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GE plans to invest $6 Billion on healthcare
GE plans to invest $6 Billion on healthcare

GE Healthcare, the $17-billion healthcare arm of General Electric launched new, low cost products, aimed at developing markets such as India, as the company seeks to spend around $6 billion on its global strategy to grow its revenues from emerging markets.

CII MEDITech Summit 2009
CII MEDITech Summit 2009

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

Technology will play a significant role in healthcare industry across the globe… and even more so in India, where it is still at a nascent stage. The recently organised �CII MEDI Tech Summit 2009� threw light on this crucial aspect that promises to transform healthcare industry by leveraging technology to improve standards of care.

“Health and Hospital managers will be in great demand” : Dr. V.K. Singh, Institute of Health Management Research (IHMR)
“Health and Hospital managers will be in great demand” : Dr. V.K. Singh, Institute of Health Management Research (IHMR)

Established in 1984 in Jaipur, Institute of Health Management Research (IHMR) is the first of its kind in India, with attention solely focused on health systems management. It is a premier institute in health management education, training, research, programme management and consulting in the health sector including Hospitals and Healthcare IT. IHMR has two centers at Bangalore and Delhi.

“Mixing medicine and technology” : Dr S K Mishra, SGPGIMS
“Mixing medicine and technology” : Dr S K Mishra, SGPGIMS

Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, is known for teaching and training medical professionals in various medical super-specialties. The latest achievement of SGPGIMS is the setting up of the School of Telemedicine and Biomedical Informatics. Currently, the infrastructure at the school consists of several laboratories in all areas of healthcare IT, Telemedicine, HIMS, Health Knowledge Management, Medical Imaging Informatics, Biomedical Informatics, Artificial Intelligence, CDSS, Medical Mutimedia & Animation, Surgical Informatics etc.

emerging avenues in Healthcare Education
emerging avenues in Healthcare Education

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

The liberalisation of the foreign investment policy and the emergence of private healthcare providers have proved to be a shot in the arm for the Indian healthcare industry, giving rise to specialised fields in healthcare and opening new career opportunities for thousands of job seekers in India.

Age old industry, new age education
Age old industry, new age education

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

In recent years, the buzzing Indian healthcare industry has generated a huge demand for manpower across many new skill areas and specialisations.

Microsoft and HIMSS launch Health Users Group in APAC
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.

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