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Favila said hospitals and laboratories in the US  find it cheaper to send some of their core and non-core medical processes overseas.


"With our huge pool of highly skilled, quality medical and technology professionals, the Philippines is the best destination for medical transcription services," he said.


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Spun from the Daimler Chrysler subsidiary Temic Telefunker Microelectronics (Phils.), dISP started commercial operations in November 1998 for applications management, network and desktop services. It applied for pioneer status under Executive Order 226 as a new IT service firm in the field of application service provider (ASP).


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BPO sector gets boost

April 20, 2007 - 12:00am

Business process outsourcing (BPO) in the Philippines is showing clear indicators of a strong and steady boom. Not only does it continue to generate more jobs. It also powers a host of other industries: real...

Real Estate

CITEM participants generate $278.2M in export sales

By Marianne V. Go | January 10, 2006 - 12:00am

The Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM), the export trade promotions agency of the Department of Trade and Industry, reported yesterday that the 2,037 small and medium enterprises (SMEs)...

Business

Favila urges local firms to tap $25-B medical transcription business in US

By Marianne V. Go | August 7, 2005 - 12:00am

Trade and Industry Secretary Peter B. Favila has urged local firms to tap the profitable $25-billion medical transcription market in the US. Favila said hospitals and laboratories in the US find it cheaper to send...

Business

BOI grants pioneer status to P285-million IT project

By Marianne V. Go | November 2, 2001 - 12:00am

The Board of Investments (BOI) has granted a pioneer status to the P285-million information technology (IT) project of debis IT Services Philippines, Inc. (dISP). Spun from the Daimler Chrysler subsidiary Temic...

Business

Online registry for Pinoy knowledge workers

August 31, 2001 - 12:00am

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), through the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM), has endorsed www.city prosdb.com as the official registry of Filipino knowledge workers during...

Technology