New Delhi: Amazon is adding a prescription drug discount program to its growing health care business. The retail giant said Tuesday that it will launch RxPass, a subscription service for customers who have Prime memberships. Amazon said people will pay $5 a month to fill as many prescriptions as they need from a list of … Read more
New Delhi: Carrying vaccination cards of children and pregnant women, struggling to keep a tab on the next jab and other such hassles may soon become a thing of the past. After the success of the Co-WIN platform, the government has now replicated it to set up an electronic registry for routine vaccinations. Named U-WIN, … Read more
Bhubaneswar: After the COVID-19 pandemic, preventive healthcare has assumed greater significance, said Swadeep Srivastava, co-founder, and president of India Health Link (IHL). Speaking at an event to mark the launch of health and wellness ATMs here on Saturday, he said preventive health screening is the most feasible option to prevent the upsurge of non-communicable diseases … Read more
New Delhi: The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Thursday launched a virtual program aimed at making antiviral treatments for COVID-19 available at home for those who test positive. Local and state officials from Berks County in Pennsylvania will be the first to pilot the program, known as Home Test to Treat, later this … Read more
New Delhi: The National Health Authority (NHA) has released a beta version of a lightweight and robust Hospital Management Information System (HMIS). This Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission-compliant solution is envisioned to provide a digital platform to health care providers, particularly focusing on private clinics and small health facilities, according to the Ministry of Health and … Read more
CITU leaders flagging off the bus yatra, in Srikakulam on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT CITU State president Ch. Narasinga Rao and State vice-president D. Govinda Rao, on December 28 (Wednesday), alleged that the Narendra Modi government policies had become a nightmare for the working class in the State as every policy is aimed … Read more
Lucknow: Deputy chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Brijesh Pathak and Mayankeshwar Sharan Singh on Monday launched E-Sushrut Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) in 22 state medical colleges, an official statement said. The initiative was launched by the state medical education department in collaboration with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC). Transfer of Memorandum … Read more
Mumbai: With an aim to broaden access to Pfizer’s innovative drugs to patients, the company launched ‘Pfizer PAP India’—a mobile application designed to ease and fast-track enrollment to Pfizer’s Patient Access Programmes (PAP). The mobile application, available on both iOS and Android platforms, is designed to support patients who would like to be a part … Read more
One97 Communications Limited (OCL) that owns the brand Paytm, India’s leading payments and financial services company and the pioneer of QR and mobile payments, today announced the launch of Paytm ABHA Health Locker for users to store their health documents. With Paytm Health Locker, users can directly share all the medical documents at healthcare facilities. … Read more
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. | Photo Credit: Reuters Recognising that the Indo-Pacific region will play a “significant and profound” role in its future, Canada released an Indo-Pacific strategy which termed China an “increasingly disruptive” global power. Calling India a “crucial partner”, the strategy said Canada will seek new opportunities to partner and engage in … Read more