Given the vast number of workers to be covered, the new Health Insurance Scheme (HIS) would be implemented in a phased manner. Initially workers living Below the Poverty Line (BPL) are to be covered in next five years.
The Union Government of India advised Orissa Government to put geographical information system (GIS) at each village to deliver health services.
[This article was published in the October 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Asian healthcare IT market is sizzling. Big investments are pouring in and much more is yet to come.
The Apollo Hospitals Group in a joint venture with Deutsche Krankenversicherung AG (DKV AG), Europe’s largest private health insurer recently announced its health insurance company, Apollo DKV Insurance Company Limited (Apollo DKV).
New York, Governor Eliot Spitzer’s recently announced the launch a comprehensive health information technology program
[This article was published in the August 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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[This article was published in the August 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
In response to strong public concern about wait times, Canada�s First Ministers committed to providing evidence-based wait time benchmarks for cancer, cardiac care, diagnostic imaging, joint replacement and sight restoration (cataract surgery).
The Brunei Health Ministry has signed a $2.7 million contract with Komputer Wisman Sdn Bhd to provide IT equipment to all government medical facilities.
[This article was published in the May 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
It is true that e-Health is gaining currency in the developed countries of the west, but the awareness of its enormous potential seems to be very limited in Africa.
[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 May 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
To sum up, the book is an effort at dealing with the matter of economic principles dominating the debate on healthcare and the consequences thereof.
[This article was published in the March 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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