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Health IT takes hold around the world
Healthcare IT plays a central role in modern healthcare strategies. As a relatively new component of healthcare, there is still much to learn about how best to integrate digital health systems. Keeping an eye out for successes and innovations -- learning opportunities around the world -- should be a priority for all countries.
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GE Healthcare hopes to record double digit growth in MRI, CT segments in India
GE targets to develop 100 low cost solutions in India to address India’s and world’s healthcare challenges in the area of cancer, cardiac diseases and maternal/infant care.
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- Health Care
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Lack of birth control hits millions of women globally: India
India today expressed concern over a staggering 222 million women not having access to contraceptive services globally, leading to 80 million unplanned pregnancies, 30 million unplanned births and 20 million unsafe abortions each year.
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- South Asia
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GE Healthcare India aims for 15-20% growth in 2013
Global medical technologies major GE Healthcare today said it was aiming for 15 to 20 per cent growth in India operations during this year.
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- Health Care
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Apollo Hospitals Group readies higher dose of telemedicine
In a first of its kind initiative in the healthcare sector, Chennai-based Apollo Hospitals Group is soon going to launch the next version of telemedicine, a web-based platform with a ‘Skype-like’ video conferencing tool embedded’.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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To treat innovation ills, remove funding roadblocks
The effects of the federal shutdown, combined with budget cuts implemented this year as a result of sequestration, pose a significant barrier to healthcare innovation in both the public and private sectors.
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- Education, Health Care
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- research
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Malnutrition is biggest global health problem, Gates Foundation exec tells CU students
Malnutrition plays a major role in the deaths each year of 6.6 million children under 5 years of age, a global health expert told Creighton University premed students Tuesday.
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- Education, Health Care
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Building innovative PPPs to fight poverty-related diseases
Innovative forms of across-sectors partnerships add value and accelerate innovation in the fight against poverty-related and neglected tropical diseases, and at the same time contribute to the EU’s research and development policy goals.
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- Health Care