Healthcare Providers in India to spend US $1.2 billion on IT in 2015

Mumbai: October 2, 2015 Health care providers in India are expected to spend $1.2 billion US Dollars (USD) on IT products and services in 2015, an increase of 7 percent over 2014, according to Gartner, Inc. This forecast includes spending by healthcare providers (includes hospitals, as well as ambulatory service and physicians practices) on internal […]

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 […]

Transformation in Healthcare will Drive Change for New Models in the Next Generation of Healthcare

Sydney: September 13, 2015 The rise of IT, connectivity and mobility has enabled tremendous shifts in the modernisation of health care. A myriad of new and impending changes within the entire gamut of the healthcare industry across the world will see some major themes emerge in the new healthcare economy. Healthcare trends necessitating business model […]

Hybrid IT and Cloud Enabling Technologies are creating strong demand for data center and cloud services

New Delhi: August 8, 2015 Hybrid IT is fast becoming the new normal across organizations in Asia-Pacific. With the increasing utilization of data centers and cloud services across the Asia Pacific region, companies have gradually updated or upgraded their existing IT systems, giving rise to the Hybrid IT environment. Besides helping enterprises to drive digital […]

Technology, prevention will move health care costs down in India

ICTpost Health IT Bureau In India, patients receive roughly half of recommended preventive, acute and chronic illness care. By using preventive tools, doctors can improve quality scores and provide more of recommended care. Preventive health technologies could help improve care and reduce costs. A web-based tool that extracts information from the electronic medical record can […]

India needs a Comprehensive Digital Health Act

Dear Friends, Greetings . The Government of India vide order number NO.R-14012/16/2014-e-Gov, dated 6th January, 2015 has proposed the formation of India Health Information Network (IHIN). India Health Information Network (IHIN )  Background With India’s increasing focus on development and implementation of eHealth solutions, a need to establish a forum between different organizations, stakeholders in […]

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