GE Healthcare enters Home Healthcare Market in India

GE completes acquisition of Vital Signs and its subsidiary Breas Medical AB to usher into a strategic move to enter the Home Care and Sleep Therapy market in India.

Philips launches home healthcare business in India – introduces innovative sleep therapy and respirtory solutions

Philips Electronics India Ltd, announced its entry into the fast-growing Indian home healthcare market by introducing the Philips Respironics product categories in obstructive sleep apnea management and home respiratory care to its existing healthcare product portfolio in India.

Philips launches home healthcare business in India by introducing innovative products for sleep apnea and respirtory ailments

Philips Electronics India Ltd, announced its entry into the fast-growing Indian home healthcare market by introducing the Philips Respironics product categories in obstructive sleep apnea management and home respiratory care to its existing healthcare product portfolio in India.

Apollo Speciality Cancer Hospital in Chennai introduces Asia-pacific’s first robotic radiosurgery machine – ‘CyberKnife’

Apollo Hospitals Group introduced the most advanced CyberKnife

Advanced robotic radiosurgery system – ‘CyberKnife’, introduced by Apollo Speciality Cancer Hospital in Chennai

The CyberKnife

Siemens obtains full rights to the hospital information system i.s.h med

Siemens Medical Solutions GSD GmbH, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Siemens Healthcare Sector, will soon take over all use and exploitation rights of the
software i.s.h.med, which are today held by T-Systems in Austria.

iSOFT reports First Half Year Revenue Up by 168%

iSOFT (an IBA Health Group Company) – Australia

GE Healthcare and HCL form healthcare IT partnership

HCL and GE Healthcare, a leading provider of healthcare technology, announced recently a structured partnership to bring together HCL’s renowned business and technology services with GE Healthcare’s portfolio of healthcare IT software.

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.

Information Technology advances in healthcare

By 2012, it is estimated that healthcare spending will almost double, with developing economies such as India, China and the Southeast Asian countries showing the highest growth potential with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.0 to 14.0 percent.

Asia-Pac sees strong SAP adoption

SAP Asia Pacific Japan recently announced strong adoption of its SAP for Healthcare solution portfolio. Despite the current economic downturn, the company continues to see strong momentum in the healthcare sector.

Back to the future..

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

While medical sciences have extensively enlarged its knowledge pool over the last few decades, healthcare delivery continue to become ever more complex, costlier and in some cases, even cumbersome.

Role of telehealth in developing nations : Rajendra P Gupta, President & Director, Disease Management Association of India (DMAI)

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

Economy and healthcare are two major thrust areas in every part of the world. If a country has a healthy population, it has a productive workforce that leads to a vibrant economy