Arizona takes a step ahead in health informatics

The state of Arizona, US is making significant inroads into e-Health, more specifically into health informatics.

Changing Face of Health Informatics : G. Kalyan Kumar

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

The book �Consumer Health Informatics� explores the multifarious aspects of this fast evolving branch in medical science.

WORLD NEWS

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

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A MEET OF GREAT BELIEF

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

The aim of this first of its kind event was to exchange information and views on how eInfrastructures are currently deployed in both Europe and India, with the objective of analysing how their increasing role is viewed in a business, educational, socio-political and scientific context.

NASCIO releases State Health IT Initiatives

NASCIO announced about the release of the compendium, Profiles of Progress: State Health IT Initiatives.

E.HEALTH.NET: ICT AT GOVERNMENT HEALTH INSTITUTIONS : Ghan Shyam Bansal, Dr. Ravinder Goel, S. S. Duggal, Rahul Jain and Anil Aggarwal

[This article was published in the November 2006 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

During the past two decades, computers have revolutionised the way we live. The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are now part of every critical infrastructure, from telecommunication to banking to transportation.

SelfMD empowers people for self-diagnostic

The U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce is partnering with IGP Technologies Inc. to offer an immediate healthcare solution to hundreds of thousands of business owners and millions of consumers across the country.

PTI launches Task Force on Health Care Technology for Cities and Counties

The growing concern about the use of technology to provide health care services to residents leads to the launch of the Task Force on Health Care Technology for Cities and Counties by the Public Technology Institute (PTI).

Health IT to reduce medical expenses

Health information technology is a key component of Rhode Island Gov. Carcieri’s five-point health care agenda to lower costs, increase access and improve the quality of care being delivered.

A new insight into health sector in Bangladesh

Recently 120 health practitioners in Bangladesh were successfully trained up on ICT implications in medical science in an international course titled ‘e-Health & Learning: Health Informatics Training Courses for Practitioners (e-HL-HIC).’

IT for health care

Health IT can drastically improve health-care access and the quality of that care, and can dramatically lower the costs.

More tech and growth potentials in health sector

In a bid to improve patient care, governments in Europe and North America are pushing for the adoption of electronic records and data transfers, which is kick-starting the growth of a hybrid business that attracts companies from both the healthcare and tech arenas.