UNITED-STATES
International Development and Evolving Dimensions in Telemedicine : F. Lievens, Board Member and Secretary/Treasurer, ISfTeH, Switzerland & M. Jordanova, Solar-terrestrial Influences Laboratory, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
eHealth is brought to life by contemporary changes of our world and summarises the entire range of services that are at the crossroad of traditional healthcare and information technology. eHealth affects the entire health sector-from general practitioner to the hospital manager, from nurses to software specialists, from social security funds to patients.
New Age Healthcare – Information Assurance for All : Prof. K. Ganapathy, President – Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation & Ms. Aditi Ravindra, Biomedical Engineer – Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation
[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
With the rapid proliferation of hundreds of health information websites, e-health publications and commencement of use of electronic health records, we in India, are now in an era of information dissemination.
NEWS REVIEW – WORLD
[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
World news
India to earn INR 8000 cr through medical tourism
Easy access to visa facilities permitted by India to overseas patients coupled with the best emerging medical infrastructure in large and tertiary towns will make the country earn to an extent of INR 8,000 crore in foreign exchange by 2012, a new study has said.
HIL to pick up 8.5% in Apollo BPO
Mauritius-based firm Healthcare Investment (HIL) is picking up around 8.5% stake in Apollo Health Street (AHS), the healthcare BPO arm of India
Google Health launched
Internet search giant Google yesterday unveiled Google Health, its online personal health record service, which enables consumers to manage their health records, use online health tools and get health advice online.
Veeda Oncology acquires Biologie et Industrie of Paris
Veeda Oncology, the subsidiary of one of the leading Global CRO
XIENCE
Patients treated with XIENCE V in SPIRIT III trial experience better long-term clinical outcomes, lower rates of stent thrombosis than patients treated with TAXUS.
Techmagnate bags prestigious medical tourism portal project
Techmagnate, a fast growing Internet firm of India, has bagged prestigious order of developing and managing the complete web portal on medical tourism for All India Medical Tourism Company.
Global healthcare IT firm enters Pune
US-based healthcare information technology services firm Eclipsys has set up its second India unit in Pune to support its cleint base in Europe, US and Australia.
New visual control system for patient management
McKesson has launched Horizon Enterprise Visibility, a
