Wipro GE Healthcare expects INR 800 crore revenues from project

The Indian sales and marketing arm of GE Healthcare, the world

Leading Lankan hospital group collaborates with Manipal Health Systems

A leading private hospital group here has tied up with a premier Indian healthcare provider to facilitate state-of-the-art medical services in the Island nation.

GE Healthcare announces its first healthcare Public Private Partnership in India

GE Healthcare, the US$17 billion healthcare business of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) has announced the signing of a contract between the Government of Madhya Pradesh, GE Healthcare and Sanya Hospitals and Diagnostic center

New projects by Intel & World Ahead Alliance in healthcare, education

Intel Technology India Pvt Ltd in collaboration with other Intel World Ahead Program Alliance members and the Government of India, have announced a number of initiatives to help transform healthcare and education in the old city of Chandini Chowk, in the country

Philips plans USD 5.1 billion acquisition of Respironics

Philips appears to have completed its planned USD 5.1 billion purchase of home medical equipment supplier Respironics. The acquisition – the fourth in recent weeks for the Dutch IT vendor – would be Philips’ largest acquisition ever, according to published reports.

Health information exchanges aid healthcare in rural California

Three health information exchange projects in rural California are showing how such exchanges can boost healthcare services to underserved populations.

AIG, J P Morgan to invest INR 400 cr in Narayana Hrudayalaya

Global financial institutions American International Group (AIG) and J P Morgan are reportedly to invest a total of INR 400 crore in Bangalore based Narayana Hrudayalaya for a 25 per cent stake in this cardiac hospital chain, valuing it at INR 1,600 crore.

Russia expects telemedicine boom

Telemedicine might become one of the priority trends in healthcare development in Russia. In the year 2008 a range of

large telemedicine projects is expected to be implemented. According to specialists, the given sector will develop in Russia not only due to the state initiative, but thanks to attracting private investment.

More funds for healthcare and Health Smart Card in Schools

The government will allocate INR 1,360 billion (USD 34.50 billion) for healthcare in the 11th Five-Year Plan (2007-12), up from INR 450 billion in the previous plan, said Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss. He also said that the government will introduce a ‘health smart card’ under the National School Health Programme for every school-going child.

The challenge is to create an architecture that allows seamless information flow : Manish Gupta, CIO, Fortis Healthcare

Fortis Healthcare is considered to have one of the best IT infrastructure among healthcare providers in India and is proud of being the pioneer in deploying Web-based HIS system.

Red Hat’s plunge into India’s healthcare sector

Red Hat Software Services, provider of Linux and open source technologies, is making its way into the Indian healthcare sector.

Telemedicine Centre Inaugurated in Yaounde (Cameroon)

Information and communication technologies (ICT) have been recognised in the past decades as an essential tool for the scientific, economic and social development of a country.

US based 3M is in talks with Indian pharma companies to license tech technologies

US-based $23-billion diversified technology firm 3M is in talks with top domestic pharma companies to licence drug delivery technologies.