Sony’s new high-speed 8×10 Dicom digital imager
Sony is expanding its line of medical imaging technology with the new UP-D74XRD DICOM high-speed 8 x 10 monochrome digital imager.
India to set up world class blood banks in 600 districts
The Government of India has announced that it would set up state of the art blood banks in 600 districts across the country and a model blood bank in all the states within next two to three years.
More join national initiative to develop rules on electronic insurance verification, claims status
CAQH announced today that 12 of the nation’s premier healthcare organizations have joined its Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange, CORE, the healthcare industry’s leading initiative to simplify electronic patient administrative data exchange.
AMA Delegates endorse healthcare IT tax credit
The American Medical Association’s House of Delegates recently recommended that physicians receive a full, refundable tax credit to help them buy and use healthcare information technology.
Five hospitals in Germany to share patient data courtesy ICW
Medical staff at Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany, and the hospitals of the Health Centers Rhine-Neckar will soon routinely exchange comprehensive patient data. Driving the seamless exchange of information between facilities and care providers is the hospital connectivity solution Professional Exchange Server (PXS), from the eHealth specialist InterComponentWare AG (ICW).
Bayer plans blood glucose monitor costing less than INR 1000
In a bid to strengthen its presence in the diabetes care market, German healthcare major Bayer is planning to roll out a India-specific blood glucose monitor. The company intends to target the tier II and III markets with this device which is likely to be priced at below INR 1,000.
Rotary International and Gates Foundation commit USD 200 million to eradicate polio
Rotary International and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) on 26 November, 2007 announced a
partnership to provide USD 200 million for the intensified push to eradicate polio.
Cigna buys healthcare business of Great-West Lifeco for USD 1.5 Bln
Health insurer Cigna Corp. (CI) announced a definitive agreement to acquire Great-West Healthcare, the healthcare division of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Co., for USD 1.5 billion in cash. Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance is a subsidiary of Canada-based financial services holding company Great-West Lifeco Inc.
Agfa HealthCare awarded contract with Premier for RIS/PACS/Reporting Solutions
Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of IT-enabled clinical workflow and diagnostic imaging solutions, announces today that it has been awarded a new, three-year, multi-source contract by Premier Purchasing Partners, L.P., the group purchasing unit of Premier Inc., to provide Enterprise Image Management Solutions (EIMS) and services to the alliance’s more than 1,500 member hospitals and 49,000 other healthcare sites.
Health Ministry indicted for lapses in medical equipment procuring norms
The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India (CAG) has indicted the Union Health Ministry for
India’s policies hurting medical tourism boom
Tough immigration norms among other policies by the Indian government are proving to be major blocks in the path of India becomming a major medical tourism hub.
Soon, get online MBBS degrees
Next year, if you fail to make it to a prestigious medical college, don’t lose hope of studying medicine. A leading hospital chain is all set to offer India’s first MBBS programme through distance education.
