Convergence E-Health Services Under A Unified National Health Grid For India
Published: June 1, 2010 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2010/.774
DESHPANDE G S, DESHPANDE S R, NALINI G K
* Assistant Professor in Microbiology, Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences, Hassan, Karnataka (India)
**Associate Professor & HOD Biochemistry, Malabar Medical College, Calicut.
*** Associate Professor in Pharmacology, Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences, Hassan Karnataka.
Correspondence
Gayathree Srinivas Deshpande
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Though the budgeting for health has increased in recent times and we see a robust network of quality public and private health centres across the nation, the budgeting for e-Health technologies have not received the Indian health planner’s adequate attention. The heart of e-Health efforts should be an efficient mobile based short messaging network which is very much available at a common man’s price. A back up network of call centres like Project M of Africa will not be difficult for a nation that provides call centre back –up and technologies to the world. Convergence E-Health Services under a Unified National Health Grid hold good prospects for a big overpopulated country like India, with a poor and inefficient health infrastructure.
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