Thiruvananthapuram will host its first G20 Health Working Group meeting from January 18–20

The first Health Working Group (HWG) under the G20 India Presidency will have its meeting in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, from January […]

HLL pays Rs 466 lakh dividend to government

Trivandrum based, HLL Lifecare Ltd (HLL) central public sector mini-ratna company has paid Rs.466 lakh as dividend to the central […]

Health Sector Gets IT Push in Kerala

Kerala has the advantage of better human resources in numbers and skills in comparison to other states, and we continue […]

Treating Technology as a Commodity to Give Service

Naveen Kulkarni heads Indias first stem cell banking operation. He has seen the industry from its infancy, and feels that […]

HLL Launches Affordable Diagnostic Kit for Chikungunya and Dengue

HLL Lifecare Limited, a mini-ratna public sector undertaking with diversified business, is foraying into molecular diagnostics area with a duplex […]

Dr. SMS a Novel Mobile- Health Application : Rathan U Kelkar, Director, Kerala State IT Mission & Sabarish. K, Kerala State IT Mission

[This article was published in the December 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Dr. SMS is a novel project of the Kerala State IT Mission – the technology implementation wing of the Government of Kerala in India, launched on 29th May 2008 with the aim to increase access of health care services by common people through simple and innovative use of mobile telephony.

Polycom ventures into South India

US-based Polycom Inc, which provides a range of communications equipment enabling enterprise users to conduct video, voice, data and web communications, is focussing on South India for growth with the company witnessing demand for its products from state governments, tele-medicine and tele-education projects.

e-Kendras in Kerala to impart medical transcription training

Kerala’s networked multipurpose community technology centres, known as Akshaya e-Kendras, will launch a training programme on medical transcription in Malappuram district, by the end of this month.