XIENCE
Patients treated with XIENCE V in SPIRIT III trial experience better long-term clinical outcomes, lower rates of stent thrombosis than patients treated with TAXUS.
Govt to pump in INR 750 cr in GQ healthcare project
The government plans to invest INR 750 crore to develop health centres in partnership with health majors such as Apollo Group and trauma care centres like Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI), Hyderabad. And nearly 140 trauma care centres will be developed along the 6,500 km long north-south and east-west corridors of the four to six lane express highway.
Techmagnate bags prestigious medical tourism portal project
Techmagnate, a fast growing Internet firm of India, has bagged prestigious order of developing and managing the complete web portal on medical tourism for All India Medical Tourism Company.
European firms sign global e-health deals
Two large European e-health suppliers have announced new deals to conduct healthcare work internationally, in the last month.
PremjiInvest puts US$ 20 mn in HealthCare Global
HealthCare Global Enterprises Ltd said on Monday PremjiInvest, a fund sponsored by Wipro’s Azim Premji, has invested US$ 20 million in the company.
New business models dot medical outsourcing
Indian hospitals are upping the ante on outsourcing. Instead of making heavy capital investments on expensive diagnostic equipment, costing INR 1.5 to INR 5 crore for MRI & CT scans, hospitals are opting for newer pay-per-use and outsourced models.
India health insurance seen rising, but concerns stay
Despite a penetration of just 2-3 percent, health insurance accounts for about 16 percent of the industry’s total premium collection.
Global healthcare IT firm enters Pune
US-based healthcare information technology services firm Eclipsys has set up its second India unit in Pune to support its cleint base in Europe, US and Australia.
Apollo DKV Insurance to invest INR 5 billion in India
Health insurer Apollo DKV Insurance Co. Ltd plans to invest up to 5 billion rupees in the next five years to increase market share.
Global Hospitals expanding in Karnataka
The hub and spoke model is increasingly being adopted to deliver high-end healthcare in smaller cities and one of the newest hospital chains to use this expansion route is the Global Hospital.
New visual control system for patient management
McKesson has launched Horizon Enterprise Visibility, a
Gujarat to start e-diagnosis in all villages
On the back of successful launch of its “e-gram” initiative, under which villages have been offered broadband connectivity, the Gujarat government’s health department has announced an e-medicine scheme for rural areas.
