German e-tendering for health launched

Three German procurement associations have banded together to launch a new e-tendering system called

Govt mulls medical devices price regulation Act

The Government would soon bring in a medical devices Act in a bid to regulate prices of healthcare equipment.

Fujitsu Siemens launches health tablet PC

Fujitsu Siemens computers has launched the ESPRIMO MA, a mobile tablet PC for the health sector.

India needs INR 60,000 cr by 2013 in healthcare

India needs an investment of up to INR 60,000 crore (INR 600 billion) over the next five years to meet demands in the healthcare sector alone, according to a consultancy firm Feedback Ventures.

Barco releases advanced visualisation software

Medical imaging specialist Barco has released a new version of its Voxar 3D advanced visualization software suite that is integrated in Agfa

Fujitsu Siemens launches mobile clinical assistant

Fujitsu Siemens Computers has announced the launch of the Esprimo MA, a tablet PC designed for mobile working in the healthcare sector.

BT in Hungary healthcare IT project

Communications solutions provider BT has successfully completed the first phase of a pilot project to improve the exchange of information between hospitals, outpatient clinics and general practitioners in the three least developed regions of Hungary.

ICICI Venture to raise healthcare corpus, buy into more hospitals

Leading private equity (PE) firm ICICI Venture is betting big on the country

Apollo

The dry run of the initial INR 5 crore EMR (Electronic Medical Record) system by Apollo in association with 40-odd hospitals in south India and networking of 2 lakh doctors will be done by October of this year.

Healthcare to attract USD 500 mn PE funding in 3 yrs

The country’s healthcare segment is likely to attract private equity funding to the tune of USD 500 million in the next three years.

HP aims to sign up with 2,000 hospitals

Technology solutions major Hewlett-Packard has set a target of signing up with about 2,000 small and medium-sized hospitals in the country by the end of the current fiscal.

CII on improving process for healthcare accreditation

Owing to the marked changes over the past few years in the healthcare sector, there is a growing demand for quality healthcare services, which calls for a closer look at the healthcare delivery systems and the necessity to introduce quality assurance mechanisms.

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

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