Recently the government of Ghana received an approval of funding from the World Bank Board, amounting 40 million USD. This funding will finance two health sector projects (i) Health Insurance Project – US$15 million and (ii) Nutrition and Malaria Control for Child Survival Project
India will use about one fourth of the World Bank USD 3.8 billion loan to improve healthcare services in the country.
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.
Soon the small town of Talbotton, Georgia will have a Telemedicine project to benefit residents of the town.
[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.
The Indian Government has proposed to increase the allocation for the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) from INR 8,207 million in 2006-07 to INR 9,947 million in 2007-08 in this year budget.
[This article was published in the March 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Knowledge management is the key to modern healthcare environment.
Siemens is presenting integrated health care card, a patient based solutions at Medica 2006 under the title “A Holistic View with a Focus on Benefits.
Missouri Rehabilitation Centre has demonstrated its new long-distance electronic health care technology
The U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce is partnering with IGP Technologies Inc. to offer an immediate healthcare solution to hundreds of thousands of business owners and millions of consumers across the country.
The growing concern about the use of technology to provide health care services to residents leads to the launch of the Task Force on Health Care Technology for Cities and Counties by the Public Technology Institute (PTI).
Health information technology is a key component of Rhode Island Gov. Carcieri’s five-point health care agenda to lower costs, increase access and improve the quality of care being delivered.
