Workshop on Impact of Climate Change on Emergence of New Diseases by Indian Immunologicals

Indian Immunologicals had organised a workshop on Impact of climate change on emergence of new diseases in Hyderabad to provide […]

World Rare Diseases Day: VGBT and ORDI partner in Karnataka

Around seventy million patients in India (three to four million in Karnataka) are affected with one of more than seven […]

Medical Device Industry Commends the Governments Recent Initiatives for the Sector

Members of AdvaMed, the Advanced Medical Technology Association, said that they are encouraged by the new government’s commitment to creating […]

Private Hospitals May Undergo Scanner; Will Have to Show Treatment Costs

To keep a tab on the unnecessary medical tests and procedures, the health ministry on Sunday said it was working […]

Scientists Feel India Should Introduce HTA

After attending the 5th Asia Pacific Conference of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) at Taipei in […]

Thomson Reuters Reveals Reports on Neglected Tropical Diseases

Thomson Reuters has recently released its global research report on Neglected Tropical Diseases. The study tracks the current status of […]

Eye in the sky

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

Technology can be seductive, particularly in healthcare. Unfortunately, all too often the focus of programs and �research� becomes the technology itself rather than the outcome. Informatics based early warning systems for epidemics are a step in the right direction.

Google awards USD 14 million for disease prediction technology

Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, has announced grants of more than USD 14 million to support partners working in Southeast Asia and Africa to help prevent the next pandemic.

Software to help GPs assess risk of heart disease

New computer software that enables GPs to more accurately assess which patients are most at risk of developing heart disease has been released for clinical use.

UAE to adopt WHO disease alert system

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has finalised and deployed a regional disease alert system that will soon be adopted by the UAE, said a WHO expert recently.

e-Health 2.0 – Opportunities for Public Health Informatics : Susheel Oommen John

[This article was published in the September 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Diseases pose an immense challenge to those affected by them as well as for the care providers.

NEWS REVIEW – BUSINESS

[This article was published in the July 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

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The Government of India, in collaboration with the World Bank, began an initiative in 2004 called the Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP), a network that would connect government hospitals, medical colleges, state headquarters, and district surveillance units to a central database.