Health IT gets US$ 1.2 Billion VC Funding in Q2 2015

Venture capital (VC) funding, including private equity and corporate venture capital, in the Health IT / Digital Health sector increased […]

India, Netherlands to Collaborate for Cohort Study on AIDS

India and the Netherlands have planned to expand their existing cooperation in the area of large-scale patient cohorts with a […]

Mylan to acquire Abbott business in $5.3B deal

Mylan Inc announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Abbott (NYSE: ABT) whereby Mylan will acquire Abbott’s […]

Chiles state underspends on health care, says OECD

The latest study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), released on Wednesday, uated the current state of […]

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European IT project to detect adverse drug reactions A project recently approved by the EU, aims to exploit data from […]

European IT project to detect adverse drug reactions underway

A project, recently approved by the EU, aims to exploit data from electronic healthcare records (EHRs) and biomedical databases to foster the early detection of adverse drug reactions (ADRs).

Dutch healthcare system rated Europe

The Netherlands has been named as having the best healthcare system in Europe, emerging as the overall winner in the Euro Health Consumer Index (EHCI) 2008.

Agfa Signs Agreement with Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam

Agfa Healthcare, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, has signed an agreement with the Academisch Medisch Centrum (Academic Medical Center Amsterdam – AMC) in The Netherlands to upgrade its existing Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) and install a Radiology Information System (RIS) and Nuclear Information System (NIS).

Aarogyasri – revolutionising public health through conviction and innovative ICT application : Pratap Vikram Singh, Correspondent, CSDMS

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

Rajiv Aarogyasri, a government initiated health insurance scheme (working on a public-private partnership model) running in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, is one of the successful government endeavours ever for sustainable provision of health cover for people living below poverty line.

Barco selected for mammography screening project in the Netherlands

Medical imaging specialist Barco has won a contract to provide high-grade mammography display systems for a country-wide screening project in the Netherlands.

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

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NEWS REVIEW – BUSINESS

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

For the business news updates of the health care industry for the month of November 2008, browse through the pages of eHealth.

NEWS REVIEW – WORLD

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

Medical data breach insurance, euHeart Project, bird flu detection machine, Version 3 of HL 7 are some of the stories reported in the World News section of eHealth.