NEWS REVIEW – BUSINESS

[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

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Health village for medicare, research coming up near Chennai

The Tamil Nadu Government is planning to establish a health village for medicare and medical research in South Asia.

IBA Health completes acquisition of iSOFT plc

IBA Health Limited, Australia’s largest stock exchange listed information technology company announced that IBA Health’s acquisition of iSOFT has now become effective after the final sanction by the High Court of Justice for England and Wales. The unification of these two health-focused organisations will create one of the world’s largest healthcare IT providers.

NEWS REVIEW – INDIA

[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

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Keane inks two health care deals

Keane Inc., a formerly public (USD 1 billion-plus) software firm has won a $1.4 million, three-year deal with Parkway Hospital in Queens, New York, for a patient-management software product. That deal came the day after Keane announced a similar USD 1.2 million contract with Century City Doctors Hospital in Los Angeles.

SRIT forms a JV Company in Australia

Sobha Renaissance Information Technology (SRIT) have announced its Joint Venture (JV) with Capital Technic Group (CTG), an Australian Management Consulting & Services firm. The joint-venture capitalized at Australian $2.5m aims to produce $7.5m in annual revenues by the second year and ramping up to $65m by the fifth.

Flying Doctors of Austrailia to access medical records

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) will have ready access to the medical records of more than 750,000 residents in remote Australia under a new project backed by the federal government.

Asian Healthcare IT market Riding High on India : Dipanjan Banerjee, eHealth

[This article was published in the October 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Asian healthcare IT market is sizzling. Big investments are pouring in and much more is yet to come.

EVENTS DIARY

[This article was published in the September 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

events DIARY

NEWS REVIEW – BUSINESS

[This article was published in the September 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

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Australian Federal Govt unveils e-Health Plan

The Federal Government of Australia has unveiled a new Internet based health system for remote areas. The new health system will ensure health issues identified in Aboriginal children.

Building Information Capacity for Better Health: US and Beyond : Ticia Gerber

[This article was published in the June 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

The terms e-Health and health information technology (HIT) are used somewhat interchangeably in the United States.

eHAELTH ASIA 2007 – Giving Health an ICT e-dge : Saswati Paik

[This article was published in the March 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

In the last few years, e-Health has emerged as a tool for substantial productivity gains and restructured, citizen-centric health care.