Healthcare Delivery
Integrating IT Leadership

Integrating IT Leadership into the Healthcare Delivery Setting
Miguel Cabrer, eHealth Advisor and Member of HIMSS EMEA Governing Council,
IRC Consulting, Spain

IT Leadership should look at optimising processes by providing automation. For this, the implications of implementing IT to all the units of the organisation must be considered by the Chief Information Officer (CIO).

Quantitative research: Understanding Patients' Needs and Experiences

Quantitative research strives to be objective: human beings, health, and illness are the objects of investigation. Such investigation has led to extraordinary biomedical advances yet patients often fail to reap the benefits.

Renal Function and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in General Populations: New Prospective Study and Systematic Review

Although there are no strong associations between lower-than-average eGFR and CHD risk in apparently healthy adults over most of the range in renal function, there may be a moderate increase in CHD risk associated with very low eGFR (i.e., renal dysfunction) in the general population.

Kolkata's Ruby General Hospital unveils US$ 2 million expansion plan
Ruby General Hospital the Kolkata, India-based Non Resident Indian-run multi-speciality medical facility, has planned an infrastructure expansion, which involves the investment of US$ 2 million (Rs 10-crore).

DLF, Fortis JV to set up 31 hospitals in India
India-based real estate developer DLF has entered into a Joint Venture (JV) agreement with Fortis Healthcare, the Ranbaxy group company to set up hospitals across India with an investment of US$ 1.5 Billion (Rs 6,200 crore).

Microfluidic chip for cancer diagnosis
Researchers of University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada have minusculed and automated an important diagnostic test for cancer onto a microfludic chip for the first time, which opens up the possibility of better, faster cancer treatment and greater accessibility to the test.

Japanese Diabetes Diagnostics Markets The Japanese diabetes diagnostics market is the largest market in Asia Pacific. It has grown at a stable rate in 2005 and is expected to grow at a higher rate over the period 2005 to 2012. This is considered to be a high growth market with immense market potential. The increasing incidence of diabetes and the resulting higher volumes of diagnostic tests are bound to support this strong growth.