[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
In this paper, we take an overview of primary health care scenario in India, the contours of health sector reforms agenda under the National Rural health Mission: the principles of eHealth, possible loci of synergy under NRHM and possible technology options for accelerated health sector reforms in the country.
[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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Consumers in Europe are renowned for being extremely technologically advanced in terms of online activities and technology and device ownership. But due to the lack of direct-to-consumer advertising for pharmaceuticals, many pharmaceutical companies have assumed that consumers were somewhat passive participants in the patientphysician relationship.
A clinical research firm Veeda Clinical Research Pvt. Ltd is proposing a project, wherein it will adopt about a dozen cancer hospitals in tier-II and tier-III cities across India to ensure easy access to a wider patient pool for its drug test projects.
[This article was published in the October 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The vision of the empowered patient is still lagging behind reality, but now e-health offers the opportunity for patient empowerment.
[This article was published in the October 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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[This article was published in the October 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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A telemidicine link now connects AIIMS with Sher-E-Kashmir Institute, Cuttack Cancer Hospital as part of a larger plan to connect around 100 networked hospitals and medical institutions all over the country.
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) of India has expanded its telemedicine connectivity at its cancer treatment facility.The facility will also provide consultations to the SAARC and pan-African countries
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, will connect the hospital’s cancer specialists to patients in rural areas, by providing the country its first mobile mammography service (to be launched soon) in a bid to provide medical aid to breast cancer patients in far-flung rural areas.
The telemedicine network becomes essential as in most cases reading the scans can be confusing. Telemedicine also helps make up for the poor health infrastructure in this large disparately growing country.
[This article was published in the September 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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[This article was published in the September 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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