eHEALTH Weekly Newsletter :: 23 - 29 September 2009 Vol. IIIV Issue 26   
 



TOP NEWS
    Perot Systems to provide IT services to Max Healthcare
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Max Healthcare and Perot Systems Corporation announced a 10-year agreement in which Perot Systems will provide IT outsourcing (ITO) and electronic health records (EHR) implementation for MHC. This agreement marks Perot Systems' first full ITO in the Indian healthcare industry as well as the company's first India-based healthcare client... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Dell pays 68% premium for Perot to expand in health technology
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Dell Inc.'s proposed $3.9 billion buyout of Perot Systems Corp. reflects the second-largest personal-computer maker's ambitions in the market for healthcare information technology... Read more
 
 
 
 
    ResMed, acquires CPAP and Ventilation distribution business of Respicure
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ResMed, a world leader in the design and manufacture of respiratory devices to treat sleep disorders have announced the acquisition of CPAP and Ventilation distribution of longstanding partner, Respicure... Read more
 
 
 
BUSINESS NEWS
    Pharma industry steps up recruitment 5 times
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At a time when global multinational drug makers are slashing their workforces to reduce costs, their Indian counterparts are on a hiring spree. The top 10 domestic drug companies recruited 200-250 professionals annually over recent years. The number has now gone up almost five times... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Patent expiry to open huge opportunity
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Patent expiry will be a major avenue of growth for the Indian pharmaceutical industry as products worth $235 billion are going off patent within horizon of five years (from 2009 to 2014), a top pharma company official said... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Six new pharma research centers
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Finally,the government has fulfilled the demand of pharmaceutical industry to meet its long-standing demand of trained manpower by giving in principle approval for setting up of six National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) at Ahmedabad, Hyderabad,Hajipur,Kolkata,Rae Bareliand Guwahati... Read more
 
 
 
 
    India needs 70 crores investment in healthcare by 2025
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'To reach the levels of other developing countries, India should aim to increase its bed density from 0.86 to 2 per 1000 population by 2025. To achieve this, it would need to add 17.5 lac beds with an estimated investment of 70,000 crores by 2025,' according to a joint study done by Ficci and consultancy firm Ernst & Young ...Read more
 
 
 
 
MISC. NEWS
    Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences gets NABH
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Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, (AIMS) Kochi, has been accredited with NABH. With this, it has become the first university teaching hospital to get NABH certification and the only university teaching hospital to get NABL (labs), NABH (hospitals) and NAAC (education) accreditation certificates a holistic healthcare accreditation package...Read more
 
 
 
 
    HIMSS AsiaPac launches health IT programme
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The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society today announced the launch of its elite Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS) accreditation in Singapore... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Philips calls for greater patient empowerment
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In a keynote speech delivered at this year's Nikkei-Philips symposium on 'Independent Living and Home healthcare,' Dr. Eric Silfen, Chief Medical Officer, Philips Healthcare, reconfirmed Philips' commitment to ensuring sound and sustainable healthcare... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Cryo-Save opens a new collection centre in Ahmedabad
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European adult stem cell bank Cryo–Save India has set up its eight collection center in the country at Ahmedabad. The company has a presence in A-class cities with a bank and laboratory at Bangalore... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Orbis Flying Eye Hospital makes inaugural visit to Rajasthan
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ORBIS International's flagship Flying Eye Hospital arrived in Rajastan with its global team of volunteer eye care specialists and global sponsor Alcon, Inc.,the world's leading eye care... Read more
 
 
 
 

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