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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
Submitted to potential partners in Nepal /India (In collaboration with, BPKIHS, Asia Pacific Association for Medical Informatics ? APAMI (www.apami.org) and HIMSS Asia Pacific India Chapter) (sec.sathi@gmail.com alt gogia7@gmail.com) A 7.9 Richter quake shook the central districts of Nepal including Kathmandu on April 25th 2015. Its effects so far include over 8700 dead, 20,000 injured, […]
By Sri Narendra Damodardas Modi, The Hon’ble Prime Minister of India (Text of PM’s address at the Global Call to Action Summit 2015) Keeping aside the work that still needs to be done, there have been significant achievements on the global front in the area of maternal and child health. Looking at the big picture, […]
New Delhi: August 8, 2015 The biosensors market is proving highly attractive as it exhibits continuous growth in applications, penetration into newer sectors, and development of devices resulting in higher revenue year after year. The global biosensors space has seen the entry of multiple participants each year with none having exited the market so far. […]
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 […]
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 […]
New Delhi: July 30, 2015 Open Government Data (OGD) is today considered to be an important initiative by governments across the world. A number of national and international data portals have been deployed to release datasets online. Concept was initiated by United States government, by launch of their data portal. After that UK government launched […]
