Local Innovations, Global Opportunities

V Raja, President & CEO (South Asia), GE Healthcare talks with eHEALTH about achievements and initiatives of his company in India, […]

CyberKnife surgery sans scalpel : Dr. P.Mahadev, MD, DNB, DMRT, Apollo Speciality Cancer Hospital, Chennai

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

The CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System is a non-invasive alternative to surgery for treating both cancerous and non-cancerous tumors anywhere in the human body, including, the prostate, lung, brain, spine, liver, pancreas and kidney.

Role of telehealth in developing nations : Rajendra P Gupta, President & Director, Disease Management Association of India (DMAI)

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

Economy and healthcare are two major thrust areas in every part of the world. If a country has a healthy population, it has a productive workforce that leads to a vibrant economy

Cyberknife’ to treat cancer

Doctors in Britain will for the first time use a robotic radiotherapy machine to treat cancer this week. The machine called Cyberknife is said to be worth 2.5 million pounds.

The first MR guided breast biopsy in India : Dr. A. Jena, Chief of MRI, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre and Dr. Sangeeta Taneja, Radiologist, MRI Department, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre

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

Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research center, India has taken yet another quantum leap by conducting the first MR guided breast biopsy on 15 December 2008 in the country.

KTwo unveils low cost tele-diagnostics devices

KTwo Technology Solutions, a 200 plus people Bangalore based company and an Intel India Design house vendor unveiled its Healthcare device targeted at rural and urban markets.

GE Healthcare to acquire Indian medical cos

GE Healthcare is planning to acquire and provide seed capital to Indian medical device and diagnostic companies.

Maharashtra’s govt hospitals to be connected

Government-run hospitals in the state of Maharashtra will soon be electronically inter-connected and every patient visiting the hospital will be given a unique health identity number and will have access to his medical history at any hospital across the state.

Collaborating for Innovation : Matt & Poornima, Texas Instruments

eHEALTH had the opportunity to meet with innovators and facilitators of innovation together at the recently concluded Texas Instruments Developer Conference held on November 2008 in Bengaluru.

Barco uncovers novel image processing technology at RSNA

On the occasion of RSNA 2008, visualisation specialist Barco treated the audience to demonstrations of its latest products for high-performance image processing.

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.

Philips acquires India-based Meditronics

Fifth consecutive acquisition of Philips Healthcare in emerging markets
since mid-2007 and the second acquisition in India within the last three months.

Merge Healthcare provides apps for iPhone

Merge Healthcare, a leading medical imaging solutions provider, announced mobile technology that enables patients and healthcare professionals to view digital medical images such as CT, MRI, X-ray and other images on an Apple iPhone or iPod touch.