eHealth project for better management says Government Accountability Office: A Study
GAO says DOD and VA are making progress on interoperability, but management improvements are needed.
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Mass media reflects influence in usage of tobacco, says report
A recent findings from a national survey in India by Healis-Sekhsaria Institute of Public Health, an organisation work in the field of public health in India and other developing countries reveals that exposure to mass media may impact the use of tobacco in India which is a major source of illness and death.
Artemis Health Institute wins WHO’s Asia Pacific Hand Hygiene Excellence Award
World Health Organisation has declared Artemis Health Institute (AHI), a multi-specialty hospital in Gurgaon, as the winner for its Asia Pacific Hand Hygiene Excellence Award for the year 2010.
Study: EHRs beneficial for care coordination of Kidney Patients
Electronic health records can help improve health outcomes for patients at high risk of kidney disease.
Snapshot of India’s Development Deficits
As is well known, income or consumption poverty is often used as shorthand to capture economic wellbeing of people. However, there is almost a consensus view among social scientists by now that such a view of poverty is too narrow and it is absolutely necessary to go beyond hunger and malnutrition and include several other features in conceptualising poverty, such as deprivation (or poor access) in terms of clothing, shelter, basic social services including primary health care, sanitation, education, shelter etc., political powerlessness, socio-cultural marginalisation and exclusion, among others. By any reckoning, development deficits in India are huge in terms of attaining the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals).
UN chief emphasizes on reducing Maternal Mortality
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the head of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) while speaking about the World Population Day, has called for greater participation by men in maternal health to reduce the number of women who die each day in childbirth and to ensure safe motherhood.
Philips Launches Breakthrough Technology For Early And Precise Detection Of Cancer
Philips, a leading health & well-being company, today unveiled
Jayalalitha Announced A Revised Medical Insurance Cover
Yet another initiative of the erstwhile DMK regime, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announced an improved medical insurance cover under which a family can derive a maximum benefit of Rs. four lakh for four years.
Supercomputer helps predict risk of bone fracture
A research team from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) and IBM’s Zurich Research Laboratory have used the Blue Gene /L supercomputer to simulate the strain on a piece of bone to help determine the likely place of fracture.
Ayursundra to open first-of-its-kind lifestyle clinic in Guwahati
Dr. AbhijitHazarika CEO, Ayursundra Simanta DasChairman, Ayursundra Ayursundra Healthcare will soon be […]
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Progress towards attaining MDGs
At the midpoint to reaching the Millennium Development Goals for 2015, the world
ICTs infrastructure in Africa
Level of poverty has remained very high in Africa in the past, and also the present. The 2006 report on the United Nation
