Hetero bags Government’s anti-flu drug deal

Hyderabad-based Hetero Drugs has bagged the government

iSOFT wins USD1 million deal in Libya

iSOFT recently won a two-year deal to implement its eHIS and LabCentre solution at Al Khadra Hospital in Tripoli, Libya.

Appraising Telemedicine Case studies Lessons and Challenges : Lieutenant Colonel Salil Garg Cardiologist, Command Hospital, Pune and Squadron Leader Mudit Mathur, DD Space Ops, DSCC, Bhopal

[This article was published in the April 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Time goes, you say? Ah, no! Alas, time stays, we go � Henry Austin Dobson

Cryo-Save’s new growth strategy accross AsiaPacific Region

Cryo-Save Group, Europe’s largest stem cell company announced its plans to scale up its investments in its 100% subsidiary Cryo-Save India and Asia Pacific region to meet the emerging demands of these two high-growth markets.

Microsoft and HIMSS launch Health Users Group in APAC

Microsoft Corp and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) today announced the launch of the Microsoft Health Users Group (MS-HUG) in Asia-Pacific, providing regional healthcare organisations and technology partners with access to an online forum to facilitate the development of healthcare solutions.

Role of telehealth in developing nations : Rajendra P Gupta, President & Director, Disease Management Association of India (DMAI)

[This article was published in the March 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Economy and healthcare are two major thrust areas in every part of the world. If a country has a healthy population, it has a productive workforce that leads to a vibrant economy

NEWS REVIEW- – BUSINESS

[This article was published in the February 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Idhasoft is all set to improve University of Pennsylvania’s tracking software.

IHTSDO announces free use of SNOMED CT in low-income countries

The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) announced that it will make Affiliate Licenses for the use of SNOMED CT available to users in low income countries free of charge, as they are in IHTSDO Member countries.

Global IT spending to fall in 2009

Weakening economies are set to push spending on information technology products and services down 3% after seven years of continuous growth, according to Forrester Research.

GE Healthcare to acquire Indian medical cos

GE Healthcare is planning to acquire and provide seed capital to Indian medical device and diagnostic companies.

Eye in the sky

[This article was published in the December 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Technology can be seductive, particularly in healthcare. Unfortunately, all too often the focus of programs and �research� becomes the technology itself rather than the outcome. Informatics based early warning systems for epidemics are a step in the right direction.

Rockefeller Foundation calls for support for eHealth

The Most Reverend Desmond Tutu discusses eHealth as “the great equalizer” and its ability to improve the human condition at the Global Ministerial Forum for Research on Health in Bamako, Mali. This is in continuation to the Rockefeller Foundation sponsored conference series at its Bellagio Center from
July 12-August 8, 2008, titled

Microsoft launches EMEA Health User Group

A year after Microsoft first announced plans to establish a health user group (HUG) for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), it this week announced the launch of the online forum.