Drone Technology: Uttarakhand successfully conducts trial of delivering medicines by drone in remotest areas, Health News, ET HealthWorld

Drone Technology: Uttarakhand successfully conducts trial of delivering medicines by drone in remotest areas, Health News, ET HealthWorld

Dehradun (Uttarakhand): The Health Department of Uttarakhand has successfully completed the trial of drone technology to deliver medicines and vaccines in a time-bound manner. To deliver medicines to remote areas of the state, the unique initiative by the health department to provide vaccines to the beneficiaries living in remote districts of the state through information … Read more

Treating a patient with pills alone is over, it is time for digital health!, Health News, ET HealthWorld

Treating a patient with pills alone is over, it is time for digital health!, Health News, ET HealthWorld

Dr Rajendra Pratap Gupta, Founder-Health Parliament and former advisor to the Health Minister, Government of India spoke to ETHealthworld’s Prathiba Raju on how healthcare is adopting technology faster than we can imagine. Further elucidated about the ‘Certified Digital Health Professional’ (CDHP) course blending the fields of health, technology, and management. How this course jointly offered … Read more

Drone carries medicines to Arunachal’s remote areas – ET HealthWorld

Drone carries medicines to Arunachal’s remote areas – ET HealthWorld

Itanagar: After Meghalaya, drone-based services were launched in Arunachal Pradesh on Monday to deliver medicines and other healthcare essentials in the remote, mountainous and far-flung areas to save time and costs, officials said. Gurugram-based ‘TechEagle’ has developed the drone-based services and launched it in collaboration with the Arunachal Pradesh government and World Economic Forum. The … Read more

AI may help reduce common drug side effects – ET HealthWorld

AI may help reduce common drug side effects – ET HealthWorld

London: A team of researchers has developed a tool which uses natural language processing, an artificial intelligence methodology, and chemical structure analysis to measure the harmful effects of medicines, according to the study. The new tool is designed to calculate which medicines are more likely to experience adverse anticholinergic side effects, which impact the brain … Read more

Flipkart Health+ launches app – ET HealthWorld

Flipkart Health+ launches app – ET HealthWorld

Bengaluru: Flipkart Health+ announced the launch of the Flipkart Health+ app, a tech-platform which enables access to genuine medicines and healthcare products and services for millions of customers across the country. With an aim to serve customers across 20,000 pin codes in India, Flipkart Health+ will enable easy and convenient access to quality and affordable … Read more

RetailIO conducts drone-based medicines delivery trials – ET HealthWorld

retailio conducts drone based medicines delivery trials

Mumbai: B2B pharma platform RetailIO said on Friday it has successfully conducted drone delivery trials in the Chikkaballapur district of Karnataka, in collaboration with healthcare autonomous drone logistics company Redwing Labs. The trial flights took place between Gauribidanur and Hossur Primary Healthcare Center (PHC) in the Chikkaballapur district, using a hybrid VTOL drone with a … Read more

Doctors Fight Tobacco Takeover of Inhaled Medicines

Jan. 21, 2022 — A tobacco giant has stepped into the health care business, and respiratory specialists are doing their best to thwart the move. The Forum of International Respiratory Societies, which has 70,000 members worldwide, has served “official notice” that its organizations and members “cannot condone” working with any firm “wholly owned by a … Read more