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ICICI Venture plans to float healthcare holding firm ICICI Venture is planning to float a company that will buy medium-sized […]
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Pfizer considers outsourcing manufacturing to India, ChinaUS-based pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer, is looking to cut costs by outsourcing as much as […]
Scientists Develop Artificial Artery
British scientists have developed a new artificial artery that functions the same way as a real blood vessel.
The Indian doctor today stands tall : Dr Prathap C Reddy, Apollo Hospitals, India
To bring about a change, one must be able to give others, what he gives himself and his kith and kin. Naturally, you would want to give best healthcare services to your kith and kin and this is how we evolved ourselves
Satellite Technology : Bridging the Health Divide
[This article was published in the January 2011 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org) ] With satellite communication technology, telemedicine provides access to quality healthcare, even to the farthest reaches of the nation
Snapshots of Change
[This article was published in the January 2011 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org) ] A rainbow collection of stories in the field of healthcare that track the life of India growing fast, and how!
$80m Grants to Improve Healthcare in Congo
The World Bank has approved an additional grant of $80m to improve healthcare in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Now, $100m Hospital in US
LHP Hospital Group and the Seton Family of Hospitals have entered into a joint venture to construct Seton Medical Center Harker Heights in Texas, US.
Effort To Curb Illicit Rx Drug Activity Online
Google and Microsoft have partnered with the US administration to establish a not-for-profit organisation aimed at blocking illegal online pharmacies from selling counterfeit prescription drugs.
Wipro wins 5-year IT Outsourcing Contract
Wipro Infotech has been awarded a 5-year IT outsourcing contract by Vasan Eye Care – one of India’s largest network of eye care centres and a unit of Vasan Healthcare Group.
Tele-ICUs Cut Costs for Critical Care Patients
According to a study by the New England Healthcare Institute and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, widespread use of telemedicine technology in intensive care units could save 350 patient lives and more than US $122 million annually in Massachusetts, The report — titled ‘Critical Care, Critical Choices: The Case for Tele-ICUs in Intensive Care’ examined data from a demonstration project at the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center and two Massachusetts community hospitals.
Hospital on a chip could increase survival of battlefield wounded
Researchers in the US aim to develop an implantable biochip that could diagnose and provide medication to soldiers as soon as they are injured. Survival of battlefield wounds often depends on the level of treatment within the first 30 minutes, so providing instant treatment to wounded soldiers before a medic can reach them could increase chances of survival.
Health, IBM revisit IT outsourcing deal
IBM Australia has kept its stranglehold on the federal Health Department, with a renegotiation of its service agreement over the next four years.
