Cloud Computing in Health Care Industry

 

 

Here is the video presented by Linda Weaver, this webinar examines how healthcare is shifting from a transactional to a more integrated model -- and how cloud presents a major business opportunity for the system.

 

This video is must watch for all those who are engaged in health care services and for  freshers  who wish to enter in to it.

 

 

 

 

 

Home Health Services from METROPOLIS

 

 

Processing over 10 million tests a year, catering to more than 10,000 Laboratories, Hospitals, Nursing homes and 20,000 Consultants; and with 31 years of experience delivering accurate reports, Metropolis has also earned the reputation of being Indias only multinational chain of diagnostic centers with presence in the UAE, Srilanka, and South Africa.

 

Since its inception in 1981 as a purely Mumbai based lab, Metropolis has come a long way. Visionary leadership, strategic associations with other leading laboratories across the country, strict ethical policies and a penchant for technology are some of the reasons Metropolis is Indias largest laboratory chain. ISO, NABL, CAP (College of American Pathologists) accreditation (Mumbai) reiterate that we meet stringent national and international quality requirements - imperative in a vital service sector like healthcare.

Yes, one phone call and world-class diagnostic facilities come right to your doorstep. No more wading through traffic day after day. No more dreading those lab visits. Doing those routine tests just become easier.

 

Metro Home Health is the ideal home laboratory solution for senior citizens, people with disabilities, people who prefer the privacy of their home and even people who prefer the privacy of their home and even people who are simply too busy at work.

 

Metropolis is also leading home service provider to almost all Private Insurance Companies
 

ICICI-Prudential, TATA-AIG,   ING-Vysya,  Kotak, Met Life, Birla Sun Life, AVIVA, SBI Life, ICIC-Lombard etc.

 

Services Available

•  Sample collection (Fasting and Post Lunch)
Procedure

•  It is easy to get home services, as one has to just call up respective regional office.
 
•  Customer has to give their name, address and tel. No. along with the menu of the tests as well as the referring doctor”s name.
 
•  Our technician will reach clients place at their given desired time.Will draw the sample/blood as per the protocol for the tests to be carried out.The samples are then bought to Metropolis Lab for further processing
 
•  Metropolis couriers/mails the reports as soon as they are ready.

Home services available at the following Metropolis centres:

Mumbai , Contact No: +91-22-6650 5555    E-mail address: homeservices@metropolisindia.com


Pune,  Contact No: +91-20-41008200/9921244040/9822404251, E-mail: drgl@metropolisindia.com


Bangalore, Contact No: +91-080-22183077,E-mail: support.corporate@metropolisindia.com

R V Metropolis Lab, Contact No: +91-080-42628900,Email: support.rv@metropolisindia.com


Chennai, Contact No: 91-44-4292 5566, E-mail address: hlc.chennai@metropolisindia.com

Salem, Contact No: 91-427-4042737, E-mail address: salem.lm@metropolisindia.com

Pondicherry,  Contact No: 91-413-4206500, E-mail address: support.pdy@metropolisindia.com


Hyderabad, Contact No: 91-040 -40181088, E-mail address: hyderabad@metropolisindia.com

The Heart check goes easy way

 

Are you one among them who have tried a lot for seeking an appointment with your cardiologist, for heart check. Gone are those days, with a new device yet to hit markets soon, you are going to save money as well time associated with the heart check.

 

 

Indian Scientist Dr Ravi Mehrotra, of  CSIR-NPL (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, National Physical Laboratory), and thirty of his students at CSIR-NPL had invented a device that lets you get your heart checked in ten minutes. It fits into the palm of your  hand.

He says, "It is a full 12 lead device. It measures simultaneously all the 12 signals that a doctor needs. The software saves patient information and the final ECG. Records can be emailed and shared with experts."

 

How it works ?

Maximum time taken is 10 Minutes for the heart check.

 

Technicians at your local clinic will wire you up, with leads on your limbs and chest. Your body’s electrical signals will flow first into a box called HeartTrace and then, into a computer and ECG will be ready in seconds.

It’s as quick and hassle-free as a simple blood test. The estimated price is around Rs 10,000 -15,000/-

 

 
The reason it is so cheap, is technology. HeartTrace has no moving parts inside - just a printed circuit board. But burned into those circuits, is special software Dr Mehrotra wrote himself.

Affordable pricing :

Being, affordable pricing the device can easly get its presence across India ,even in smaller villages and towns. With its price one can get a brandable SMART PHONE.

 

This heart check device certainly going to bring a great change in the health sector of India. Main USP being is its time taken for a test is very minimal besides the cost. Further, most of us have a phobia ,being visited to large corporate hospitals. This can be overcome as you can have a smiliar ECG report from the heart check device by visiting your local hospital or family doctor.

 

Do check this space, will update more information on this device....

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Free treatment for CANCER and AIDS patients

 

 

Based on the estimates of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), it is estimated that there are about 28 lakh cancer patients at any point of time (prevalence) in the country. A total of 5.41 lakh AIDS patients were provided free anti-retroviral treatment at 355 Anti Retroviral Treatment centres across the country as on 31st May 2012 under the National AIDS Control Programme by National AIDS Control Organization (NACO).

Government of India had launched a comprehensive National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases & Stroke (NPCDCS) in 100 districts across 21 States during 2010-2012 of the 11th Five Year Plan. The district hospitals have been funded to provide chemotherapy drugs required for cancer patients to treat 100 patients per district @ Rs. 1.00 lakh per patient.

The programme also envisages strengthening Government Medical College Hospitals and erstwhile Regional Cancer Centres (RCC) across the country as Tertiary Cancer Centre (TCC) for providing comprehensive Cancer care services. These institutions are eligible for financial assistance upto Rs. 6.00 crore (Rs. 4.80 crore from Central Government and Rs. 1.20 crore from State Government). In the Government health care delivery system, the treatment of diseases is either free or subsidized for the poor and needy patients.

Financial assistance is also provided to the patients who are living below the poverty line and suffering from major life threatening diseases including Cancer and AIDS from the ‘Health Minister’s Discretionary Grants (HMDG)’ and ‘Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN)’

 

 

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Diarrhoea and Pneumonia are the major causes for death among children

In India, pneumonia and diarrhoea are leading causes of death among children below five years of age. As per report “Countdown to 2015”, pneumonia contributes to 11 per cent of deaths and diarrhoea accounts for another 11 per cent of total under-five deaths in India. 

Under the National Rural Health Mission, ( NRHM) the steps taken by the Government for prevention and control of pneumonia and diarrhoea in children are as follows: 

1) Promotion of early and exclusive breastfeeding offers protection against common childhood illnesses including diarrhoea and pneumonia. Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices are being promoted through the national health programme. 

2) Vitamin A Supplementation programme covers children up to the age of 5 years and offers protection against diarrhoea and pneumonia by improving the immunity and is used as a preventive measure. 

3) Promoting use of Zinc and ORS is one of the priority activities for child survival. Oral Rehydration Salt (ORS) packets and zinc tablets are made available free of cost and mothers are taught how to use them.

 4) Awareness is being created amongst mothers on sanitation and hygiene and in the communities about the causes and treatment of diarrhoea through health education. Antibiotics for treatment of pneumonia and dysentery are made available through the public health system. 

5) The community health workers and facility based health service providers are trained in the management of diarrhoea and pneumonia through the IMNCI (Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illnesses) programme across the country. 

6) Under Universal Immunisation Programme various vaccines are provided and these are DPT, Measles and BCG that protect against diphtheria, pertussis, measles and tuberculosis. Vaccine against Haemophilus Influenzae Type B (Hib) infection has been introduced in the national immunization schedule for infants in the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the first phase. 

Source: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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