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.
TELEMEDICINE
Nimhans, Mysore hospital connect for telemedicine
NIMHANS, Bangalore and Mysore based KR Hospital has established connectivity for their telemedcine project in collaboration with Larsen & Toubro Ltd in Bangalore.
Hospital IT buying just got easier
[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Editorial
Space For Telemedicine : Dolly Ahuja, eHEALTH
[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
As the health care system continues to change and adapt to the new realities associated with finance and management restructuring, the technological side of patient care also has changed. Telemedicine is the new buzz word in the constantly changing vocabulary of the health care system the world over.
NEWS REVIEW – WORLD
[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
News Review
Telemedicine project will link Hawaii and other Pacific island region
A Federal Grant of up to 4.9 million will be used to build a broadband network linking about 96 rural and urban healthcare providers throughout Hawaii and the Pacific island region.
Railways helps expand telemedicine network
The Indian Railways are planning to take medical facilities to far-flung areas, in a bid to expand their
telemedicine network to 23 more places across the country.
USD1 billion from India for Pan-African e-Network project
A number of countries are signing on to a plan for India to invest USD 1 billion in the Pan-African e-Network satellite project, a joint initiative with the Africa Union aimed at developing the region’s information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure.
Alaska Power & Telephone to provide telemedicine through wireless broadband
Both Alaska Power & Telephone (AP&T) and Organised Village of Kasaan (OVK) have announced the completion of the work and delivery of wireless broadband services to Kasaan, an Alaskan Native community located 25 miles west of Ketchikan on Prince of Wales Island.
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.
Telemedicine in Space
Nigerian space agency conducts telemedicine program using orbiting satellite and AMD telemedicine equipment.
Tamil Nadu (India) keen on launching telemedicine projects
The Tamil Nadu Government is keen on taking the benefits of telemedicine to the poor in rural and urban areas of the state.
eHealth and Public Sector Reforms in India : Dr. Tarun Seem, NRHM
[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
In this paper, we take an overview of primary health care scenario in India, the contours of health sector reforms agenda under the National Rural health Mission: the principles of eHealth, possible loci of synergy under NRHM and possible technology options for accelerated health sector reforms in the country.
