eHEALTH Weekly Newsletter :: 30 September - 6 October 2009 Vol. IIIV Issue 27   
 

 

TOP NEWS
    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
 
 
 
 
    TAKE Solutions’ signs up Novel Therapeutics
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TAKE Solutions Ltd.,leaders in Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Life Sciences products, has signed a deal with the full-service pharmaceutical company, Novel Therapeutics Pvt. Ltd...
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BUSINESS NEWS
    International Oncology to open up a world class cancer centre at Hiranandani Hospital
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International Oncology Services Private Limited (IOSPL) recently announced that it signed up a deal with Dr. L. H. Hiranandani Hospital, Mumbai to set up a state-of-the-art cancer centre called 'International Oncology Centre.' ...
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    Doctors at ‘ToubibIn’
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Last month ToubibIn announced the launch of its collaborative internet platform exclusively for registered doctors to learn, discuss and share medical knowledge. www.ToubibIn.com bridges this knowledge divide by leveraging technology to bring together doctors across specialisation and experience for active collaboration...
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    HealthHiway raises USD 4 million from Greylock Partners
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Hyderabad-based information technology firm HealthHiway has raised $4 million in funding from Greylock Partners, a Silicon Valley-headquartered venture capital firm. HealthHiway offers its solutions on software-as–a-service (SaaS) model on a hosted platform that saves on all the attached costs of developing solutions by an individual provider...
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    Six Sigma Star Healthcare introduces PG Programme in Nursing Administration
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Six Sigma Star Healthcare Private Limited has started, for the first time in India, a post graduate programme in Nursing Administration at its Global Institute of Healthcare Management at Vikaspuri, New Delhi... Read more
 
 
 
 
    Opportunities galore for Indian IT giants
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The raging political firestorm over how to reform the US's $2.5-trillion healthcare sector might seem to be of limited relevance to India. But for the Indian IT services sector, the Obama-led revolution might just present an exciting growth opportunity...
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    Wockhardt's healthcare facilities would be rebranded as Fortis Hospitals
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'Eventually, all the hospitals acquired by the Fortis group (from Wockhardt), including those under construction, would be rebranded as Fortis Healthcare Hospitals,' Wockhardt Hospitals Group CEO Vishal Bali said...
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TECHNOLOGY NEWS
    Siemens introduces Liver Elastography in India
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Siemens Healthcare has introduced ACUSON S2000TM, a state-of-the-art system taking ultrasound imaging to a new dimension with breakthrough innovations like Liver Elastography for the first time in India. The system also provides one-of-its-kind knowledge-based workflow that offers excellent diagnostic confidence to physicians, while focusing on patient comfort...
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    India's first successful stem cell transplant using a sibling’s cord blood stem cells
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Senthil Kumar and his family got a reason to smile, as their eight-year-old daughter Thamirabharuni got healed of Thalassemia, through cord blood stem cell transplantation. For six and a half years Thamirabharuni suffered from this fatal disease, going through painful blood transfusion and medication until stem cell transplantation using cord blood stem cells gave Thamirabharuni a new lease of life and a complete freedom from the pain of going through monthly blood transfusions ...
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MISC. NEWS
    Canada outranks U.S. in healthcare report card
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Canada outperforms the United States in health outcomes but is well behind global leaders like Japan in overall health of its population, says a recently-released Canadian report...
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