NEWS REVIEW – BUSINESS
[This article was published in the August 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Business News
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Scoping Radiography
[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The radiography market has been seeing great innovations of late and with each new innovation there is fresh debate on the pros and cons of the technology vis-�-vis, ease of use, accessibility and return on investment.
Telemedicine soon across Maharashtra
Project planned with ISRO should have started in June last year; now, initial phase will connect via satellite premier medical colleges and hospitals to patients at eight or nine district hospitals.
Teleradiology plus electronic health record
Klinikum Chemnitz GmbH has become one of the first hospitals in Germany to link its teleradiology service with the electronic health record (EHR).
Health without frontiers : K. Srikanth, Co-founder, COO, Prognosys Medical Systems Pvt. Ltd. & V. Krishna Prasad, Co-founder, President, Prognosis Medical Systems
[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Telemedicine is defined as the use of electronic Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to provide and support health care when distance separates the participants.
NEWS REVIEW – WORLD
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
World News
FUJIFILM SHOWCASES DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY, 8 March 2008, Le Meridien, Chennai : Kenichi-Tanaka, Managing Director, FUJIFILM India
[This article was published in the April 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
To celebrate the spirit of International Women�s Day, FUJIFILM Corporation organised a seminar to spread awareness about breast cancer in India.
Net(t)Work of Healthcare !
[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Editorial
GE makes digital X-Rays affordable – eHEALTH Team
[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
GE Healthcare�s new Tejas XR 6000 high frequency X-ray promises to reduce the cost of direct digital X-ray systems to half of the price at which they are currently imported into India.
Architecting Health Network – Building a Foundation for Health Connectivity : Michael Gill, Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group
[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Health IT tends to be a catch-all phrase and includes almost anything electronic that displays or transports information. This article focuses primarily on the transportation of information and the provision of applications in a connected environment, where connectivity is the defining factor.
Hiranandani hospital outsources radiology services to Wellspring
Leading drugmaker, Nicholas Piramal India has announced that its subsidiary Wellspring is partnering with Dr. L H Hiranandani Hospital. This partnership entails the complete outsourcing of the radiology department at Dr. L H Hiranandani Hospital to Wellspring.
GE Healthcare launches indigenous, next-gen X-ray system
GE Healthcare, the US$17 billion healthcare business of General Electric Company recently announced the launch of “Tejas XR 6000”, a next generation convertible X ray system in India.
PREMIUM PRODUCTS – Health Insurance : Ivan Chak, Head, Life Profit Centre and Accident & Health division, Tata AIG Life Insurance Company Ltd.
In the short term perspective health insurance industry is expected to grow at a rate of 25% annually till 2010, while in the long term, it is expected to grow at a rate of 5% annually thereafter.
