Health
Gujarat to start e-diagnosis in all villages
May 10, 2008, Business Standard
The Gujarat government is all set to implement an e-medicine scheme for rural areas. This scheme will be be implemented through the e-gram telecentre e-governance initiative. The plan will be operationalised once 18,000 villages are covered by the e-gram scheme.
India's foray into telemedicine faces difficulties
April 13, 2008, The Economic Times
India had sought to tap into the opportunities provided by the telemedicine infrastructure and thus become a hub of providing medical services to the world. But significant hurdles remain in the way of achieving this aim, primary among which is the certification of qualifications of Indian professionals in this field.
e-Health and Public Sector Reforms in India
February 2008, Tarun Seem, egov
This article points to the pivotal role that ICTs can play in accelerating India's health sector reforms. E-health can, for example, help in managing patients in remote locations locally with guidance from specialists in urban centres, without having to travel far, thus compensating for the shortage of infrastructure, manpower and services rural areas. This, however, will require rather high initial investments. The licensing terms and conditions, bilateral and interconnection agreements, non-existence of regulations, security and trade issues are also serious bottlenecks which need to be addressed.
A portal for health information
February 2008, The Hindu
The article profiles a new website that provides in depth information about the availability of health facilities. The portal is a repository of information regarding both healthcare providers as well as diagnostic facilities with an extremely usable interface.
An overview of the District Health Information System Software (DHISv1.3)
September 2005
An open source, user friendly, flexible freeware, the district health information systems software (DHIS) has been developed by the Health Information Systems Programme (HISP) for use in a public health MIS. DHIS supports functions of accurate and valid data collection, aggregation, storing, sharing, transmission, analysis, reporting, display and use of health data at and between every level of a local health system.
ICTs and the fight against HIV/AIDS in India: The SAATHII experience
L. Ramakrishnan, Digital Opportunity Channel
This article explores the work of SAATHII - Solidarity and Action Against the HIV Infection in India - a non-profit organisation launched in 2000 to facilitate dialogue among the diverse sectors involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS in India. The author reports on the organisation's use of various ICTs to provide information to activists, volunteers, NGO programme personnel, funders and policy makers, and also examines the lessons learned so far.
