Invest in Big Data technologies

New Delhi: October 14, 2015 Many organizations do not manage customer data as a corporate asset, and the monetary value of that data is often ignored. “Digital business is having a significant impact on customer data,” said Douglas Laney, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. “The growing wealth of information from social media, location […]

Health ICT can help physicians and patients track their progress

ICTpost Health IT Bureau In Indian health care, many clinical practices are not based on good scientific evidence regarding an intervention’s impact on important outcomes or quality of care. Sometimes this occurs because evidence from well conducted, randomized controlled trials is not available. However, even when good evidence is available and there is strong consensus […]

Need for bigger financing and implementation plans to achieve sustainable development

By Arun Jaitley, Union Minister of Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information and Broadcasting ?Strong and inclusive economic growth is necessary for the developing economies to grow, prosper and develop sustainably. Such growth is also necessary for achieving the SDGs as well as the twin goals of the World Bank. With expected growth of only 4.3% […]

Indian Railway Knowledge Portal : Step towards ICT convergence in Indian Railways

ICTpost News Network New Delhi: October 1, 2015 Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu recently launched Indian Railway Knowledge Portal namely www.kportal.indianrailways.gov.in which has aggregated most of the available knowledge about Indian Railways at one location and has also tried to encompass as much knowledge as possible, by linking websites, documents etc. for dissemination of […]

Passion for Change: An Interview with Pradeep Chopra

“If Digital Marketing were not available to startups, we would not have seen multi billion dollar startups such as FlipKart, Snapdeal emerging from India.” These are words of Pradeep Chopra. ICTpost covers successful individuals who lead in education, skills, government, business and culture. Behind every leader is a formidable skill set. One of particular significance […]

Data helps us to navigate, to decide goals and chart our policies

New Delhi: September 24, 2015 J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare released the National Health Profile (NHP)-2015 prepared by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI), here today. The E-book (digital version) of the annual document, which has been prepared for the first time, was also released. The National Health Profile […]

Changing Lifestyle to prevent Non-communicable Diseases

By Dr. Damodar Bachani,?Deputy Commissioner (NCD) Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, high blood pressure, heart diseases and cancer are increasingly causing deaths in India. A matter of concern is that many instances of the young adults are getting these diseases not only in all strata of society in both […]

Barcodes could save $300M in Indian Healthcare

ICTpost mHealth Bureau New provisional research indicates that health IT can help hospitals focus on quality care improvement, reduce mortality rates and boost patient satisfaction. A?study published in?Vaccine?has tried to quantify just how much the Bar coding technology could save healthcare systems. From 2011 to 2023, net economic benefits were forecasted to be $310 million […]