iGovernment
03 May 2010
New Delhi, India

Even a semi–literate health worker can seek expert advice using his mobile phone to dial a toll –free number for taking care of patient
Use of communication technologies like mobile phone, toll–free helpline numbers and Internet portals can help in providing better health care services, recent research on the information needs of health care professionals suggests.
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Cisco India to Pep up Healthcare Solution

iGovernment
08 March 2011
New Delhi, India

It has announced to go all out with its virtual healthcare solutions to provide state of the art healthcare facilities to masses across India
Cisco will continue to deepen and widen its focus on driving healthcare initiatives in India, especially in the area of remote and virtual healthcare.

Announcing this at Cisco’s first industry event for healthcare in India on Friday, Cisco Services and Healthcare Business Unit Vice President Vishal Gupta said to achieve its target Cisco was working closely with both the central and state governments and various private bodies to implement remote healthcare initiatives in rural India.
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Small IT Boosts Doctors’ Operational Health

Times of India
10 March 2011
By Srividya Iyer
Bangalore, India

Dispensaries and clinics are latching on to home–grown software solutions for efficiency
Shashank ND, only 23, built Practo – a software for doctors – when he was a student of National Institute of Technology at Surathkal. While he simply wanted to see how he could develop a product, for Ajay Bajaj, a dentist in Mumbai, Practo is almost like his secretary. It gives him his daily schedule on his phone, reminds his patients of their appointments and costs him only Rs 700 a month.
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