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.

Centre plans drug stores in all districts in India

The government has decided to set up a retail network of drug stores across the country in public-private partnership that would sell 350 essential medicines at half the rate of its branded substitute.

Govt puts clinical research approvals on fast lane

The government has begun speeding up approvals in the area of clinical research which is set to boom in India, say top industry sources.

Mauritius Medical Centre to be linked to 12 Indian hospitals

Mauritius

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.

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.

Hindujas plan 250-bed hospital in Chennai

Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of Ashok Leyland

MediAssist’s fixed reimbursement model with hospitals

In a bid to address the burgeoning cost of treatment, country’s largest third party administrator MediAssist will tie up with various hospitals for developing a fixed reimbursement model for most illnesses.

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).

Apollo plans to set up 250 speciality hospitals

In a move to reach out to smaller towns and cities in the country, Apollo Hospitals Group has chalked out a INR 10,000 crore investment plan to set up 250 small and medium sized multi-specialty hospitals aggregating to 31,250 beds over the next seven years.

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.

IT @ HOSPITAL Survey 2008,Part-II,West India

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

The per capita income in Western India is the highest in the country at USD 850 (PPP). It would be appropriate then to assume that this would have an impact on the level of automation of medical care in the region.