Private hospitals, offering quality healthcare, are proliferating in Tier-II and Tier-III towns.

The hype about growth in smaller towns is over. Hospitals are now taking a more calibrated approach to expansion outside the country's top cities.

Jacob sees her gut instinct to understand an entrepreneur as her biggest strength. A way to assess an entrepreneur's ability to cope with pressure, Jacob says, is to check the way they react when one challenges his/her assumptions of the market or customers.

Maharashtra's government hospitals will offer cheap diagnostic services by outsourcing lab tests or diagnostic services through a public private partnership model.

The health-care sector is changing. Lifestyle diseases such as diabetes are on the rise, and the growing spread of health insurance has made costly health-care facilities affordable. In the face of new market realities, Apollo Hospitals is focusing on no-frills hospitals in Tier II and III cities and on specialised clinics.

With their scientific method for home-based medical care, the doctor couple have helped a backward area in Maharashtra beat the national average for infant mortality.

Newsmaker of the last fortnight: Akhilesh Yadav, Pratik Pota, Chhavi Rajawat, Pradeep Sindhu and Punitha Arumuga.

After the failed Parkway bid last year, Singh brothers of Fortis bounce back with a spate of global buys. Can they lead in the Asian healthcare market?

The key demands of the healthcare industry include prioritysector status, more flexible norms for forays into Tier II, Tier III cities,towns and beyond and skill development measures.

Vaatsalya Healthcare has a no-frills model that does not compromise on quality.

New business models take root - and some flourish - as more and more companies seek to tap into the demand among the unwealthy millions.

A hospital chain in Karnataka wants to do to health care what Air Deccan did to aviation. Its early steps are encouraging.

Few disagree today that the next big fortune lies at the bottom of the pyramid. Here are lessons on how some early movers are getting to it.