German e-tendering for health launched

Three German procurement associations have banded together to launch a new e-tendering system called

NEWS REVIEW – BUSINESS

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

Business News

Govt allows service sector up to US$ 100 mn external borrowing

The government has revealed its decision to ease its external commercial borrowing (ECB) norm, enabling firms in the service sector – hospitals, hotels and software companies – to borrow up to US$ 100 million for import of capital goods.

Misys Healthcare to merge with Allscripts

Misys, the UK-based IT software group, is to merge its healthcare division with smaller US rival, Allscripts to create a larger specialist provider of clinical software and services for the US primary

GE acquires Image Diagnost International

GE Healthcare has acquired German based Image Diagnost International, a provider of IT systems used in the diagnosis of breast cancer.

QUALITY par-excellence : Mack Banner, Chief utive Officer- Bumrungrad International Hospital, Bangkok

Interview

Cirrius Wireless designs marketing network for pharma giant

Pharmaceutical firm Merck Ltd announced recently that it has partnered with software firm Cirrius Wireless Technologies for providing mobile-based solution, marketing network and activation system (MANAS) to its sales representatives across the country.

Akhil Systems, known to be among the oldest healthcare IT companies in India, offers solutions to a large number of hospitals as well as pharmaceutical companies in India and abroad.

NEWS REVIEW – WORLD

[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

News Review

SAP to release integrated solution in December

Germany

10 Best Practices for Selecting EMR Software : Don Fornes, Software Advice

[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

The value of going digital with patient records has become increasingly clear to one and all.

Keane inks two health care deals

Keane Inc., a formerly public (USD 1 billion-plus) software firm has won a $1.4 million, three-year deal with Parkway Hospital in Queens, New York, for a patient-management software product. That deal came the day after Keane announced a similar USD 1.2 million contract with Century City Doctors Hospital in Los Angeles.

Microsoft Seeks RFID Support for HealthVault

The software giant is encouraging companies to develop RFID applications for the free online medical database service it recently launched.