Healthline aims to provide health information technology that will drive health-specific search and navigation on the Yahoo site. Healthline Networks and Yahoo have announced a partnership in which Healthline's proprietary semantic taxonomy will drive the health-specific search and navigation on theYahoo site...Read more

At the plenary session of Global Ayurveda Summit 2010 at Kochi, B.Anand, Joint Secretary, Department of AYUSH Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Neela Gangadharan, Chief Secretary Government of Kerala... Read more

Assam has become the first state in the country to enact a legislation seeking to ensure right to health for everyone in the state. It is mandatory for all government and private hospitals and health centres, including nursing homes... Read more

CSC announced that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs awarded the company a task order to provide healthcare claims processing system and services. The task order has a one-year base period and four one-year options... Read more

The National Health Service (NHS), UK, has been sending confidential medical information about millions of Britons to India for processing, despite pledges that no personal information would be sent overseas...Read more

Spine surgeon Dr. J. Naresh Babu of Mediciti Hospitals has been honored with the prestigious Asia Pacific Orthopedic Association International Spine Award for 2010.Dr Naresh Babu is the first National Board accredited spine surgeon from Andhra Pradesh...Read more

The SGRH Liver Program performs 150 transplants annually with a success rate of 95%, which makes it the second largest and among the most successful in the world. This program is a big feather in the cap of Indian Healthcare Delivery and places it at par with the best globally... Read more

Fortis Healthcare Ltd, one of the leading chains of private hospitals in India, commissioned a two-day Quality Conclave at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute (FEHI) to create awareness on superior quality in medical treatment... Read more

A specialised hospital for tuberculosis is under construction in Qatar. According to National Tuberculosis Control Programme manager Dr Abdul Latif al-Khal, a dedicated budget and space has already been allotted for the construction and the project is going to be completed within two years... Read more

The Korean Hospital Association is spearheading in making HMA happen in Korea. HMA in Seoul will assemble over 50 world-class speakers – all practitioners and experts in hospital management to share their insights, skills and practical tips with an estimated 700 managers of hospitals in Asia... Read more

Middle East Healthcare Innovations Summit - endorsed by the Ministry of Health, United Arab Emirates - is the region's platform for healthcare innovations and technology. Carl Zeiss Meditec's ground breaking radiotherapy system... Read more

The state government has made it mandatory for all private hospitals to provide free treatment in case of emergency for the first 24 hours. This benefit is part of the Assam Public Health... Read more

HCL Technologies Ltd. (HCL), a leading global IT services provider, announced a strategic partnership with Wellogic, a leading software solutions provider for the healthcare community... Read more

InferMed announces an integration and marketing partnership with Docobo that will see InferMed's Arezzo active clinical decision support technology embedded into Docobo's telehealth system... Read more

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