Revising Sales Strategy the Best Strategy

A prolonged or deeper economic slowdown will inevitably be met by further reductions in IT capital and operating budgets, so, even those health IT initiatives that have a demonstrated ROI could become difficult to fund. The IT services and solution providers have to prepare themselves and develop some quick strategies to respond to the changed client behaviour and market conditions in healthcare expected in 2009 and 2010. Read more...

Evolving Technology and its Effect on Healthcare

As and when technology changes and new products come into the markets, a situation is created wherein newer types of services are to be brought into picture. This change also leads to newer business models that are to be implemented by the market players. Read more...

Frost & Sullivan Award to IBA Health

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3G Technology Making Inroads into Wireless Telemetry

Telemedicine provides medical expertise to remote places, which do not have the access to medical care. While individuals would prefer face-to-face interaction with doctors, telemedicine has become very popular in areas where specialist treatment is difficult to reach. Read more...

Voluntary Regulatory Climate in Singapore Devices Market

Asian countries represent the fastest developing area for medical technology in the world. Despite Singapore’s small size, it boasts of a highly developed economy and serves as an Asian hub for numerous medical companies. Read more...

South Korean HIS Markets

South Korea is proving to be one of the fastest growing economies in the world. It spends nearly $49 billion on healthcare each year, which accounts for 5.2 percent of the GDP. This is expected to grow at an annual rate of 13.0 percent. Read more...

Self Monitoring of Blood Glucose Steadily Growing in Australia

Diabetes is growing at an alarming rate in Australia and is in fact listed among the country’s top six National Health Priorities. Studies indicate that around 220 people are diagnosed with diabetes in Australia each day and as a result of this, the population suffering from diabetes is expected to reach an estimated 1.6 million by 2010. Read more..

Pro-IT Stance by Government Driving PACS Market in South Korea

With a healthcare expenditure of more than $50 billion South Korea is one of the most advanced countries and fastest growing economies in the world. The overall healthcare expenditure here is 5.2 percent of its GDP and has grown at a rate of 13 percent in 2005. South Korean healthcare is mainly dominated by the private sector that account for around 90 percent of all the medical facilities. Read more...

Medical Imaging in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia has received close to 1.5 million international travelers specifically for healthcare in 2006. This region is moving forward towards giving international patients reasons for having chosen this region for their medical treatment. Read more...

Emergence of PET-CT an End to Standalone PET

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) – Computed Tomography (CT) has been the most rapidly growing diagnostic imaging modality of the past four years. PET has almost a limitless variety of applications in oncologic diagnosis, staging, restaging, and treatment evaluation. Read more....