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King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Indo UK Institute of Health (IUIH) has tied up with Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for bringing world-class NHS standard healthcare to the first two of its eleven integrated medicities coming up in Nagpur, Maharashtra; and Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh. Heres an overview of the Kings and its legacy

Slow And Steady, The Jupiter Hospitals' Way

Dr Ajay Thakker, Chairman and Managing Director, Jupiter Hospitals, believes in the greenfield over brownfield strategy. Thus while his first decade as a radiologist turned healthcare entrepreneur was dedicated to stabilising the Thane and more recently the Pune facilities, he is now scouting for a third location, again in Mumbais suburbs. His son Dr Ankit Thakker, CEO, Jupiter Hospitals, has started on the groundwork for their first international foray: an LA- based neuro rehab centre.

Home Virtually Turned Into A Hospital. Is This The Future Of Healthcare?

With rapidly changing dynamics in healthcare space, the demand for India's home health sector is only set to rise.

Ayushman Bharat, A Great Propeller For Growth Of The Healthcare Sector In India

From market trends, to changing dynamics, to the introduction of Ayushman Bharat scheme, to the role of AI in transforming radiology, Sushant Kinra, MD, Carestream Health India, shares his insights on how these aspects impact on progress of the healthcare sector in tte--tte with Raelene Kambli.

‘There is a need for robust systems for deciding which innovations are safe and cost-effective to use'

India from years now is trying to learn for the NHS and its ways of managing healthcare within the country. Dr Mike Short CBE, Chief Scientific Adviser, DIT, in an interaction with Raelene Kambli reveals some key learnings on innovations and ways to manage health systems

The Alchemy Of Growth In Diagnostics

India’s diagnostic sector has been very positive of its growth drivers for the future. Leaders believe that their companies will outdo the challenges and adopt practical approaches to initiate, achieve, and sustain profitable growth — today and tomorrow

Is Mental Healthcare Becoming A Reality?

Nearly 150 million Indians are in need of active intervention for mental illnesses, with the treatment gap as high as 70-92 per cent for different disorders. Bharathi Ghanashyam, Founder/Editor, Journalists Against TB, reviews what India has to offer in terms of commitment and legal frameworks

‘MHD Has A Pricing Strategy Based On Competition Benchmarking With A Scientific Approach And Methodology'

Pramod Alagharu, CEO, Manipal Hospital Dwarka shares insights with Prathiba Raju on the 400-bedded multi-speciality facility which focusses on patient centricity as its core value

India Has Been Making Significant Progress On Expanding Access To Treatment

Charles Gore, Executive Director, Medicines Patent Pool, talks about the organisation’s supporting access in low- and middle-income countries and its ability to deliver quality and affordable medicines, in an interaction with

Evidence Action Is Committed To National Deworming Day Programme By Moh&fw

Evidence Action is committed and always looks for evidence of a solution that works, and then turn it into a scalable solution for millions of people, informs Priya Jha, Country Director, Evidence Action to Prabhat Prakash in an exclusive interaction

Insertable Cardiac Monitor A Boon For Prognosis Of Cardiac Arrhythmias

Dr Balbir Singh, Chairman Interventional Cardiology and Chairman Electrophysiology and Pacing, Medanta - The Medicity Hospital, Gurgaon elucidates on how Abbott's new technology sensor-enabled mapping catheter helps in diagnosing complex arrhythmia

The Healthcare Vertical Is Rife With Error And Misuse

Ashish Thapar, Managing Principal and Regional Head – APJ, Verizon in an interaction with Sanjiv Das, elaborates on the alarming rate of breaches in the healthcare sector, its impact and ways to prevent it

The Coming Of A Platform Revolution

The healthcare delivery systems of today will increasingly leverage the platform and resources that they have to become a hub for both health and healthcare in the future

BPL Medical Aims To Be The Strongest Player In India In Next Five Years

Express Healthcare speaks with Sunil Khurana, CEO & MD, BPL Medical Technologies, on the company’s growth plans and its vision for the Indian market.

DR 600: High-Productivity, Fully Automated Direct Radiography System With Zeroforce Technology From Agfa Healthcare

WHEN DID smartphones change from ‘gadgets’ to ‘necessities’? Over the past decade, innovation has been fast and furious, changing even basic necessities about how we live.

How Niramai's Test Addresses The Socio-Cultural Issues In Cancer Screening For Indian Women

Bengaluru-based startup Niramai was incorporated in July 2016 by two women founders, Dr Geetha Manjunath and Nidhi Mathur, who wanted to productise and take to market a novel idea that they were developing since 2014 as an exploratory project in a multinational research lab observes, Sandhya Michu.

Hindustan Syringes & Medical Devices Wins 2018 Good Design Award In Japan

Hindustan Syringes & Medical Devices (HMD), one of the largest manufacturers of disposable syringes in the world and the largest for auto disable syringes has been awarded the ‘2018 Good Design Award’ for HMD’s Safety IV Cannula - Cathy Sipclip earning recognition in the category of Medical Care Products at the Good Design Award 2018 hosted by the Japan Institute of Design Promotion in Japan.

Can Technology Democratise Indian Healthcare?

Dr Raj Panda, Additional Professor and Health System Specialist, PHFI believes that AB should support practices to develop IT functionality which responds to the evolving needs of patients and underpins integration across care pathways.

IIMK, IIHMR Organise International Conference On Global Health And Medical Tourism`

Discussions were held on how India can be destined to become a global destination for medical tourism

Need Collaborative Approach To Manage Drug Resistance TB

The need of the hour is a more streamlined and aggressive approach to access the government CAP and DOTS offering to end TB epidemic by 2030.Dr Vikas Oswal, Chest Consultant, Mumbai, Chairperson, DRTB Site, Shatabdi Municipal Hospital National Trainer, reveals more

Creating Accessible And Quality Healthcare

Dr Philip Payne, Director of the Institute of Informatics and Robert J Terry Professor in the Division of General Medicine and Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the School of Engineering and Applied Science,Washington University in St Louis, sheds light on how precision medicine can help provide best healthcare through AI, machine learning and data collection

Indian Healthcare: Compromises And Compulsions

To achieve Universal Health Coverage, Indian healthcare sector needs a viable business model for higher investment and should integrate innovations into its delivery systems, states Rajiv Kapahi, Director, Boston Scientific India (BSCI)

Trends In Medical Imaging Technology

Dr Rashmi Badhe - Consultant Radiology, Global Hospital, gives an insight on how technology can streamline workflows and improve productivity in medical imaging

Devices As Drugs The Debate Continues

The Centre’s notification on medical devices to be treated as drugs has created a difference of opinion with experts questioning the approach behind the move

One Of The Highly Challenging Aspect Of Hospital Is To Manage The Revenue Cycle

Prof M Mariappan, Chairperson, Centre for Hospital Management, School of Health Systems Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, in interaction with Sanjiv Das, chalks down strategies for hospital management

Value Beyond Pricing

Association of Healthcare Providers India (AHPI) recently signed a Value Procurement Organisation (VPO) deal with Medikabazaar, a B2B online platform for medical supplies and equipment.The key objective of the agreement is to standardise the medical amenities across all AHPI hospitals

My Intent Is To Provide Preventive, Promotive And Curative Care

Anil Vij, Health Minister, Haryana, who is not known to mince his words, in a candid interview with Prathiba Raju, speaks on the healthcare status of the state explaining how he focusses to provide preventive, promotive and curative care to the state

We Must Prioritise Vision As Part Of The Overall Healthcare Agenda

Jayanth Bhuvaraghan, Chief Mission Officer, Essilor International (EI), in an interaction with Express Healthcare, informs that awareness on uncorrected poor vision is the need of the hour and further elucidates that there should be an increased awareness by central and state governments amongst drivers on vision correction, regular eye checks for safe driving

Refurbished MRI Solutions Are A Booster For Radiology Business

Dr Deepak Patkar, Head, Department of Imaging, Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital, talks about quality diagnosis in radiology and how Phantom Healthcare has always provided best quality equipment

Indian Diagnostic Industry Takes About A Decade To Fully Implement Global Trends

Shedding light on the current trends in the diagnostic industry, Zoya Brar, MD and Founder, Core Diagnostics, ellucidates about the measures to be taken to catch up with the global scenario, in a chat with Mansha Gagneja