08-Oct-15 Increasing chronic lifestyle diseases in India and the need to access healthcare at home has enabled Portea Medical, a home healthcare start-up, to establish a presence across 24 cities in India and four cities in Malaysia. Nearly 3,000 staff handle 60,000 visits per month, making Portea the largest player in the sector. [image: ehealth]

26-Sep-15 Philips Innovation Campus (PIC) CEO M R Srinivas Prasad said India should use its digital power to cater to the healthcare sector. “Philips has embarked to apply mobile, digital and cloud technologies to improve patient outcomes through care co-ordination and patient empowerment,” he said. PIC unveiled mobile obstetrical monitoring, which remotely monitors pregnant women. [image: Deccan Herald]

06-Oct-15 Kyushu University in Japan has collaborated with Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (Jipmer) to provide telemedicine facilities in the field of surgical gastroenterology through video conferencing. Jipmer was designated a regional resource centre for telemedicine for South India in 2013. [image: ET Healthworld]

05-Oct-15 As India’s healthcare system continues its migration towards eHealth, the objective is to encourage physician-wide adoption of eHealthcare processes. This will help facilitate immediate access to information and reduce the instances of lost information. Examples include: use of unilateral EHR, physician entries and information exchange; closed loop e-prescriptions to improve medication adherence; proactive patient engagement for wellness management. [image: Recruise India]

05-Oct-15 India plans to set up two medical devices parks to facilitate the sector's growth, which is currently at a nascent stage. The government has identified 400 acres near Chennai and 100 acres at Hyderabad for the parks. The domestic market is worth $6.8 bn, but only one-third is locally manufactured. India also exports $1 billion of medical devices. [image: Business Standard]