Apollo Hospitals to set up 250 small health centres

The Tamil Nadu-based Apollo Hospitals group will set up 250 small hospitals across the country including the north-east by 2013, a senior company official revealed recently.

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.

HIMSS investigates global EHR implementation

Recognising common threads that affect all EHR implementations in 15 countries, the Global Enterprise Task Force of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has released the white paper Electronic Health Records: A Global Perspective.

Idhasoft launches hospital management system

The USD 100 company aims to be amongst the top 50 IT company in the world, Idhasoft, an IT services company in healthcare space, has launched its iHMiS (Idhasoft Hospital Management System) product in Pune.

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.

GE eyes acquisitions in India

General Electric Co (GE) is scouting for acquisitions to scale up its presence in India. The diversified engineering and services major is looking across a gamut of sectors for opportunities to acquire firms, especially the core infrastructure, healthcare and the media space.

RFID in healthcare consortium being formed

According to Harry P. Pappas, CEO and founder of the RFID Educational Foundation, the non-profit charitable institution, is leading an effort to form the RFID in Healthcare Consortium (https://www.rfidinhealthcare.org). On September 9, the Foundation is holding a by-invitation-only meeting at the RFID World 2008 event in order to establish the consortium.

IT can improve healthcare delivery say experts

There was a need to make the healthcare sector more IT-oriented, opined experts at a seminar on healthcare organised by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).

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.

AHEL to set up 250

RG Stone Urology & Laparoscopy Hospital’s (RG) chain plans to grow its presence to 30 locations using the Department in Hospitals (DIH) route.

Mumbai’s RG Stone Hospitals to grow DIH presence

Mumbai, India-based RG Stone Urology & Laparoscopy Hospital’s (RG) chain plans to grow its presence to 30 locations using the Department in Hospitals (DIH) route.

eHEALTH India 2008 Event Report

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

eINDIA 2008, India�s largest ICT event was held from 29th to 31st July 2008 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

Parkway Hospitals -Singapore

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

ParkwayHealth owns a total of 15 hospitals in South Asia providing 3,277 beds and the expertise of 1,500 accredited medical professionals in a wide range of specialist fields.