For a country where people often get reduced to statistics given the humongous population, India hardly has any effective data measurement tools that can be relied upon and swung into action amidst a pandemic, as the ongoing Covid-19 crisis has exposed. The Indian administration doesn’t have data on how many migrant workers lost their lives … Read more
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Cellphone activity could be used to monitor and predict spread of the new coronavirus, researchers say. They analyzed cellphone use in more than 2,700 U.S. counties between early January and early May to identify where the phones were used, including workplaces, homes, retail … Read more
Aug. 26, 2020 — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is changing COVID-19 reporting requirements for hospitals again, drawing the ire of the two major U.S. hospital associations. The rule, issued Aug. 25 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, goes into effect immediately, without any chance for comment or revision. CMS … Read more
NEW DELHI: The government on Monday proposed a ‘Data Ombudsman’ for in-house resolution of issues related to the collection of key statistics in the country so as to reduce the number of cases that need legal recourse. “The Data Ombudsman shall in addition to the functions designated, also strengthen the system of mutual trust, building … Read more
July 24, 2020 — The U.S. has now reported more than 4 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, nearly doubling the second-highest count of 2.2 million cases in Brazil. States in the South and West continue to report record-high numbers of cases, particularly around the Gulf … Read more
(Representative image) by Inderpreet Kambo The market forces, growing millennial population and technology adoption has rapidly transformed India’s healthcare in the last decade or so. There is a higher dependency on digital technology, providers are leveraging smarter decision systems and patients are more aware than ever about their healthcare needs. In addition, India has seen … Read more