TELEMEDICINE

IT @ HOSPITAL Survey 2008,Part-II,West India
IT @ HOSPITAL Survey 2008,Part-II,West India

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

The per capita income in Western India is the highest in the country at USD 850 (PPP). It would be appropriate then to assume that this would have an impact on the level of automation of medical care in the region.

Making the eHealth Connection
Making the eHealth Connection

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

The Rockefeller Foundation held a conference series, Making the eHealth Connection: Global Partnerships, Local Solutions from 13 July to 8 August at the Bellagio Centre.

The time is ripe
The time is ripe

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

Pilot projects such as, �Gramjyoti� (Light of the Village) in India, and �Alokito Bangladesh� (Enlightened Bangladesh) led by Ericsson, have remained pilots for long.

Connecting people, systems and services
Connecting people, systems and services

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

The European Commission has recently published a new draft of interoperability guidelines setting out a roadmap to achieve interoperable electronic health records (EHR) across the continent by the middle of the next decade.

Rural areas reap benefits of telemedicine
Rural areas reap benefits of telemedicine

Quicker access to cardiologists, neurologists or radiologists even in remote places in Karnataka is now a possibility, thanks to advances in telecommunication. Cardiac emergencies like thrombosis are now being attended to by trained doctors at the Chamarajanagar district hospital and at 19 public health centres (PHCs) under the Karuna Trust.

IT services accessed by rural poor
IT services accessed by rural poor

The Common Service Centres are ICT-enabled Kiosks having a PC along with basic support equipment like Printer, Scanner, UPS, with Wireless Connectivity as the backbone and additional equipment for edutainment, telemedicine, projection systems, etc.

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