TECHNOLOGY
FORTIS HOSPITAL, Mohali
[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Fortis Hospital, Mohali, Punjab, set on a sprawling 8.22 acres of land, is the largest Cardiac Care Hospital in the region. The hospital is a 215-bedded cardiac and multi-speciality hospital, and was the first facility of its kind in the region.
GE Healthcare IT extends collaboration with HP
GE Healthcare IT, a division of General Electric Company, has announced an extended collaboration with HP to offer pre-configured, pre-installed GE Centricity
ICW provides mobile tracking in emergency care
German technology firm ICW’s LifeSensor emergency record has joined forces with the Bj
UNM Health Sciences plans $15.5 million telehealth grid
The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center’s Center for Telehealth and Cybermedicine Research has been awarded US$ 15.5 million from the Federal Communications Commission for the design, construction, operation and uation of a Southwest Telehealth Access Grid.
NEWS REVIEW- BUSINESS
[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
News Review
Taking Control – Medical Devices Industry to get a Regulatory Authority
[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The medical equipment market in India is growing at an annual rate of 15% and is expected to touch US$ 4.98 billion by 2012. With a highly unregulated environment in terms of quality, reliability, pricing and control, uncertainty rules the roost. Often, it�s a confusing maze for care providers and medical professionals, and the brunt of all this has to be borne solely by those at the end of the chain – �the patients� !
There is a dire need for a legal framework and a regulatory agency to look after the industry. How far have we reached? Is the Government taking the right steps? eHEALTH takes stock of the matter.
Nortel, Polycom offer new telemedicine solutions
Nortel and Polycom jointly demonstrated their end-to-end solutions for healthcare needs as well as telemedicine recently.
Chandigarh to connect local health centres with telemedicine project
In order to provide more quality health care to its people, the Chandigarh Administration has decided to connect various important Community Health Centre, Manimajra and Community Health Centre, Sector-22 with Government Multi Specialty Hospital (GMSH), Sector-16, Chandigarh through telemedicine project.
33m aid to boost telemedicine throughout Wales
GPs in Wales will be able to access patient details more easily as hospitals in the country are set to receive
Byrraju Foundation & Satyam provides healthcare to remote areas
Satyam Computer Services Ltd recently announced that its global healthcare practice, working with the Byrraju Foundation, has implemented a program to provide tele-electrocardiograms (ECGs) to patients in remote areas of the country who would otherwise have no access to such care.
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.
