Udaipur: In a bid to bring transparency in medical facilities available to common people in private and government hospitals and to get speedy accessibility of services in the times of pandemic, the district administration has launched a website. The initiative was the brainchild of Udaipur collector Chetan Ram Devra, who himself is self isolation after … Read more
New Delhi: Microsoft on Thursday launched a dedicated programme to help healthtech startups flourish in India, as the pandemic impacts every aspect of the healthcare system in the country. Microsoft informed that it has collaborated with startup incubator Social Alpha to accelerate the growth of participating startups. “Technology innovation with advanced data and analytics capabilities … Read more
Moscow: Moscow on Tuesday vehemently rejected claims by Microsoft that Russia was behind cyber attacks on companies researching coronavirus vaccines and treatments, saying it was being made a scapegoat. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told state news agency RIA Novosti it had become “politically fashionable” to pin the blame for cyber attacks on Moscow. … Read more
Zoom has announced new features for its healthcare customers, aiming to make it easier for them to communicate with doctors and medical communities. Organizations with Zoom for Healthcare license can now access features and products like Zoom Chat, cloud recording for clinical applications, and Zoom Phone under its updated business associate agreement (BAA). As per … Read more
Companies outside the healthcare domain are also adapting to the crisis by revamping their organisational workflow and operation models. By Vikram Thaploo COVID-19 has pushed healthcare to the forefront of every organisation’s agenda. The pandemic is set to cause 4.5% permanent loss to India’s GDP, according to experts. If we want to achieve health improvements … Read more
NEW DELHI: Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday directed health officials to ensure implementation of the health information management system (HIMS) and introduce e-health cards in all Delhi government hospitals by next August. HIMS will be implemented to provide effective healthcare services to Delhiites through technologically empowered processes. Kejriwal, who chaired a high-level meeting to … Read more
The Covid-19 pandemic is not merely a calamity. It has opened up a new space and portal to rethink everything, for example, how we live, work, produce scientific knowledge, provide healthcare, and relate to others in the planetary ecosystems. Permanent integration of digital technologies into every aspect of the post-pandemic civic life — healthcare, disease … Read more
KOZHIKODE: The state’s first Tele-ICU, a public-private partnership initiative in healthcare, has been set up at the Government Beach Hospital here. It is expected to enable round-theclock monitoring of critical care patients at the designated Covid-19 hospital by a team of intensivists from the command centre of Meitra Hospital, which is a tertiary hospital. Inaugurating … Read more
Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld, spoke to Santanu Mishra, Co-Founder and Executive Trustee, Smile Foundation to know more about the adoption and implementation of telemedicine in providing healthcare services to the most underserved sections of society. With guidelines set under the “Telemedicine Practice Guidelines” by the Medical Council of India, how would you evaluate the future? … Read more
ET Intelligence group: IT has transformed into a ‘growth’ sector in a world beset by the Covid-19 pandemic, after shedding its long-held ‘defensives’ tag, resulting in disproportionate interest from local fund managers. Domestic mutual funds have raised their holding of IT stocks by 290 basis points over the last one year, taking their total holding … Read more