In this issue

Ayushman Bharat – A Good News for Indian Healthcare Landscape
Realising the nature of citizens’ demand for an affordable healthcare and the missing vital support from the
government in this regard for decades, the Narendra Modi government has come up with the world’s largest
medical insurance scheme to benefit people beyond caste and creed in India.

Ayushman Bharat The Gamechanger For Building New India

If we had all the money in the world we wouldn’t need Ayushman Bharat - people could afford their own medical care, someone stated recently on social media. It narrated a collective agony so succinctly. This medical insurance scheme holds huge significance perhaps for this very reason for public at large, especially in Bharat (the rural India), writes Sandeep Datta of Elets News Network (ENN).

7 mins

'MP's E-Initiatives Building Robust Healthcare System

e-Aushadhi initiative is one of the biggest initiatives in Madhya Pradesh, improvising our drug procurement system to get strengthened while making supply chain system far more efficient than it has been in the past, says Dr Pallavi Jain Govil, Principal Secretary, Public Health & Family Welfare Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh, in conversation with Divakar Mukherjee of Elets News Network (ENN).

4 mins

E-Aushadhi Creating Robust Drug Procurement System In MP

Madhya Pradesh is one of those States having lowest out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure. With MP-Aushadhi, EMMS (Equipment Management & Maintenance System), and eHospital, the State Government is trying its best to improve healthcare delivery system, says Dhanaraju S, Director-Health Services, Mission Director, National Health Mission, and Managing Director-MPPHSCL, Government of Madhya Pradesh, in conversation with Divakar Mukherjee of Elets News Network (ENN).

3 mins

Smart Planning For Smart Cities Transforming Healthcare In Urban Landscape

Our urban planning needs to get aggressive to ensure scope for adequate physical exercise for our population. From seamless transit, which ensures an adequate step count daily, to offices and buildings designed to avoid long term sitting, a vision needs to be set in place to prevent diseases like diabetes and obesity becoming an epidemic, says Dr Tejaswi Naik, Director-Budget, Government of Madhya Pradesh, in an exclusive interview to Souvik Goswami of Elets News Network (ENN).

6 mins

Dedicated Initiatives Improvising Healthcare Delivery In Arunachal

With many initiatives including Mukhya Mantri Rogi Kalyan Kosh and a special flexi fund for districts, the State is embarking towards a better healthcare system. The State launched Chief Minister Arogya Arunachal Yojna before Ayushman Bharat. The academic session has also been started in the very first medical college of the State, says Dr Kinny Singh, Mission Director, National Health Mission, and Special Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Arunachal Pradesh, in conversation with Elets News Network (ENN).

3 mins

'Ensuring Best Medical Facilities Through Research, Innovations'

With its skilled doctors, nurses and paramedical staff, AIIMS Bhopal is serving people with best medical facilities. The institute is doing exemplary work on research and innovations front to improve healthcare delivery system of the State, says Dr Sarman Singh, Director, AIIMS Bhopal, in conversation with Ritika Srivastava of Elets News Network (ENN).

3 mins

Trade Margin Capping Needed To Make Healthcare Affordable For All

The Government is expected to walk the fine line between making healthcare affordable and promoting Make in India or Make outside India, writes Rajiv Nath, Forum Coordinator of Association of Indian Medical Device Industry (AIMED) for Elets News Network (ENN).

4 mins

Best Practices For Operational Efficiency At Hospitals

Operational efficiency is the capability to deliver cost-effective and quality products and services to the customers.

4 mins

Our Health Mate Enabling People To Avail Better Patient Care

OurHealthMate connects patients to healthcare providers with the cost-effective healthcare services. The platform gives people options to choose from more than 4.5 lakh medical services, says Abhinav Krishna, Co-Founder & CEO, OurHealthMate, in conversation with Elets News Network (ENN).

3 mins

When Cross-donation Of Kidneys Gave New Lease Of Life To Patients

Doctors of Pushpawati Singhania Hospital and Research Institute recently found themselves in a state of flux when three couples turned up to them for kidney transplant. The women requested doctors to transplant their kidneys to their husbands.

2 mins

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eHEALTH Magazine is Asia’s first magazine on ICT applications in healthcare, launched in December 2006.

Like the digital divide, a big chasm exists between the quality of the medicare available to the affluent sections and weaker sections. Modern ICT applications in healthcare like EHR, telemedicine, teleconsultation, e-prescriptions are revolutionizing this sector and bridging that divide. It is estimated that in another 10 years the healthcare sector will go paperless and get completely digitalized; in the US the deadline for that transition is year 2014.

We are on a mission with a futuristic note; to disseminate information on technology changes in healthcare and communicating that to all stake-holders -physicians, patients and industry. The magazine also provides the best forum for the thought leaders in healthcare to express themselves, sharing their experience in this arena to enable its replication in other countries and situations.