Panaji: The directorate of health services (DHS) in collaboration with three centres have developed a mobile app for real-time testing and surveillance of malaria among migrant labourers. Health services face challenges to check the spread of malaria among labourers as they are constantly on the move across the state. “Contractors move labourers from south to … Read more
By Suresh Pattathil The pandemic facilitated innovative practices which have transformed healthcare as we know it today. While making healthcare accessible to a larger section of the community, it also exposed the need for further enhancement of patient-centric facilities for better health outcomes. While some have become comfortable accessing healthcare services online, many continue to … Read more
The NHA has also invited developers to join the DHP and contribute to UHI. Bengaluru: More than 800 integrations with Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) are currently active in ABDM sandbox which will enable providing of health services like teleconsultations, diagnostic services, ambulance services and lab tests among others. A reference app for the United … Read more
Gurgaon: The HrHeal portal launched last year by the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) to tackle the Covid crisis and offer telemedicine services to Covid patients will soon provide “other general health services” as well. A senior GMDA official privy to the matter said that GMDA would be developing the portal as a platform for … Read more
Covid-19 restrictions have impacted the midday meal due to the shutdown of schools, caused diversion of ASHA workers to Covid-19 related duties, and resulted in the closure of Anganwadi centers. (Representational image: IE) By Dr K Madan Gopal, The Covid-19 outbreak is probably one of the most difficult challenges that India has had to face … Read more