iSoft India gives shape to world’s largest health project

Healthcare software provider iSoft has said that its Indian R&D team is developing a solution what it described as the world

CSC selects InterSystems for trust integration

Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) is to use InterSystems Ensemble for the integration of all new applications it provides to existing trust systems.

Hindujas plan 250-bed hospital in Chennai

Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of Ashok Leyland

Swindon launches telehealth monitoring for COPD patients

Swindon NHS PCT has mainstreamed its use of telehealth solutions, to provide more timely and preventative care and support for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

Making the eHealth Connection

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

The Rockefeller Foundation held a conference series, Making the eHealth Connection: Global Partnerships, Local Solutions from 13 July to 8 August at the Bellagio Centre.

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.

NEWS REVIEW – BUSINESS

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

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Australia’s Ramsay eyes offshore expansion

Ramsay Health Care Ltd, Australia’s biggest private hospital operator, expects to grow core earnings by 10-12 per cent this year as it scours France, Spain, India and the United States for new businesses to buy.

Health bodies to get details of citizens internet use

Public bodies in the UK, including health authorities, could be given the power to access details of everyone’s personal text messages, emails and internet use if new Home Office proposals are passed.

Version 3 of HL7 released

Developer of global healthcare standards, Health Level Seven, has announced the release of Version 3 Normative Edition 2008, a globally-defined suite of specifications based on HL7

NoemaLife buys Ferrania Technologies

German healthcare software specialist NoemaLife has acquired the radiology information (RIS) and picture archiving and communications systems (PACS), in addition to the service division, of UK-based Ferrania Technologies.

Aviva launches health scheme

Aviva Life Insurance has become health conscious. The largest insurance group in the UK

NEWS REVIEW – WORLD

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

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