NEWS REVIEW – INDIA

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

News Review

Google, Cleveland Clinic team up on medical data

Web search company Google Inc is collaborating with Cleveland Clinic, one of the premier U.S. health institutions, to pilot an exchange of data that puts patients in charge of their own medical records.

Mobile telemedicine service soon in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh (India) Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy has announced that mobile clinics will tour villages and telemedicine would be introduced through the

iSOFT in agreement with ML Park (Russia)

iSOFT Deutschland has strengthened its position in Russia’s healthcare market after a partnership agreement with ML Park of Moscow to distribute and support iSOFT’s laboratory information systems (LIS).

NEWS REVIEW – INDIA

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

NEWS REVIEW

MedStar takes one-vendor approach with Cerner IT

The largest health system in the Baltimore-Washington area, with 147,000 inpatient admissions and 1.5 million outpatient visits a year, has tapped Kansas City-based technology company Cerner to implement several Cerner Millennium applications throughout the healthcare system.

Cisco plans research centre in Qatar

US networking giant Cisco said recently that it plans to establish a research and technology centre at the Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP).

NASSCOM: INR 100 cr fund for small cos including medical devices

The fund, it is said, will be invested in sectors such as medical devices, life sciences, wireless technologies, automotive infotronics and energy conservation.

Spectrum Health with Cerner and Microsoft to empower patients

Spectrum Health announced recently its strategic relationship with Cerner and Microsoft Corp. in developing the Cerner Care Console(TM) solution, a consumer-centric technology that empowers patients to take an active role in their care.

GoI and World Bank group to rid health sector projects of corruption

The Government of India and the World Bank Group have joined forces to fight fraud and corruption and systemic deficiencies in India

Hospitals should inform patients of treatment costs: Consumer Commission

Hospitals in the capital should display the cost of treatment for the patients to see and decide whether it is affordable to them, the Delhi Consumer Commission has observed.

New projects by Intel & World Ahead Alliance in healthcare, education

Intel Technology India Pvt Ltd in collaboration with other Intel World Ahead Program Alliance members and the Government of India, have announced a number of initiatives to help transform healthcare and education in the old city of Chandini Chowk, in the country

Bilcare to use nanotech to counter drug counterfeiting

A pharma packaging company Bilcare Research of Pune has launched a product to help check the menace of counterfeit drugs. The product has a label with a unique bar code made out of nanotechnology and fingerprinting.