Dr. SMS a Novel Mobile- Health Application : Rathan U Kelkar, Director, Kerala State IT Mission & Sabarish. K, Kerala State IT Mission

[This article was published in the December 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Dr. SMS is a novel project of the Kerala State IT Mission – the technology implementation wing of the Government of Kerala in India, launched on 29th May 2008 with the aim to increase access of health care services by common people through simple and innovative use of mobile telephony.

Appraising Telemedicine Case studies Lessons and Challenges : Lieutenant Colonel Salil Garg Cardiologist, Command Hospital, Pune and Squadron Leader Mudit Mathur, DD Space Ops, DSCC, Bhopal

[This article was published in the April 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Time goes, you say? Ah, no! Alas, time stays, we go � Henry Austin Dobson

NRHM gets the IT edge – eHEALTH Bureau (Dipanjan Banerjee & Susan Thomas)

[This article was published in the January 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Improving health conditions in rural areas has always been the biggest challenge in India. eHealth tries to find out how the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) would impact rural health care in India.

SoftLink International bags the HMIS installation at JIPMER

SoftLink International, a leading Software Product company with core focus on Hospital Automation and Medical Imaging, has bagged the prestigious order for implementation of Hospital Management Information System at JIPMER, Pondicherry.

India News:Dec 2008

India to have online process for clinical trials by 2013 In order to improve the process of clinical trail approvals, […]

INDIA NEWS

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

India News

India launches health management info portal

The Government of India has launched the Health Management Information System (HMIS) portal to convert local health data into real time useful information, management indicators and trends which could be displayed graphically in the reports.

C-DAC software to aid healthcare sector

If the new software developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC ) is accepted by medical equipment manufacturers and service providers, patients with medical history will no longer need to worry about maintaining their records and its compatability with different softwares.

CII on improving process for healthcare accreditation

Owing to the marked changes over the past few years in the healthcare sector, there is a growing demand for quality healthcare services, which calls for a closer look at the healthcare delivery systems and the necessity to introduce quality assurance mechanisms.

NEWS REVIEW – INDIA

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

NEWS REVIEW

AIIMS like Ayurveda institute to come up in New Delhi

An AIIMS like Ayurveda institute will be set up in the capital to carry out clinical research, drug safety uation and scientific validation of the traditional Indian system of medicine.

FICCI’s new initiative: Medical Electronics Forum

Responding to the requirements of the medical electronics industry and to create awareness about the opportunities as the next growth area after IT sector, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry launched the “FICCI Medical Electronics Forum” (FICCI-MEF) on October 23, 2007 at FICCI New Delhi.

Telemedicine set to SMS blood pressure report to doctor

Soon, blood pressure patients in Chandigarh (India) would be able to send their blood pressure reports to doctors’ cell phone via SMS with the help of mobile handset.