TELEMEDICINE
International Development and Evolving Dimensions in Telemedicine : F. Lievens, Board Member and Secretary/Treasurer, ISfTeH, Switzerland & M. Jordanova, Solar-terrestrial Influences Laboratory, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
eHealth is brought to life by contemporary changes of our world and summarises the entire range of services that are at the crossroad of traditional healthcare and information technology. eHealth affects the entire health sector-from general practitioner to the hospital manager, from nurses to software specialists, from social security funds to patients.
Universalising healthcare through telemedicine
[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Millions of people in India do not have access to essential healthcare. Can telemedicine be the answer?
Health without frontiers : K. Srikanth, Co-founder, COO, Prognosys Medical Systems Pvt. Ltd. & V. Krishna Prasad, Co-founder, President, Prognosis Medical Systems
[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Telemedicine is defined as the use of electronic Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to provide and support health care when distance separates the participants.
NEWS REVIEW – WORLD
[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
World news
Need to get a head start into the future of healthcare?
[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Editorial
FORTIS HOSPITAL, Mohali
[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Fortis Hospital, Mohali, Punjab, set on a sprawling 8.22 acres of land, is the largest Cardiac Care Hospital in the region. The hospital is a 215-bedded cardiac and multi-speciality hospital, and was the first facility of its kind in the region.
Infosys to improve healthcare access in rural regions
Infosys Technologies Limited has announced that it has completed deployment of a patient management tool for an award-winning health information technology (IT) initiative to improve healthcare access for rural and underserved patients.
Lilavati plans another 300-bed hospital in Mumbai
Medical care provider Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre is planning to set up another 300-bed hospital in Mumbai at an approximate cost of INR 200 crore.
Gujarat to start e-diagnosis in all villages
On the back of successful launch of its “e-gram” initiative, under which villages have been offered broadband connectivity, the Gujarat government’s health department has announced an e-medicine scheme for rural areas.
