Apollo invests INR 75 cr on ASCH with Cyberknife robotic facility
Corporate healthcare pioneer Apollo Hospitals has invested INR 75 crore on setting up a speciality cancer hospital in the heart of the city.
BARC scientists developed portable tele-ECG machine
A new low-cost and portable tele-electro cardiogram (ECG) system has been developed by the scientists of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
dbMotion selected for Unified and Interoperable Patient Record
dbMotion, a provider of health interoperability and intelligence solutions, has been chosen by UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, to deliver its interoperability and intelligence system to create a single electronic, interoperable patient record across numerous information technology environments and care areas.
Heart health city in Ahmedabad
Next time a Baby Noor of Pakistan needs an advanced heart surgery, she might pick Ahmedabad instead of Bangalore.
Collaborating for Innovation : Matt & Poornima, Texas Instruments
eHEALTH had the opportunity to meet with innovators and facilitators of innovation together at the recently concluded Texas Instruments Developer Conference held on November 2008 in Bengaluru.
Intelligent Communication : Madhukar Saboo, Head – healthcare & Life Sciences vertical, Avaya GlobalConnect
[This article was published in the January 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
An integrated approach to IT and communication systems for better patient care and higher operational efficiencies is very much the need of the hour. This article looks at the importance of effective communication channels that can help in providing better health care facilities.
KLAS announces top-performing software and services vendors for 2008
Market research firm KLAS has named Epic as the highest-performing healthcare vendor across all market segments in its annual rankings, which were released recently.
Trivitron in distribution agreement with Boston Scientific
Trivitron Group of companies, the largest player of Indian origin in the Medical Technology Industry, has announced an exclusive distribution agreement with Boston Scientific Corp, one of the largest medical devices company worldwide.
UAE MoH selects Cerner to automate healthcare processes
MoH facilities in the UAE will be implementing healthcare information technology (HIT) systems from Cerner Corporation that are designed to improve patient care.
IT can improve healthcare delivery say experts
There was a need to make the healthcare sector more IT-oriented, opined experts at a seminar on healthcare organised by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).
The evolution of Surgical Systems – robotics applied to medicine
[This article was published in the September 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Robotic surgery has already become a successful option in neurological, urological,
Hospital robot expands doctors
Physicians and surgeons at Rochester General Hospital have used a robot to conduct about 500 remote exams at Newark-Wayne Community Hospital since October 2007.
