Asia’s largest health sector, Singapore-based Parkway Group Healthcare, in a joint venture with Mumbai-based Asian Heart Institute and Research Centre (AHIRC) for the establishment of specialized medical centres of excellence Mumbai. Parkway owns a majority stake in the joint venture participation. The exact format is set.

Parkway received a management contract with the consent of holders AHIRC for the management and operation of infrastructure of 250 hospital beds heart. In a first step, the company proposes to Singapore, India bring their internationally recognized living donor liver transplantation.

The partnership is also considering cooperation in the oncology and orthopedics. This super-speciality centres are AHIRC’s Bandra-Kurla installation and co-branding of both partners.

Mumbai Parkway east entrance as part of its strategy to expand the footprint of their feet in India. It was Schlachtgetümmel for the acquisition of Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre in Delhi and to develop plans, whether through acquisitions, large enterprises.

Currently, the Parkway Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata with Apollo Hospitals. It also has a centre PET-CT for diagnosing cancer than Hyderabad.

$ 500m Parkway The group recently launched a controlling stake acquired the participation of Pantai Holdings, Malaysia the leading provider of health care. With this acquisition, the total number of hospitals under control Parkway to 15

According to the head of international operations Parkway, Vivek Jetley, AHRI Parkway and cooperate to specialized health centres of excellence in Mumbai by the leverage effect on business in Singapore to cut the medical know-how and long experience in health management.

“Asian Heart Institute has an excellent reputation in Mumbai to the heart of world-class infrastructure and management under the leadership of Dr Rama Kant Panda. The new centre of excellence in tap water more extensive know-how Parkway, for health research are provided with high standards, quality of care provided to patients and better treatment outcomes, “he said.

Regarding the interest of his company in India, “said Jetley private health care in the country, industry offers great potential and added that the increased purchasing power in India, had created an increased demand for medical services of high quality Delivery.

IF technology can be used to provide efficient services and the delivery of health wants a little action. And the two governments and the private sector are pitching and health, in order to react more.

EWorld looks at the software developed by companies and how they try to do things better for health care providers.

Medinous Health Systems, a subsidiary of the company, we Info Systems, Medinous has developed a hospital management system can be used as well as small multi-specialty clinics and hospitals. The company works with more than 100 companies around the world, especially in the health, education and retail.

Mathew Abraham, Regional Sales Manager, Asia-Pacific, we Info Systems, said: “Medinous has been developed and refined over the years into a user point of view. Originally, we started to focus on hospitals in the Near East. with the health sector a priority in India today, we have begun to focus on the Indian market.

The Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, is one of the first hospitals in our system. ”

Medinous is available in three versions - Medinous Enterprise, Medinous Basic and Medinous Lite. They can be used on a large platform - small or large clinics multi-super-special clinics and related economic crime.

High-tech laboratory and radiology devices can also be integrated into the system.

Medinous company consists of 19 modules. He is the most suitable for medium and large multi-speciality hospitals. It is possible that the function of registration, financial accounting, accounting salaries, stationary and outpatient pharmacy management, radiology, nuclear medicine and other services.

The simple Medinous Basic consists of six modules designed for small and large hospitals, medical centres or clinics, while Medinous Lite is a stand-alone application suitable for small hospitals and medical centres.

Vijay Anand, Director, Administration, Vydehi Institute, said: “HMS Medinous was our first implementation of information technology. Therefore, we will begin the patients-billing module.

Since we have a large number of outpatient care, which were instrumental in helping to ensure that we have a complete picture of patients regarding the profile and history, payment details, dates and the number of visits. ”

On the road to tele-medicine

The poor are often of crucial importance that carry time-consuming and costly, but his visit to the city for improved treatment opportunities simply because they can not afford. The tele-medicine will help fight. It offers healing by specialists at a fraction of the cost and comfort of being familiar with the environment of confidence doctor speak the language of the country.

Polycom PVX software as developed by Polycom Inc, tele-medicine can help.

Polycom is a provider of unified communications Collaborative - converging voice, video, Web and data solutions for new broadband networks. Its functions of the tele-medicine network Apollo Foundation bring into force the SP and MP 384 (versions of the station interview), as well as video and Via FX.

“The software has no major economies in terms of cost and time or human resources since tele-medicine is not a fileur quality.

But it is a great way to reach the masses, and given the fact that 80% of the specialists are in cities, tele-medicine undeniable health needs, “says D. Lavanian, Business Manager - telemedicine, tele-medicine network Apollo Foundation.

“We try to the learning curve flatter possible and demonstrates that telemedicine as a tool for the doctor, as a stethoscope. It is also easy to use, doctors or rather friendly as possible. Some doctors now want to setup, service tele-medicine Casero.

We are working to reduce costs, “says Yugal Sharma, Country Manager, Polycom, India.

The tele-medicine equipment could vary, he said. It could be a small office with a large screen.

There are several packages that Polycom offers, and banks offer loans, the doctors want these agencies. The cost of the plant is again in a very short time.

Apollo is very center of the first tele-medicine was Polycom software, which is now installed in more than 60 centres.

Escort, Hryudayalaya Narayana is another hospital with Polycom’s VC-solutions.

In 2003, Apollo 6000 patients treated with Polycom’s solution and VC-Lavanian believes, in time to increase that number.