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eHEALTH Weekly Newsletter :: May 13 - 19 2008 Vol.II Issue XXXIV  
 
 
TOP STORIES
    Global healthcare IT firm enters Pune
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US-based healthcare information technology services firm Eclipsys has set up its second India unit in Pune to support its cleint base in Europe, US and Australia... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Global Hospitals expanding in Karnataka
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The hub and spoke model is increasingly being adopted to deliver high-end healthcare in smaller cities and one of the newest hospital chains to expand this way is the Global Hospital... Read more
 
 
 
 
    PremjiInvest puts US$ 20 mn in HealthCare Global
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HealthCare Global Enterprises Ltd said recently PremjiInvest, a fund sponsored by Wipro's Azim Premji, has invested US$ 20 million in the company... Read more
 
 
 
 
    New business models dot medical outsourcing
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Indian hospitals are upping the ante on outsourcing. Instead of making heavy capital investments on expensive diagnostic equipment, costing INR 1.5 to INR 5 crore for... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Apollo DKV Insurance to invest INR 5 billion in India
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Health insurer Apollo DKV Insurance Co. Ltd plans to invest up to 5 billion rupees in the next five years to increase market share, Vice Chairperson of the Apollo... Read more
 
 
 
PRODUCT LAUNCH
    India’s first Magnetom Essenza at Aatmajyoti MRI Center
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Siemens Medical Solutions will install Magnetom Essenza, a 1.5 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging system (MRI) at Aatmajyoti MRI Center, Surat — also... Read more
 
 
 
 
    IIT Mumbai's biosensor heart attack detector to be marketed
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The Centre for Excellence of Nanoelectronics in IIT here is all set to take its recently developed low cost biosensor `iSens', which detects heart attack well in advance... Read more
 
 
 
GOVERNMENT NEWS
    Gujarat to start e-diagnosis in all villages
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On the back of successful launch of its "e-gram" initiative, under which villages have been offered broadband connectivity, the Gujarat government's health department... Read more
 
 
 
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
    European firms sign global e-health deals
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Two large European e-health suppliers have announced new deals to conduct healthcare work internationally, in the last month. Netherlands based Gemalto and Belgium... Read more
 
 
 
 
    New visual control system for patient management
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McKesson has launched Horizon Enterprise Visibility, a 'whiteboard-style' visual control system for patient management, showing room availability, patient location... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Survey: ICTs revolutionising healthcare in Europe
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With e-health applications playing a growing role in a doctor's practices in Europe, about 80% of European Union (EU) general practitioners increasingly store and... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Telehealth interaction reduces need for hospitalisation: study
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A new study from University of Missouri has revealed that increased telehealth interaction between patients and health care provider can significantly reduce the... Read more
 
 
 
 


 

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