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Ganga Ram Hospital launches Digital Health Card

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) has launched a multi-purpose Digital Health Card to provide patients with easy access to medical […]

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“Telemedicine has enormous market potential”

Due to lack of awareness among the masses and absence of a business model,telemedicine is under realised in India, says Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation President Dr K Ganapathy in conversation with Nikita Apraj

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Chhattisgarh Set to Offer Health Insurance Cover to All

Chhattisgarh is set to become the first state to extend health insurance cover to all its unorganised sector workers, a […]

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AIIMS Cardio-neuro Center Going to Use Prepaid Cards

The cardio-neuro centre at All India Institute of Medical Sciences has started a prepaid cash card facility for patients. Patients […]

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Inclusive Growth is New Mantra

The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) has witnessed unprecedented growth. It is now being heralded as the largest open health […]

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RSBY Model is Quite Revolutionary

Anil Swarup, Director General of Labour, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India, has translated a dream into reality […]

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Insured by the State

Dr T.S. Selvavinayagam, Joint Director of Health Services, Government of Tamil Nadu, tells us about the Chief Ministers Comprehensive Health […]

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INDIA

Apollo Hospitals finally comes to Mumbai Apollo Hospitals Group, in a bid to further expand its healthcare business has firmed […]

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Smart Way to Safer Hospitals

[This article was published in the June 2011 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org) ] Contactless smart card technology has been used for many years in other industries and is now helping solve some longstanding thorny issues in the healthcare sector

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“IT solutions play a major role in operationalising the Kalaignar Scheme” : Dr S Vijayakumar, Special Secretary- Health and Family Welfare Department, India

Kalaignar Health Insurance Scheme had saved the lives of several poor people in Tamil Nadu. Launched in July 2009, the scheme today covers around 1.35 crore BPL families in the state.

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Health insurance focus poor women

A gender study by the labor ministry has showed that the government has generated greater demand of health insurance scheme by government.

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“RSBY demonstrates the largest use of IT applications in rural areas” : Anil Swarup, Ministry of Labour and Employment,Government of India

The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) has empowered the BPL population with the ability to avail quality healthcare services free of cost. Within a span of two and a half years, the scheme has provided healthcare cover to almost 70 million people living under the poverty line.

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