29 March 2012 | News

Australia incentivises General Practitioners to join national e-health programme

The Australian Government is racing to enlist General Practitioners into its US$484 million national e-Health programme — with new rebate incentives for healthcare professionals.

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20 March 2012 | News

Thailand’s biggest hospital to invest US$96 mil in new facilities

Preparing for a stiff competition in healthcare before the ASEAN economic integration in 2015, two local hospital chains are promoted to expand their networks and expedite joint-venture partner searches.

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13 March 2012 | News

Thai Hospital builds US$294 mil private facility

The country’s renowned Siriraj Hospital will officially open its private facility, Siriraj Piyamaharajkarun Hospital on April 26, in collaboration with private sector for modern medical ICT.

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1 March 2012 | News

Australian e-health bill passes lower house

Australia’s personally-controlled electronic health records (PCEHR) e-health bill passes lower house.

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27 February 2012 | News

Thailand Pushes US$ 2.6 Bil to Expand Broadband Nationwide

Information and Communications Technology Ministry (MICT) is pushing ahead with its Smart Thailand scheme with planned budget of THB 80 billion (US$ 2.6 billion) to expand a fibre-optic broadband network nationwide.

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27 January 2012 | News

Australia spends US$5.3 billion on ICT

The Australian Government is driving investment in information technology and telecommunications — supported by an annual spending effort of AUD$5 billion (US$5.3 billion).

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30 September 2011 | News

Telemedicine centre launched in Maharashtra district

The Maharashtra Government has opened a telemedicine centre for patients of filariasis at Shirgaon in Sindhudurg distict.

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26 September 2011 | News

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital deploys EPR

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi has deployed the Electronic Patient Record (EPR), an advance web-based healthcare information system, which will enable analysis of clinical data captured from 89 per cent inpatient visits.

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5 September 2011 | News

How to make telehealth more relevant

Technologies are improving, and people have more flexibility to use telehealth, if they get the business model right: an interview with Ron Emerson, Global Director of Healthcare, Polycom

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26 August 2011 | News

Online access to patient history at AIIMS soon

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi will soon give online access to all information on the treatment history to its patients.

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