Peace and Prosperity Through IT

Feroz Ahmad Khan, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Information Technology, Science & Technology; Additional charge of School Education, Medical Education, Youth Services and Sports, Government […]

Kerala’s e-Toilets Reach J&K

The e-toilets for Jammu & Kashmir region has been customized as per the region’s own geographical and sub-zero climatic conditions Kochi: Kerala’s […]

Inclusive Growth is New Mantra

The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) has witnessed unprecedented growth. It is now being heralded as the largest open health […]

J-K to spend Rs 315 crore on upgrading rural health facilities

Jammu and Kashmir Government will be spending Rs 315 crore this financial year on upgrading health care facilities including setting up of 11 mobile medical units in accident prone zones and GPS-guided ambulance service. The Centre has sanctioned Rs 263.32 crore plan under under National Rural Health Mission for year 2011-12 for Jammu and Kashmir while the state government will contribute its share of Rs 30.98 crores, officials said here today. The state also has Rs 51.65 crore available under the centrally-sponsored scheme from last year’s unspent funds, the officials said. They said Rs 5.02 crore will be spent on procurement of mobile medical Units for 11 districts.

Satellite Technology : Bridging the Health Divide

[This article was published in the January 2011 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org) ] With satellite communication technology, telemedicine provides access to quality healthcare, even to the farthest reaches of the nation

“RSBY demonstrates the largest use of IT applications in rural areas” : Anil Swarup, Ministry of Labour and Employment,Government of India

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.

Union Budget 2010-11 Roadmap for Healthcare in India : Saba Firdaus, Research Assistant, eHEALTH

[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.

“Mixing medicine and technology” : Dr S K Mishra, SGPGIMS

Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, is known for teaching and training medical professionals in various medical super-specialties. The latest achievement of SGPGIMS is the setting up of the School of Telemedicine and Biomedical Informatics. Currently, the infrastructure at the school consists of several laboratories in all areas of healthcare IT, Telemedicine, HIMS, Health Knowledge Management, Medical Imaging Informatics, Biomedical Informatics, Artificial Intelligence, CDSS, Medical Mutimedia & Animation, Surgical Informatics etc.

Delhi, NCR faces shortage of 12,500 doctors

Delhi and adjacent areas are facing a shortage of over 12,500 qualified doctors due to high attrition rate and to overcome it, recruitments should be made on priority basis, a study by an industrial body said.

NEWS REVIEW – INDIA

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

India News

Rural healthcare improvement high on J and K govt agenda

The Jammu and Kashmir government has taken a slew of initiatives and administrative reforms to improve healthcare facilities in rural areas of the state.

Indians can now dial 108 for emergency

India is gradually moving to use of one emergency telephone number across the country, 108, on the lines of America’s 911 and Britain’s 999.

Universalising healthcare through telemedicine

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

Millions of people in India do not have access to essential healthcare. Can telemedicine be the answer?