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Weekly news roundup - Asia, 10 March, 2008

Location: New Delhi, India
Created By: vignesh on 10-Mar-2008 12:28 AM


Google to store patients' health records

Google will soon start storing medical records of a few thousand people as it tests a long-awaited health service, which is likely to raise more concerns about health care services. The first piloted project will involve, 500 to 10,000 patients at the Cleveland Clinic who volunteered to an electronic transfer of their personal health records so they can be retrieved through Google's new service, which would not be open to the general public. Each health profile will include information about prescriptions, allergies and medical histories and those health records would be protected by a password.

Indian publishing major to provide customised e-Content

MBD Group, publishing house in India will invest $25 million within the next year to develop customised educational e-Contents for schools, corporate houses and those preparing for competitive examinations. The company will create customised services for 'well-defined verticals' such as content business, technology in education, teacher training modules, campus solutions, retail and technology services among others. The content would be provided through an interactive web portal. The technology major IBM will provide technical support to the company.

Community Health centres to be connected with Telemedicine Project

The Administration of Chandigarh, India has decided to connect various important Community Health Centres of Manimajra, Punjab with Government Multi Specialty Hospital (GMSH) Chandigarh through telemedicine project.Later on, two Mobile Telemedicine Vans will cover the villages, slums and the areas where there is no dispensary will further connect to GMSH directly. People will be greatly benefited from the project, which include timely access to diagnostic, Specialty Health Care at the grass root level through the low cost telemedicine network under National Rural Health Mission.

Andhra Pradesh (India) government to provide mobile phones to health workers

The Government of Andhra Pradesh (India) has decided to provide mobile phones to more than 7,000 health workers who are working in rural areas to offer instant medical services to their families on any health problems by contacting the doctors deputed for the purpose. The state government will also set up mobile hospitals, which would periodically visit villages to provide medical help. The state government has also introduced a health insurance scheme, 'Rajiv Arogya Sri', for poor families in a half-dozen districts, which would be extended to the entire state.

Villagers across 12 states in India to benefit from mobile banking

Thousands of villagers across 12 Indian states are likely to get their social security pension and wages paid under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) scheme with the help of mobiles over the coming few months. More than 250,000 people have registered for mobile banking services in Andhra Pradesh. The state government is rolling out a programme to enroll three million people by the end of 2008. The Central Government will pilot the mobile banking project in 12 states of the country and the entire ecosystem is being managed by the government with the help of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), banks, leading telecom operators and technology implementation partners.

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