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IT
cos call for better investments in hospital informatics
There
is good news for IT companies. The US-based Gartner Inc’s
survey on IT spending for the future predicts that healthcare
would be one of the fastest growing industries of 2003-2004.
Is
your health information up for sale?
A
hacker called "Kane" managed to download admission
records of four thousand heart patients in June/July 2000.
Bion
to tie up with overseas partners to improve its reach
In
a bid to strengthen its market reach, Bion Enterprise Software
Technologies (BEST), a subsidiary of the Bangalore-based Bion
Computers P Ltd is in an advanced stage of talks for marketing
alliance with a couple of overseas partners and over 15 in
the domestic market to cater to the growing healthcare market
worldwide.
Escorts
Hospitals: Treating with technology
Keeping
up with the mad pace of technological advancement is an uphill
task. Very few hospitals in India identify IT as one of the
priorities and invest the requisite amount. Escorts Heart
Institute is one such, whose IT budget touches a Rs one crore
high. Nidhi Srivastava writes on the hospital’s IT initiative.
Electronic
health care: A new method of service delivery
In
a fiercely competitive and technology driven market place,
health organizations are looking forward to applying e-strategies
for extending their services beyond the geographical boundaries
and enhancing revenue generation through increasing their
patient base.
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