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Special Focus Powering diagnosis page - 31
‘e’nabling Care
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Modern information and communication technologies have revolutionized healthcare systems, by transforming health administration, service delivery and care management. Rapid market maturity, heightened consumer expectations, increasing cost pressures and emerging medico-legal/regulatory requirements are driving the need for ICT solutions. The eHealth track in eIndia 2011 will bring together the entire community of health IT professionals, practitioners, end-users and decision-makers to deliberate upon the following thematic areas: National Health IT Infrastructure | Healthcare Reforms through ICT | Hospital Automation & Systems | Management (HMIS & ERP) | EMR Applications & Medical Informatics | Medical Imaging, RIS & PACS | Shared Services Infrastructure & Hosted Models; Clinical, Bio-Medical & Drug Information Systems | Telemedicine & Tele-health | Online and Mobile healthcare | Technology Standards and Interoperability.
past SPEAKERS Keshav Desiraju Additional Secretary Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India
Dr Ajay Singla Additional Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of NCT of Delhi
Vijayalaxmi Joshi Former Principal Secretary & Commissioner, Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of Gujarat
Dr S Vijayakumar Special Secretary (H & FW) & Project Director, TNHSP
Dr Ashok Kumar Former DDG and Director, Central Bureau of Health Investigation Government of India
Anju Sharma Mission Director, NRHM, Gujarat
Dr Pervez Ahmed CEO & MD Max Healthcare Institute Ltd
Sangita Reddy Executive Director Apollo Hospitals Group
Dr Girdhar Gyani Secretary General, QCI
Maurice Mars Prof of Telehealth Dept of Telehealth, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa
Dr Shakti Gupta Professor & Head, Dept of Hospital Administration, AIIMS
Dr Dharminder Nagar Managing Director, Paras Hospitals
Dr Sanjeev Bagai CEO, Batra Hospital & Research Centre
Amod Kumar MNH Project Director, IntraHealth
Babu A CEO, Aarogyasri Healthcare Trust, Government of Andhra Pradesh
Dr BS Bedi Advisor-Health Informatics, C-DAC, Government of India
Dr Balaji Utla CEO, Health Management & Research Institute, Hyderabad
UK Ananthapadmanabhan President, Kovai Medical Centre & Hospital, Coimbatore
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contents cover story ‘e’Nabling Care from a Distance By Rachita Jha
news 16 Corporate Updates
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Implementing An Electronic Medical Record System
“Research needs proper attention in our educational culture”
By Dr Karanvir Singh
Dr KK Talwar, Chairman, MCI
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event report
hospital ceo interview
ICT Becomes ‘Healthy’
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Dr Arjun Kalyanpur, Chief Radiologist, Teleradiology Solutions
30 Wireless Technology
expert corner
policy perspective
“Teleradiology has made its greatest impact in the emergency setting”
24 Product Watch
PPP model is important for improving the current healthcare scenario in India Gaurav Malhotra, CEO, Medfort Hospital
power hospital
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SevenHills Health City – Technology for Better Patient Care By Suresh Kumar
special focus Powering Diagnosis By Dhirendra Pratap Singh
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Analysis of an Unsuccessful Mission: PHRs by Google
By Dr Sanjay P Sood & Meenu Kohli Puniah
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inbox graduates may weaken the idea and will become non productive. Previous attempts by various governments and medical colleges in the country have failed because graduates compensate by depositing money with the government in order to avoid the postings. The Bachelor of Rural Health Care Course should be taken up only in those Districts of the country where there are chronic shortage of doctors in the rural health centres.
With the cost of private healthcare escalating ` 30,000 will get exhausted within a few hours of stepping into a hospital. Why does not the Government think of revamping government hospitals and make them efficient and deliver quality care to people? Do they think they can make money from the insurance companies? Sridharan R on- Planning Commission frames universal health insurance plan
Dr B.G.Ranganath Professor on- Panel backs mandatory rural posting for doctors
The implementation of this scheme of compulsory posting of medical graduates to serve in rural primary health centres was long overdue. The Government has taken a bold decision to put it into action. However clauses like forefitting the postings by depositing compensation to the government by the medical
This information is very helpful for the readers. Thanks a lot for giving us good compilation. Siva Tekumudi on - Government to drive e-Health innovations
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