Contents Volume 6 > Issue 04 > april 2011 > ISSN 0973-8959
expert corner
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“Local innovations and partnerships are the two pillars that we stand on” Rajeev Agarwal, General Manager – Healthcare Informatics, Philips
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“In the coming decade, ICT will play an important role in hospital management” Dr Nagendra Swamy SC, President, Manipal Hospitals
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EMRs - An Odyssey to Holy Nirvana Gp Capt (Dr) Sanjeev Sood, Hospital and Health Systems Administrator, Air Force Hospital, Chandigarh
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“mHealth is empowering the healthcare delivery system in India” Dr BS Bedi, Advisor-Health Informatics, C-DAC, Government of India
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“Tele-health is being viewed as a distinct service, as a subspecialty”
COVER STORY
Prof K Ganapathy, President, Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation & Telemedicine Society of India
Riding high on hope The highs and lows of healthcare information technology By Divya Chawla
special focus
12 Managing New-Age Hospitals
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HIS are an absolute necessity for managing information and data within hospitals
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Accessibility - any time, anywhere Easy accessibility, improved clinical decision, reduced costs, increased hospital process efficiency—electronic medical records offers it all
34 Healthcare at your Doorstep mHealth focuses on wellness and not illness as it stands on the brink of creating a revolution in the recession proof industry
43 Securely Yours special focus
expert corner
RIS and PACS: Defining Trends in Radiology
“We plan to develop a national database system called cies”
With the advent of RIS and PACS, the era of digital radiology has arrived
By Divya Chawla
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Anil Swarup, Director General for Labour Welfare, Ministry of Labour & Employment
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The health insurance industry, worldwide has benefitted immensely with the implementation of information technology, which offers a win-win situation for all
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Telemedicine: Bridging Gap between Technology and Treatment The integration of ICT into the health sector has globally empowered the status of health in recent years