To increase the number of skilled workers in healthcare, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is working with the health department to train school dropouts to work in hospitals and for homecare, reports media.
[This article was published in the September 2010 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Health insurance is indispensable for mobilising resources, providing risk protection and achieving improved health outcomes
[This article was published in the September 2010 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Health insurance is the most effective and conventional way by which people collectively pool their risk of incurring medical expenses.
The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) has empowered the BPL population with the ability to avail quality healthcare services free of cost. Within a span of two and a half years, the scheme has provided healthcare cover to almost 70 million people living under the poverty line.
The health ministry has planned to standardise common set of protocols for treatment across the country. For this the ministry has set up an expert panel to draft a set of norms for unified treatment standards expected to be implemented in next three to four months and in hospitals and healthcare service centres in one-two years.
The insurance supported mediclaim policy that entitles the user to avail cashless facilities, will no longer be available at high-end hospitals like Apollo, Fortis, Ganga Ram, Max or Medicity in Delhi, the national capital region (NCR) and the metros of Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai.
[This article was published in the July 2010 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Ayursundra Healthcare will soon be a name to reckon within healthcare field in North East India. Promoted by conscientious Europe based investors and NRIs and experienced local healthcare professionals, Ayursundra is expected to change the way healthcare services are delivered in the North East region of India.
In conversation with Divya Chawla from eHEALTH, Ashit Panjwani, utive Director – Marketing, Sales & Alliances, SAS Institute (India) Pvt Ltd, shares insights into the business of health and life sciences vertical of SAS.
Ayursundra Healthcare will soon be a name to reckon within healthcare field in North East India. Promoted by conscientious Europe based investors and NRIs and experienced local healthcare professionals, Ayursundra is expected to change the way healthcare services are delivered in the North East region of India.
[This article was published in the May 2010 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The healthcare sector has become one of the most glorified sectors of the Indian economy with launch of world-class facilities, cutting-edge technologies, government initiatives, indigenous manufacturing, and unprecedented growth rates.
[This article was published in the April 2010 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Healthcare, expected to reach over US$75 billion by 2010 and US$150 billion by 2017, has a huge potential for growth in India.
[This article was published in the April 2010 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Emergence and growth of health insurance has given rise to a need for maintaining and optimising claims processing and management to enhance services offered by the health insurance companies and healthcare providers with the ultimate aim of providing maximum benefit to the insured.
[This article was published in the April 2010 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Healthcare Investment Summit 2010, an exclusive event on investment scenario in healthcare industry in India was organised by eHEALTH magazine on March 16, 2010 at The Claridges, New Delhi.
