coveted NABH accreditation

Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, cardiac super-specialty hospital in Delhi, became the third hospital under the Fortis Healthcare umbrella to receive the NABH accreditation, the highest national recognition for quality patient care and safety, making Fortis Healthcare the hospital network with maximum number of NABH accreditations for its hospitals.

Docs with foreign PG set to get govt’s nod

In a bid to allow Indian doctors practising abroad to return and plug the acute shortage in healthcare back home, the government may soon recognize postgraduate medical degrees of 10 foreign countries.

India to have tele-medicine service with SAARC countries

Tele-medicine services will become operational between India, Bhutan and Sri Lanka by this year end, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said recently.

ADAG jumps into personal health market

Anil Ambani-owned ADAG is entering the personalised healthcare services. Medybiz, part of the group

Columbia Asia hospital opens in Kolkata

Kuala Lumpur-based multinational hospital chain Columbia Asia Hospitals has opened its Kolkata unit, the fourth in India after two in Bangalore and one at Gurgaon.

Mobile rehabilitation of heart patients

Scientists are in the final stages of launching a mobile phone with a miniature heart monitor and a GPS device that would help keep track of rehabilitation of patients thousands of kilometres away.

SaskTel and Alcatel-Lucent launch remote monitoring

French-based Alcatel-Lucent and SaskTel have launched LifeStat Remote Monitoring and Health Management, a service that records and transmits daily blood glucose and blood pressure readings, automatically creating confidential, easy-to-use reports that can be viewed online by the client, their caregivers and the client

Clinical trial likely to be US$ 546 m by 2011 says Assocham

Country’s clinical trials business will be more than tripple to about US$ 546 million by 2010, capturing 15 per cent of the global market, according to industry body Assocham. At present, country’s clinical trials industry is valued at about US$ 150 mn.

Intel gets FDA OK for personal health system

Intel Corp, the world’s biggest computer chip maker, recently won clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration to sell an in-home health monitoring system for patients with chronic conditions.