Tackling critical challenges for digital integration and last-mile connectivity – ET HealthWorld

Tackling  critical challenges for digital integration and last-mile connectivity – ET HealthWorld

By Dr Girdhar Gyani In recent years, India has made significant strides in digital transformation across various sectors, and healthcare is no exception. The advent of Electronic Health Records, telemedicine, and digital health platforms, assisted by the Government’s National Digital Health Mission, has shown immense promise in improving the accessibility and quality of healthcare services. … Read more

Children’s hospital readmission risk can be predicted using new tool: Research – ET HealthWorld

Children’s hospital readmission risk can be predicted using new tool: Research – ET HealthWorld

Washington: According to the findings of a study readily available electronic health record (EHR) data can be used to reliably identify readmission risk for children of all ages while they are still in the hospital. The study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago was published in the journal JAMA Network Open. … Read more

Chandigarh: In 7 months, PGI to take digital leap in healthcare – ET HealthWorld

Chandigarh: In 7 months, PGI to take digital leap in healthcare – ET HealthWorld

Chandigarh: In around seven months, premier medical institute PGI will have the country’s first complex integrated system of software for patient care in which registrations, appointment bookings, test reports, sample collection, accounts, and HR wiil be fully automated. However, each system will roll out in a phased manner. This is under the Hospital Information System … Read more

Tech-enabled healthcare system aims to finally create electronic health record for 1.3 billion Indians: Minister – ET HealthWorld

Tech-enabled healthcare system aims to finally create electronic health record for 1.3 billion Indians: Minister – ET HealthWorld

India is creating a national framework for digital health intending to develop a digital ecosystem, health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Wednesday, underlining the government’s various initiatives in that direction and plans to generate a longitudinal Electronic Health Record for more than 1.3 billion people of the country. “Digital health is a great equaliser and … Read more

Apple Making Strides in Health Record Sharing

June 22, 2021 — A growing number of consumers can now download their electronic health records to the Apple Health app on their iPhones as more health care providers get onboard. Meanwhile, Apple just announced what could eventually prove to be a breakthrough for patients: the ability to share with their doctor health records … Read more

Improving Virtual Care Experiences through Digital Age Constituents in Healthcare: Venky Ananth – ET HealthWorld

improving virtual care experiences through digital age constituents in healthcare venky ananth

By Venky Ananth, SVP and global head of Healthcare at Infosys Until early last year, patients accessed healthcare only by visiting a clinic. This status quo for almost every patient worldwide changed with the outbreak of Covid-19. While virtual care has been around for some time now, it took a pandemic for the government of … Read more