ICTpost Health IT Bureau Many of the public healthcare services like Public Health Centres (PHCs) and sub-centres in rural areas are not equipped and staffed to provide quality healthcare to the rural poor. This suggests the yawning divide between rural and urban healthcare services, between the rural poor and the well off. The new developments […]
Mobile devices pose unique risks to the security of health information. These risks include : Loss or theft: Because of their small size, laptops and other mobile devices can be lost or misplaced. They are also an easy target for theft. If proper security measures are not in place and activated, gaining access to information […]
ICTpost Media Action Bureau Indians are turning in increasing numbers to the Internet for information related to their health. Access to information that was previously difficult, if not impossible, for consumers to obtain has helped drive a shift in traditional roles for patients and physicians. Technology has made possible additional avenues for communication that can […]
ICTpost Research estimates that the market for mobile healthcare apps will be worth $600 million by 2017, while the market research company Research2Guidance claims 247 million mobile phone users had downloaded a health related app in 2012. A recent article by Bill Yates from iMEdicalApps highlighted the overall Google search traffic since 2007 for specific […]
By ICTpost eGovernance Bureau As health care moves into the digital age, high-speed access to the Internet will become increasingly important for both health care providers and patients. The broadband effort goes hand-in-hand with the Indian Government?s push for health reform and expanded use of health IT. It’s always the last mile that’s the most […]
ICTpost Cloud Computing Bureau Natural disasters provide an absolute reminder that medical imaging providers need to have a comprehensive disaster recovery plan that accounts for data protection, as well as allowing operations to continue at the highest level allowed by the situation. As far as protecting data, in recent years, more facilities are turning towards […]
ICTpost News Network? New Delhi: Feb 4, 2016 BJP veteran Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, renowned cardiac surgeon Dr. Devi Shetty and Shripad Yesso Naik, Minister of State for AYUSH came together on Feb 3 for the launch of “State of healthcare Reforms in India”, the well documented experience of the father of India’s eHealth revolution […]
Guruprasad S., General Manager, Healthcare Practise,?Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions guruprasad.s@in.bosch.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj1kiQpEDNs&feature=em-upload_owner India’s unique challenges: An opportunity to innovate? Affordable Healthcare 1,287,372,705 People Urban Rural inequity in HC access 5480 Towns/Cities; 638,000 Villages Doctors: 8,88,741 urban / 29,562 rural High Out of Pocket HC Spend Estimated at >75% of total Sector Growth forecasts till […]
ICTpost News Network London, Jan 6: The world’s largest database for cancer drug discovery has been updated by adding three-dimensional structures of faulty proteins and maps of cancer’s communication networks, reports a study. The updated database, developed at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, will allow scientists across the globe to design new cancer treatments […]
By Dhirendra Pratap Singh This was a big year for digital health transformation, especially for advances in personalized and connected care. Looking back at 2015, these are the four trends that will ultimately have the greatest impact on the future. Many will remember 2015 as the year when mobile health apps and sensors took off. […]
