Healthbase, WellPoint tie up for medical tourism solutions

Healthbase and WellPoint will collaborate to bring affordable healthcare benefits to Americans through an international medical tourism pilot program.

Alchemist meets world standards in critical care

Alchemist Hospital in Panchkula, India, is one of the few hospitals in the country having world-class ICU certified by College of Critical Care Medicine in Mumbai, India.

CMPMedica, iSOFT sign global contract for drug information decision-support tools

CMPMedica, a division of United Business Media Limited, and healthcare IT sysytems supplier iSOFT, have signed a worldwide agreement to supply iSOFT with comprehensive evidence-based drug information.

Fortis eyes stakes in hospital chains

Fortis Healthcare, which operates a chain of hospitals across India, is seeking to buy a minority stake in Manipal Hospitals and Wockhardt.

Carestream chosen for Israel-wide RIS-PACS

Carestream Health has been awarded a EUR 19.4m (USD 25m) country-wide contract for a RIS-PACS project across Israel

Siemens partners with Asklepios chain

Siemens is to make its hospital information system i.s.h.med part of the Asklepios Future Hospital Programme (AFH), one of the highest profile digital healthcare projects in Germany.

Airtel launches alert services for vaccination

Airtel announced the launch of

SecureCare Adds Addison Health Systems to Its Growing List of EMR Resellers

SecureCare Technologies, Inc., a health care information technology company based in Austin, Texas, has successfully launched Sfax(TM) as part of an integrated and automated faxing solution within Addison Health Systems’ WritePad(TM), an EMR (electronic medical record) system used to track patients, create exam notes and compile detailed patient reports.

Perot Systems Buys Tellurian To Expand Health-Care Services Reach

Perot Systems will significantly bolster its health-care interests after acquiring Tellurian Networks, a managed services provider of electronic medical records (EMR) and practice management (PM) applications.

IT @ Hospital Survey 2008 Part 3 – South and Central India

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

lT hospital survey reveals some very important facts on the health care facilities vailable in various states of India.

CompuMed previews telecardiology EMR

Medical informatics company CompuMed has previewed its new CompuBRIDGE telecardiology electronic medical records (EMR) solution.

Specialists assist emergency telemedicine consultations

Specialists On Call, Inc. (SOC), has announced that it recently performed its 5,000th emergency neurology consultation via telemedicine since the Company’s inception in 2005.

UAE MoH selects Cerner to automate healthcare processes

MoH facilities in the UAE will be implementing healthcare information technology (HIT) systems from Cerner Corporation that are designed to improve patient care.