eHealth

EDITORIAL
Conversations. Connections. Collaborations... Ravi Gupta In India, the healthcare sector has been a late adopter of IT. Most hospitals and healthcare organisations started their automation by installing disparate, in-house developed, small solutions and systems. Of late, the rising popularity of more sophisticated health IT solutions, however, has enabled the infusion of advanced information technologies and related developments in the healthcare domain.
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eHealth India �09: Award Nominees ICT Enabled Hospital of The Year
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GWH portal development in supporting capacity building in the South East Asia Region Dr. Erna Surjadi The paper highlights the gender disparities in the South East Asia Region and the development of Gender, Women and Health Network to support gender and health programmes

Implementing an Advanced Hospital Pharmacy Information System Dr. Karanvir Singh This paper discusses the problems encountered during implementation, how they were overcome, giving an inside view of one of the very good pharmacy modules currently available in the market.

Reformation of Healthcare Services through Workforce Development in Healthcare IT Prof. Indrajit Bhattacharya The paper provides an elaborate description of �Cloud Computing� and its applications and advantages in the healthcare domain.

Health Informatics @ Max Healthcare Dr. Dinesh Jain The paper provides an insight into the adoption of Information Technology by Max Healthcare to offer sustainable, cost-effective and quality healthcare services.

Enhancing e-Health using m-Communication in Developing Countries V. Dinusha This paper investigates the applicability of existing mobile technologies in the health sector and proposes an effective M-Communication (Mobile Communication) module to suit the Sri Lankan setting.

Transforming Healthcare through Technology Dr. Vijaysingh Chauhan The most important beneficiary for any technology enabled process change should be the patient who visits the hospital. The second beneficiary should be the hard-pressed doctors, who have to deal with demand, which is far more than the supply.