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Exchanging health information – eHealth Initiatives in the USA : Susan Thomas, eHEALTH
Exchanging health information – eHealth Initiatives in the USA : Susan Thomas, eHEALTH

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

The multi-stakeholder, non-profit eHealth Initiative (eHI) recently released the results of its Fourth Annual Survey (2007)of Health Information Exchange at the State, Regional and Community Levels in the United States of America, taking stock of 130 community-based health information exchange initiatives. We seek to take stock of the situation as it now appears in the US, and what kind of learning it proposes to the rest of the world.

US insurers keen on Indian tie ups
US insurers keen on Indian tie ups

Keen to take advantage of low-cost healthcare in India, US insurance firms are drawing up attractive medical tourism packages with Indian hospitals to facilitate travel and treatment for its citizens there.

Mobiles for the poorest of the poor in Africa
Mobiles for the poorest of the poor in Africa

As part of a UN programme for tackling poverty in rural Africa, 79 villages across 10 African countries will be hooked up to cellular networks. Around half a million people, described by the UN as “the poorest of the poor”, are expected to make mobile calls soon.

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