Quicker access to cardiologists, neurologists or radiologists even in remote places in Karnataka is now a possibility, thanks to advances in telecommunication. Cardiac emergencies like thrombosis are now being attended to by trained doctors at the Chamarajanagar district hospital and at 19 public health centres (PHCs) under the Karuna Trust.
The full implementation of a digital US healthcare system, with integrated networked electronic health records (EHR) in all U.S. doctors
Taking its operations in South Asia to the next level, ERP software, applications and services provider Lawson Software has formally opened its first office in India at New Delhi.
The Disease Management Association of India (DMAI), the non-profit organization recently formed to propagate disease management concept and tools all over the country, is planning to initiate a Chronic Care Professional (CCP) certification programme for doctors across specialties in India to bring excellence on par with the international standards.
Multi-speciality healthcare provider Global Hospitals Group will soon launch a hospital with 500 beds in Chennai.
Piramal Healthcare is set to clinch yet another in-licensing deal. The company has concluded a marketing deal with US-based firm BioElectronics to market the latter
[This article was published in the August 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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In a bid to allow Indian doctors practising abroad to return and plug the acute shortage in healthcare back home, the government may soon recognize postgraduate medical degrees of 10 foreign countries.
Kuala Lumpur-based multinational hospital chain Columbia Asia Hospitals has opened its Kolkata unit, the fourth in India after two in Bangalore and one at Gurgaon.
Apollo Hospitals Dhaka (AHD) has achieved prestigious accreditation from Joint Commission International (JCI), the worldwide leader in improving the quality of healthcare for the first time in Bangladesh.
