GE Healthcare, the healthcare business of GE (NYSE: GE) and CardioDx, a pioneer in cardiovascular genomic diagnostics, announced to have entered into a strategic alliance to advance and co-develop diagnostic technologies to improve the care and management of patients with cardiovascular disease. ...Read more

Asian Institute of Public Health (AIPH) has entered into a partnership with Ravenshaw, the premier University of Orissa, to offer the Masters in Public Health (MPH) degree course starting from July 19, 2010... Read more

Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) today announced the appointment of Ayan Mukerji as the Global Head of Product Engineering Services (PES) group, effective April, 2010 and Jeffrey Heenan Jalil as the Head of Europe operations... Read more

Apollo Hospitals, Asia's one of the largest health care providers, and Cisco has announced an alliance to help transform health care through Information and Communications Technology (ICT).The joint initiative will help drive inclusive growth and well-being by accelerating access to affordable ... Read more

A tele-medicine facility for HIV infected patients is being set up on a pilot basis in the Center of Excellence, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi...Read more

Field service management (FSM), also known as field force automation (FFA), is an attempt to optimise processes and information needed by companies who send technicians or staff "into the field" (or out of the office.)...Read more

At the backdrop of the growing needs of power in the healthcare sector and healthcare institutions, Christian Medical Association of India (CMAI) had organised for a workshop on 'Renewable Energy for Hospitals and Healthcare Institutions... Read more

India has been making concerted efforts to bring down the maternal mortality ratio in the country. Maternal mortality ratio has come down to 254/1000 live births in 2006 from 301/1000 live births in the year 2003... Read more

It is good news; for the State; for over two crores of BPL Arogysri card-holding families; but if the proposal of Arogyasri scheme, which may soon become a Government of India-assisted scheme, materialises... Read more

WHO welcomes the adoption of the United Nations General Assembly resolution in Geneva on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases - mainly cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes - which kill nearly 35 million people each year, including almost 9 million before the age of 60... Read more

The World Bank has released a new five-year plan to help poor countries reduce their high fertility rates and prevent the widespread deaths of their mothers and children. In endorsing its Reproductive Health Action Plan 2010-2015... Read more

The Department of Hospital Administration, AIIMS in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), INCLEN Trust and supported by knowledge partner Becton Dickinson India Pvt. Ltd... Read more

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Inderjith Davalur is an MBA and MS (University of Massachusetts, USA) in Healthcare Administration