Architecting Health Network – Building a Foundation for Health Connectivity : Michael Gill, Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group

[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Health IT tends to be a catch-all phrase and includes almost anything electronic that displays or transports information. This article focuses primarily on the transportation of information and the provision of applications in a connected environment, where connectivity is the defining factor.

NEWS REVIEW – INDIA

[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

NEWS REVIEW

Singapore’s Parkway eyes 50% stake in Khubchandani (Mumbai)

Singapore’s Parkway Group, which owns one of Asia’s largest hospital chains, plans to pick up 50% stake in Mumbai-based Khubchandani Hospitals for INR 155 crore.

Improved radiology products and solutions from Carestream

Carestream Health India unveiled its newest digital imaging products and solutions which help healthcare providers improve quality and operational performance, at the 61st Indian Radiology Congress. The company also announced state-of-the-art systems and services for the capture, processing, sharing, printing and storing of images for diagnostic and non-diagnostic applications.

British NHS patients soon to be treated in India

In a ground breaking move, the British government is to allow patients with non-emergency conditions to be treated in Indian hospitals under a scheme paid for by British taxpayers.

Hospital staff to be monitored by satellite

Punjab Health Sector Reforms Programme (PHSRP) of Pakistan will monitor all the activities of all doctors, nurses and paramedical staffs working in health facilities across the region.

Standardisation in healthcare delivery will be a major help for smooth IT implementatio : Sandeep Sinha, Industry Manager, Healthcare Practice, Frost & Sullivan

Interview

Akhil Systems, known to be among the oldest healthcare IT companies in India, offers solutions to a large number of hospitals as well as pharmaceutical companies in India and abroad.

Healthcare segment today is witnessing a move from point solutions to an enterprise-wide solution : Prasenjit Lahiri, IT’s Head- Business Operations, Wipro Healthcare

Wipro Healthcare IT�s Head- Business Operations, Prasenjit Lahiri, in conversation with eHEALTH shares his views on the increasing IT adoption in healthcare facilities accross public and private sectors.

Healthcare vouchers for the poor for high-end hospital treatment

The financially-weaker section of the society may hope to get better healthcare facilities from privately-run hospitals such as Escorts, Max and Apollo in the future. The government is planning to issue healthcare vouchers to the poor who could use it as a currency in private hospitals. Hospitals, in turn, may get full refund from either the government or accredited insurance companies.

First health institute in Nagaland (India) inaugurated

Nagaland Governor K. Sankaranarayanan congratulated the government and the people at the inaugural function of the Christian Institute of Health Sciences & Research (CISHR) recently.

2% of GDP of India to be spent on health

Stressing the need for better healthcare facilities in rural India, Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said the country will spend two per cent of its GDP on health in the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12).

eHealth India 2007 – July 31 August 02 2007, The Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi

[This article was published in the September 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Quality of public health and availability of proper healthcare amenities are one of the prime yardsticks for estimating the level of development and well being of any country or society.