Technology Transforms Indias Health
Dr Madhulekha Bhattacharya sheds light on the role of technology in improving Indian healthcare scenario Dr Madhulekha Bhattacharya, Professor & […]
Making the Right Moves in Healthcare
The amount of public financing and the strategies followed will affect the overall performance of the health systems, and will […]
Healthcare spend to rise to 2.5 percent of GDP
The Planning Commission in their document- Faster, Sustainable and More Inclusive Growth: An Approach to the 12th Five Year Plan, […]
eHEALTH 50th SPECIAL ISSUE: January 2011
EDITORIAL Celebrating eHealth 50 SPOTLIGHT THE INDIAN DOCTOR TODAY STANDS TALL Dr Prathap C Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group IN FOCUS […]
Planning Commission frames universal health insurance plan
The Planning Commission said it is framing up a blue print for a universal health insurance scheme which would provide a minimum cover to everyone in the country.
Reaching masses
[This article was published in the July 2011 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org) ] The only way to make healthcare affordable is to create a massive education network, and this should encompass infrastructure for training of Medical, Dental, Paramedical and Nursing students
Over 800 rural hospitals don
There was a shortage of 4,833 primary health centres (PHCs) across India and over 800 rural hospitals were functioning without a single doctor, Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss told parliament Wednesday.
INDIA UPDATE
India gets a radio station on disaster management The country's first radio station on disaster management was launched on 23 […]
“Tele-health is being viewed as a distinct service, as a subspecialty” : Prof K Ganapathy, President – Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation
Prof K Ganapathy, President, Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation and Telemedicine Society of India, and President Elect, Indian Society for Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery, is a pioneer in introducing telemedicine in India. A renowned neurosurgeon, Dr Ganapathy has initiated pilot projects in using wireless telemedicine in several rural areas in India.
Healthcare services go cashless for poor
Planning commission expert group has called for making the preventive, primary and secondary healthcare services publicly funded and cashless.
Popular drugs are Irrational, says Panel
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s high-level expert group on universal health coverage claims that most common drugs consumed in India are “irrational, needless or useless”.
Celebrating eHEALTH 50
[This article was published in the January 2011 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org) ] With the beginning of the New Year 2011, eHEALTH achieves yet another landmark of completing 50 successful issues
ISRO has taken key initiatives for telemedicine : Dr Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, Planning Commission, India
Dr Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, Member, Planning Commission, has steered the Indian Space programme for over nine years as Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Space Commission and as Secretary to the Government of India.
