INSIGHT INTO THE BUSINESS OF HEALTHCARE
VOL 7. NO 9, SEPTEMBER 2013
Chairman of the Board Viveck Goenka Editor Viveka Roychowdhury* Assistant Editor Neelam M Kachhap (Bangalore) Mumbai Sachin Jagdale, Usha Sharma, Raelene Kambli, Lakshmipriya Nair, Sanjiv Das Delhi Shalini Gupta
CONTENTS STRATEGY RGJAY: Jay or parajay? PAGE 29 Hospital good governance (Sustainable practices) PAGE 34
KNOWLEDGE Recording it right PAGE 39 ‘Keeping up with new tech, whilst improving surgical skills is topmost challenge facing orthopaedic surgeons' PAGE 41 Atrial fibrillation increases the risk of stroke four fold PAGE 42
MARKETING Deputy General Manager Harit Mohanty Assistant Manager Kunal Gaurav PRODUCTION General Manager B R Tipnis Manager Bhadresh Valia Senior Executive Scheduling & Coordination Rohan Thakkar Photo Editor Sandeep Patil
HOSPITAL INFRA A measure of health: Sustainability in the healthcare industry PAGE 43 Achieving excellence in procurement & inventory management PAGE 53 Strategising for success PAGE 55
RADIOLOGY
DESIGN Deputy Art Director Surajit Patro Chief Designer Pravin Temble Senior Graphic Designer Rushikesh Konka Layout Vivek Chitrakar
‘Canada gets many newer technologies sooner than India’ PAGE 58
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CIRCULATION Circulation Team Mohan Varadkar Express Healthcare Reg. No. MH/MR/SOUTH-252/2013-15 RNI Regn. No.MAHENG/2007/22045 Printed for the proprietors, The Indian Express Limited by Ms.Vaidehi Thakar at The Indian Express Press, Plot No. EL-208, TTC Industrial Area, Mahape, Navi Mumbai - 400710 and Published from Express Towers, 2nd Floor, Nariman Point, Mumbai - 400021. (Editorial & Administrative Offices: Express Towers, 1st Floor, Nariman Point, Mumbai - 400021) *Responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act. Copyright @ 2011 The Indian Express Ltd. All rights reserved throughout the world. Reproduction in any manner, electronic or otherwise, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited.
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MARKET New Zealand firm Pictor’s innovative test to bring down infant mortality PAGE 16 College of American Pathologists along with BD announce strategic alliance PAGE 18 Narayana Nethralaya and MedGenome in JV PAGE 21 CDC and The Abraaj Group to invest in Rainbow Hospitals PAGE 22
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Risk management in hospitals with CoBIT 5 PAGE 62 ‘SHL adopts the strictest rules and standards regarding patient confidentiality’ PAGE 65 ‘Increasing automation in the healthcare environment and broader access to patient information are expanding the risk of data breaches’ PAGE 66 ‘A very efficient and simple EMR is an extremely integral part of the hospital infrastructure’ PAGE 67
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LIFE Memoirs of the golden days PAGE 88 Book Review PAGE 90
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