Techmagnate bags prestigious medical tourism portal project

Techmagnate, a fast growing Internet firm of India, has bagged prestigious order of developing and managing the complete web portal on medical tourism for All India Medical Tourism Company.

Point of care monitoring expands market

Patients wary of medical negligence and unnecessary tests by doctors need not be nervous at the time of hospitalisation anymore. The government is in the process of framing clinical guidelines for the treatment of widely-prent diseases. Doctors would have to follow these guidelines.

Government working on framing clinical guidelines for doctors

Patients wary of medical negligence and unnecessary tests by doctors need not be nervous at the time of hospitalisation anymore. The government is in the process of framing clinical guidelines for the treatment of widely-prent diseases. Doctors would have to follow these guidelines.

IBA wins

Australia’s largest listed health information technology company announced that the largest provider of independent healthcare services in the UK, General Healthcare Group (GHG) has appointed iSOFT as a strategic health information technology partner.

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British health insurer set to foray into India

Britain’s largest private health insurer British United Provident Association (BUPA) is set to enter India to cash in on the booming healthcare services demand, driven by rapidly rising population and growing affluence.

Text messeages to forgetful patients

NHS Trusts across the UK are now looking to adopt a reminder service that helps reduce missed patient appointments and resulting losses in hospital revenues. Known as the Managed Appointment Reminder Service (MARS), the system aims to help NHS Trusts slash an estimated

Open source health IT solutions in Europe

The open source developer community, Open Health Tools (OHT), has announced a collaborative effort to develop common healthcare IT products and services. Its 26 members consist of national health agencies, government-funded organisations and agencies, major healthcare providers, international standards organisations and companies from Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Computer-controlled methadone dispensing for prisons

Prisons in England will be provided with biometric-based computer controlled methadone dispensing systems (CCMDS) under a framework agreement between the Department of Health and NEC UK.

EMIS in joint venture with Ireland’s Helix Health

EMIS has announced a joint venture agreement with Ireland’s largest healthcare IT provider, Helix Health Ltd. The agreement sees the two companies selling each other’s products in their respective market areas.

Nottingham univ hospitals to deploy Cisco medical-grade network

The Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a multi-million-pound agreement to use Cisco technology to provide a state-of-the-art network infrastructure across the network of hospitals.