The Health Brigade : January 2012

EDITORIAL
New Year: Great Expectations

SPECIAL FEATURE 
Catalysts of Change
A rainbow like collection of vibrant innovations and sky-high investments are enabling the healthcare sector in India to grow at a scorching pace.

eINDIA 2011 Report ::  A Manifesto for Growth

LEADERS SPEAK

ICT Plays a Vital Role in Reaching Out to Rural Masses :: Prof  Dr AFM Rahul Haque
Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh

At the Cutting Edge :: P K Taneja
Principal Secretary and Commissioner, Public Health & Family Welfare Department, Government of Gujarat

“iHIND Builds a Health Information Network” :: Shiban Ganju
President of Atrimed Pharmaceuticals and Convener, iHIND

LEADERS SPEAK
The Bandwidth of Growth :: Nivedan Sahani
Vice President and Business Head, Tata Teleservices
Ameera Shah
Managing Director, Metropolis Healthcare

“Telemedicine Industry Craves for Strong Policy Makers” :: Rajendra P Gupta
Chairman, Board of Directors, HIMSS Asia Pacific India

“Need for Training Medical Professionals” :: Dr Supten Sarabhadhikari
Founder of Supten Institute and an emissary of Health Informatics Standards

eINDIA Awards 2011
eINDIA 2011 Award Winners :: Hall of Fame 

LEADERS SPEAK

Leveraging Digital Technologies in Healthcare :: T S Y Aravindakshan
Lead, Public Sector Breadth, Microsoft

FEATURED PRODUCT

Affordable Healthcare for All

A Tête-à-Tête with Pankaj Vaish, President-HealthFore

LEADERS SPEAK 

“Streamline Key Processes through Business Process Re-engineering” :: Bhudeb Chakrabarti 
Senior General Manager and Region Head of National Institute for Smart Government

“Radiologists are Exploring Feasible Teleradiology Models” :: Dr Kishan Rawat
Consultant at Department of CT Scan and MRI, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital

Building Trust in Telemedicine :: Dr Jawahar Shah
Throws light on the work that Mind Technologies

Technology that Secures :: Bishwajit Nayak
Head of Health Claims and Networking, Future Generali

eASiA 2011 Report :: Asia’s Premier ICT Event Marks its Presence at Bangladesh

LEADERS SPEAK

“Standardise Nomenclature of Medical Information” :: Col Sanjay Patole
Head – IT, Army R&R Hospital
“IT is the Future” :: Dr Akash Rajpal
MD & CEO, EKO Health Management Consultants

FEATURED PRODUCT

Capillary Electrophoresis Technology

LEADERS SPEAK 

“A Model Service that can be Replicated Across the Country” :: Jasvant Prajapati
COO, GVK EMRI

POWER HOSPITAL
Paras Hospitals - Born to Care

LEADERS SPEAK

Connecting India :: Gunjan Kumar
Head IT and Automation, Sahara Hospital
“Vista Flavour on the World” :: Dr. Dinesh Jain, Max Healthcare

AADHAAR Opening Up of New Vistas in Healthcare :: Gp Capt (Dr) Sanjeev Sood
Hospital Administrator and NABH empanelled Assessor

“ICT is a Boon to the Hospital Industry” :: Annie Thakore
President of Atrimed Pharmaceuticals and Convener, iHIND
“Providing Cashless Treatment to Artisans” :: Nagarajan Ranganathan
Vice President, ICICI Lombard

IN CONVERSATION

Telemedicine is a Democratic Technology :: Jay Culver
Global Sales Director, Global Media

“3G is Creating Wonders in Healthcare Domain” :: Thierry Zylberberg
Executive Vice President, Orange Healthcare Division