Institute Body of AIIMS reconstituted

The highest decision making group in AIIMS, the Institute Body has been reconstituted by the health ministry by bringing in some new names.

iSOFT closes A$ 7million contracts in Australia and New Zealand

iSOFT Group Limited announced that it closed deals totaling more than A$ 7million (US$ 5.56m) in Australia and New Zealand in June.

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.

NEWS REVIEW

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

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iSOFT wins US$ 3.54m deal in England for a hospital information system

iSOFT, an IBA Health Group Company, today announced that it has won a contract for a hospital information system with a National Health Service (NHS) trust in southern England worth US$3.54m over five years.

NEWS REVIEW

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

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Bhutan introduces telemedicine projects

The Government of Bhutan is planning to transform its healthcare scenario in the coming years by introducing telemedicine service across the country.

Impetus of Project Management in Healthcare : Prof. Indrajit Bhattacharya, IIHMR, New Delhi

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

Everything we do now is based on the concept of �Managing By Projects� or MBP, especially in health sector. In this scenario, it is absolutely essential to equip ourselves with knowledge of project management and its linkages with healthcare.

Perot Systems Buys Tellurian To Expand Health-Care Services Reach

Perot Systems will significantly bolster its health-care interests after acquiring Tellurian Networks, a managed services provider of electronic medical records (EMR) and practice management (PM) applications.

World News – November 2008

Now, cancer diagnosis in 15 minutes Diagnosis of life-threatening diseases such as cancer may become a matter of minutes as […]

Financial and Demographic Crises to spur eHealth deployment

The global financial crisis as well as the growing demographic crisis that is affecting Europe could be the catalyst for European governments to finally embrace electronic healthcare reforms, according to Esko Aho, former Prime Minister of Finland and leading thinker on innovation.

Bangkok Hospital Medical Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

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

Bangkok Hospital Medical Centre (BMC) is one of the most technologically sophisticated hospitals in the world today.

Award for open source application for analysing health data

Health Atlas Ireland, an Open Source application to analyse health related datasets using geographical information systems (GIS) and statistical software, was one of twenty projects that were given the ‘Prime Minister Public Service Excellence Award’.