Delhi to get HIV/AIDS tele-medicine facility

A tele-medicine facility for HIV infected patients is being set up on a pilot basis in the Center of Excellence, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi.

North Korea Teams up with WHO to Launch Telemedicine Network

With the help of the World Health Organization, North Korea formally launched a medical videoconferencing network that will connect smaller, rural medical facilities with specialists at Kim Man Yu hospital in the capital Pyongyang.

WHO to Launch Major Vaccination Drive

Health authorities in 112 countries will launch an unprecedented one week vaccination drive in Europe, the Americas and Middle East, the UN’s World Health Organisation said.

Med-e-Tel 2010 – Annual, international Telemedicine and eHealth Forum taking place on 14-16 April 2010 in Luxembourg

The 8th edition of Med-e-Tel, the International eHealth, Telemedicine and Health ICT Forum, will take place on 14-16 April 2010 at Luxexpo, the Luxembourg Exhibition and Congress Center.

Technology Enabled Proactive Healthcare:: Indias only Hope against the Chronic Disease Epidemic

Truworth brings state-of-the-art technology to India that is easy to implement anduse. The company offers products and services for the […]

Technology Enabled Proactive Healthcare : Rajeish Moondraa, Truworth Group of Companies

Truworth brings state-of-the-art technology to India that is easy to implement and use. The company offers products and services for the entire list of stakeholders in the healthcare vertical.

“Biggest support we have had has come from the clinicians” : Dr Denham Pole, Medical Informatics, Sri Lanka

eHEALTH recently caught up with Dr. Denham Pole from Swiss Red Cross in Colombo, who is the mastermind behind this achievement. Excerpts from the interview.

Lifeclinic International Forays into India

Lifeclinic International, Inc., the world

EXCHANGING KNOWLEDGE EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES: September 2009 Issue

EDITORIAL Conversations. Connections. Collaborations… ICT Enabled Hospital of the Year eHealth India 09: Award Nominees eHealth India 09: Key Speakers […]

Telecommunications boosted By UN for improvement of Health in West Africa

For promoting better access of information about disease and consult with physicians in remote areas of Africa, the United Nations is helping modernize telecommunications in the region.

“Health and Hospital managers will be in great demand” : Dr. V.K. Singh, Institute of Health Management Research (IHMR)

Established in 1984 in Jaipur, Institute of Health Management Research (IHMR) is the first of its kind in India, with attention solely focused on health systems management. It is a premier institute in health management education, training, research, programme management and consulting in the health sector including Hospitals and Healthcare IT. IHMR has two centers at Bangalore and Delhi.

“Mixing medicine and technology” : Dr S K Mishra, SGPGIMS

Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, is known for teaching and training medical professionals in various medical super-specialties. The latest achievement of SGPGIMS is the setting up of the School of Telemedicine and Biomedical Informatics. Currently, the infrastructure at the school consists of several laboratories in all areas of healthcare IT, Telemedicine, HIMS, Health Knowledge Management, Medical Imaging Informatics, Biomedical Informatics, Artificial Intelligence, CDSS, Medical Mutimedia & Animation, Surgical Informatics etc.

Role of telehealth in developing nations : Rajendra P Gupta, President & Director, Disease Management Association of India (DMAI)

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

Economy and healthcare are two major thrust areas in every part of the world. If a country has a healthy population, it has a productive workforce that leads to a vibrant economy