AHHM - eNewsletter Volume 1 No.3 2006

AHHM - eNewsletter October 2006

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Volume 1 No.3, 2006

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Healthcare Press Releases


	Asia?s first RFID cold chain solution for the life sciences industry

	Edana Group - Call for Papers: Nonwovens Research Academy

	ISHLT Publishes Guidelines for Heart Patient Management

Healthcare News


	Medtronic?s Endeavor Stent system approved in Australia

	US Department of Veterans Affairs renews contract with Elekta

	Abbott launches XIENCE(TM) V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System

Healthcare Events


	CMEF 2006 - Zhengzhou, China, Oct 31 '06 - Nov 3 '06

	Six Sigma for Healthcare, Florida, Nov 6 '06 - Nov 8 '06

	APAC Healthcare IT Leaders Forum, Singapore, Nov 13 '06 - Nov 14 '06

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In this issue of The Healthcare Edge

Accreditations
Healthcare IT

Vascular Stents
Telehealth

Colon Cancer
Imaging

Tuberculosis
Healthcare News

Interview

Healthcare Accreditations - Interview with Anne Rooney, Executive Director, International Services, JCI

"Driven by the rise in medical tourism, Asian healthcare organisations are fast embracing international accreditations and the awareness level is on the rise. Joint Commission International (JCI), the leading international accreditation body, has emerged as the gold standard in this area. It has already accredited 30 hospitals in the Asian region."

Article

Vascular Stents Market in Asia, by Andrew Wee, Research Analyst, Frost & Sullivan

"With more players and increasing number of competitors with cheaper and newer products in the Asian market, the vascular stents market has grown to become more competitive lately. The market is expected to grow at an annual compounded growth rate of between 6 to 20% for countries in Asia. The number of patients suffering from cardiovascular diseases like coronary atherosclerosis within Asia could be as huge as 700 million by 2008."

Research Insights

Clinical outcomes of laparoscopic right hemicolectomy for colon cancer

Laparoscopic colorectal surgery, especially for rectosigmoid cancer, is becoming increasingly popular and has got decent initial results. But due to relatively complicated anatomy and much higher advanced requirements for surgery technique, laparoscopic right colectomy developed relatively slowly when compared with laparoscopic rectomy.

Cost-Effectiveness of Treating Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Treatment of MDR TB using second-line drugs is highly cost-effective in Peru. In other settings, the attractiveness of strategies using second-line drugs will depend on TB incidence, MDR burden, and the available budget, but simulation results suggest that individualized regimens would be cost-effective in a wide range of situations.

Healthcare Bookshelf

The Architecture of Medical Imaging
Author: Bill Rostenberg

Healthcare Strategic Planning - Second Edition
Author: Alan M. Zuckerman

Key Topics in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Author: Tor Wo Chiu

Projects

TechnoTrends

Industry Reports

Becton, Dickinson and Company, new plant in China
BD Rapid Diagnostics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. will be established in Suzhou Export Processing Zone, District B with a total investment anticipated to reach
US$ 48 million within a few years.

Max Healthcare expansion, India
Max Healthcare Ltd will invest
US$ 54 million in the next three years on expansion to take the total bed capacity from 600 to 1,500.

Pacific Healthcare expansion, India
Pacific Healthcare to open clinic in Mumbai and add one more clinic in Hyderabad.

DamID – Mapping Protein-Genome Interactions
DamID maps protein-genome interactions using tethered DNA adenine methyltransferase to create unique tags, which mark binding sites.

ALZA Corporation - IONSYS™
IONSYS securely adheres to the upper outer arm or chest, and provides patients an on-demand dose of fentanyl.

Medtronic - Octopus® Evolution
Medtronic, Inc. introduced the Octopus® Evolution Tissue Stabilizer, the latest in its 10-year series of cardiac surgery instruments.

Understanding the Telehealth Technology Value Chain - Datamonitor
With the expanding breadth of digital communications and the increasing capacity and decreasing costs of complex devices, it has become possible to communicate medical data in new and exciting ways.

European Healthcare IT Outsourcing Market - Frost & Sullivan
The European healthcare IT market is set to experience steady growth riding on the initiatives shown by regional and national health authorities. Some regions will move swiftly to capitalise on the benefits to the healthcare industry. These markets represent the biggest potential for Outsourcing.



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