With the expansion of broadband, telemedicine is becoming an incredibly effective solution

With the expansion of broadband, telemedicine is becoming an incredibly effective solution

ICTpost Health IT Bureau Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have great potential to address some of the challenges faced by both developed and developing countries in providing accessible, costeffective, high-quality health care services. Telemedicine uses ICTs to overcome geographical barriers, and increase access to health care services. This is particularly beneficial for rural and underserved […]

Evolution of IT in Indian health insurance sector

Evolution of IT in Indian health insurance sector

Somil Nagpal, Senior Health Specialist , The World Bank ICT is being seen as game changer for government and private health insurance by addressing two critical challenges: The first is, Reducing Transaction Costs for enrollment, distribution, communications and claim processing. The second is, Improving internal controls and information empowerment, reducing frauds and leakages,improving product design.

Malware affecting medical devices is emerging threat in healthcare

Malware affecting medical devices is emerging threat in healthcare

ICTpost Health IT Bureau This year, in the first week of January,  there was a story about how details of COVID-19 test results of tens of thousands of patients were leaked on the net through multiple Government of Delhi domains (delhigovt.nic.in/delhi.gov.in/revenue.delhi.gov.in). Websites of multiple Indian government departments, including national health and welfare agencies leaked COVID-19 […]

Common Pass: A novel approach to leveraging privacy preserving digital tools for COVID19 Pandemic

Common Pass: A novel approach to leveraging privacy preserving digital tools for COVID19 Pandemic

By Rahul Konapur, Nachiket Gudi, Oommen John Rahul Konapur, Young India Fellow, Ashoka University, Sonepat, Haryana. Nachiket Gudi, Consultant, The George Institute for Global Health, India Oommen John, Senior Research Fellow, The George Institute for Global Health, India Countries across the globe have been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Over […]

Dearth of in-house health IT expertise helps spin the market

Dearth of in-house health IT expertise helps spin the market

ICTpost Health IT Bureau No country has succeeded in fully deploying an electronic health record on a national basis. However, Australia and Canada have achieved substantial progress. Experiences from these healthcare systems, their EHR initiatives and their responses to obstacles and challenges offer constructive guidelines for decision makers. Many complex factors, including national health care […]

Value-Based health care is inevitable in India

Value-Based health care is inevitable in India

New Delhi: February 4, 2021 Every generation of Indians has overcome challenges to secure our nation’s role as the world’s economic leader. Solving the health care puzzle is this generation’s challenge. It will require change. True healthcare reform requires both moving toward universal insurance coverage and restructuring the care delivery system. These two components are […]

Wireless Devices Technology advances Medicine into the Future

Wireless Devices Technology advances Medicine into the Future

New Delhi: January 29, 2021 Medical treatment is about to go wireless. New advances in microelectronics have enabled doctors to contemplate the day when they will be able to monitor and treat their patients with medical implants that use wi-fi, Bluetooth and other kinds of wireless technology. With this technology physicians will be able to […]