[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The Indian medical fraternity, especially the unorganised private sector, has been over the years quite unconcerned about preservation of patient records.
[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
With the rapid proliferation of hundreds of health information websites, e-health publications and commencement of use of electronic health records, we in India, are now in an era of information dissemination.
[This article was published in the April 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Organisation and financing of healthcare services in a country depends largely on its economy & socio-political environment
[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
E-mail has transformed general communication worldwide, revolutionising banking and retail. A successful trial of e-mail communication between a surgeon and patients in Sydney, Australia highlights its potential to improve the doctor-patient relationship as a result of better communication.
[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
In a recent ruling of the Supreme Court, prior consent of patients have been made mandatory for all surgical procedures, unless in critical medical conditions
[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The Virtual Reality Medical Center (VRMC)has created an Internet-based Virtual Reality (VR) game that helps adolescents cease smoking. This interactive program uses cue exposure therapy (CET) to treat addictive behaviors. Furthermore, VRMC�s teen smoking Cessation program educates adolescents on how to effectively avoid situations that cause cravings. In addition, repeated exposure to problematic triggers eventually leads to desensitization.
[This article was published in the October 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Given the nascent stage of the industry, Indian hospitals are taking a cut-paste approach to IT… however, such an approach fails to deliver its potential and creates pockets of excellence.
[This article was published in the September 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Diseases pose an immense challenge to those affected by them as well as for the care providers.
[This article was published in the August 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
By the application of e-Health, knowledge or information pertaining to a quality and sophisticated healthcare system can be made accessible to remote corners of India, where only rudimentary health infrastructure is available.
[This article was published in the May 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The trend of providing integrated healthcare systems seems to be increasing in the developed countries as healthcare providers are realizing the multifarious advantages of it.
[This article was published in the November 2006 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
eHealth is a work in progress. Many countries have named a national coordinator or taskforce, or at a minimum assigned the subject to the tasks of the national health ministry. But no national system provides all of the e-Health services at the present time
[This article was published in the November 2006 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
e-Prescribing is the process of medication prescribing in an outpatient setting, using an ambulatory Computerised Physician Order Entry systems application linked with clinical decision support that can in addition electronically send prescriptions or prescription-related information directly with the pharmacies or pharmacy benefit managers
