Enhancing the Usability of EMR through Multimodal Interactions
[This article was published in the January 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org) ]
Healthcare vouchers for the poor for high-end hospital treatment
The financially-weaker section of the society may hope to get better healthcare facilities from privately-run hospitals such as Escorts, Max and Apollo in the future. The government is planning to issue healthcare vouchers to the poor who could use it as a currency in private hospitals. Hospitals, in turn, may get full refund from either the government or accredited insurance companies.
TCS to revamp IT infra of Cholamandalam MS
Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Co has announced a tripartite tie-up with Tata Consultancy Services and CMC Ltd to revamp its IT infrastructure.
Imported medical devices come under lens
A government committee has decided to widen the ambit of its initial mandate and find ways to control the prices of imported medical devices.
GE Healthcare announces its first healthcare Public Private Partnership in India
GE Healthcare, the US$17 billion healthcare business of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) has announced the signing of a contract between the Government of Madhya Pradesh, GE Healthcare and Sanya Hospitals and Diagnostic center
Amartya Sen suggests expanding healthcare delivery
Nobel Laureate, Amartya Sen, delivering a public on lecture
Apollo DKV will use wellness to cut into claims
The newest entrant in the Indian health insurance business, Apollo DKV Insurance Co., plans to sell health insurance, but it wants to help customers stay healthy through its
Telemedicine Centre Inaugurated in Yaounde (Cameroon)
Information and communication technologies (ICT) have been recognised in the past decades as an essential tool for the scientific, economic and social development of a country.
HIPAA for Insurance Regulation : Susan Thomas, eHEALTH
[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The provisions of HIPAA have come to dominate nearly all aspects of health care data standards development process in the United States of America. HIPAA is forcing all of the standards developers and many industry sectors to rethink their plans, and, in many cases, to redefine their roles.
AMA Delegates endorse healthcare IT tax credit
The American Medical Association’s House of Delegates recently recommended that physicians receive a full, refundable tax credit to help them buy and use healthcare information technology.
Max New York Life to invest USD 609 million in India
While launching a unit-linked pension plan, Max New York Life Insurance disclosed plans to invest INR 24 billion (USD 609 million) in the country over the next four years.
Sops for pharma cos might extend to 2015
Drug makers can hope for tax sops for research activities to continue till 2015. Thus, consumers can hope for some reduction in the prices of drugs across the board and particularly in the case of cancer and HIV/AIDs drugs soon.
Rural WNC gets telemedicine grant
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has launched US$ 400 million program under which patients in rural areas would be able to tap the nation’s top doctors over the Internet.
