5 September 2011 | News

How to make telehealth more relevant

Technologies are improving, and people have more flexibility to use telehealth, if they get the business model right: an interview with Ron Emerson, Global Director of Healthcare, Polycom

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26 August 2011 | News

Online access to patient history at AIIMS soon

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi will soon give online access to all information on the treatment history to its patients.

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17 August 2011 | News

Web-based tracking for immunisation in India

Government has introduced a web-enabled tracking system to ensure that children and pregnant women get basic immunisation, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said.

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15 July 2011 | News

Maharashtra uses ICT to curb illegal sex determination

In a bid to improve the skewed sex ratio of girls and boys, the Maharashtra government launched a helpline number on July 11 to prevent illegal sex determination tests and female foeticide. The recent provisional census figures have put it at 883 girls per 1000 boys in the State.

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4 July 2011 | News

RGCI to digitise hospital, introduce EMR software

Delhi-based Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre (RGCI) and international healthcare IT solutions provider Medtech Global have entered into an agreement for digitising and providing Electronic Medical Record (EMR) software for the hospital.

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30 June 2011 | News

India’s first virtual ICU to be launched within a year

In a revolutionary step in telemedicine, Philips Electronics India is planning to set up India’s first virtual Intensive Care Unit (ICU) soon. It will be a relief for critical patients admitted to ICUs in small towns and villages as they would be able to solicit medical advice from specialists based out of metro cities.

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14 June 2011 | News

Jharkhand launches Health Hotline to address grievances

Following in the footsteps of neighbouring Bihar, Jharkhand has launched a health hotline for sprucing up the healthcare facilities in the State.

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7 June 2011 | News

E-governance in Jammu and Kashmir hospitals soon

The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to introduce e-governance in State-run hospitals in a bid to provide better services to the people. It would also ensure transparency and streamline their operations.

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30 May 2011 | News

Emergency 108 service in all districts of M.P. by year end

The Madhya Pradesh (M.P.) government has decided to extend the Emergency Medical Response Service - 108 to all the 50 districts of the state by the end of this year.

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26 May 2011 | News

Delhi health resource management system put online

The Delhi government’s Health Department has put its resource management system online. The department website was enhanced using a software known as the Management Information System (MIS).

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