NEWS REVIEW- – BUSINESS

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

Idhasoft is all set to improve University of Pennsylvania’s tracking software.

EVENTS DIARY

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

Get the details of various medical events to be organized in the month of February 2008.

India’s first GMP compliant plasma fractionation facility

Celestial Biologicals Limited (CBL), an associated company of Intas Biopharmaceuticals Limited, and GE Healthcare, the USD 17 billion healthcare business of General Electric Company, announced recently a collaboration to set up India’s first Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) compliant Plasma Fractionation facility in Ahmedabad.

Bangladesh introduces telehealth services

From February onwards, the Bangladesh government will have in place

KTwo unveils low cost tele-diagnostics devices

KTwo Technology Solutions, a 200 plus people Bangalore based company and an Intel India Design house vendor unveiled its Healthcare device targeted at rural and urban markets.

GE Healthcare to acquire Indian medical cos

GE Healthcare is planning to acquire and provide seed capital to Indian medical device and diagnostic companies.

Bridgehead Software releases new Archiving software

Bridgehead Software has released the latest version of PACStore, a long-term archiving solution that consolidates data from disparate PACS systems, enabling it to be centrally managed and accessed while providing powerful federated search facilities.

HL7 releases child health EHR standard

Health Level Seven (HL7), the healthcare IT standards development organisation, has released the first standard specifying the key functional requirements for child healthcare in an electronic
health record (EHR) system.

IMA seeks subsidised loans for doctors

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has said that the government must provide support to doctors in the form of subsidised loan rates for purchasing equipment .

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.

Wellness at the Workplace : Dr. Paul Litchfield, British Telecom

The main role of Occupational Medicine is to provide health advice to organisations and stakeholders, to ensure high standards of health and safety at the workplace. The Chief Medical Officer at British Telecom, speaks about his work at the largest telecom company in the UK.

On a mission to empower : Praveen Srivastava, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India

When NRHM was launched in April 2005, there were a number of separate programs for different areas such as TB, malaria, maternal and child health etc.

Networks… to grow with : Reynold O. Bryan, Jr., Global Healthcare Segment Leader, Extreme Networks

Healthcare is unique because of the nature of its core business of providing quality patient care, medication and related services to people of every age, race and gender, who are either sick presently or with a view to maintaining their health for the future.