On Wednesday, July 29, HIMSS India Chapter provided written comments to National Health Authority (NHA) in response to the proposed National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) implementation based on National Digital Health Blueprint (NDHB) and subsequent NDHM stakeholder discussions held by...
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A Review of the HL7 India Virtual Connectathon-001, July 2020 by Kumar Satyam – Technical Chair – HL7 India
July 3, 2020 was a significant milestone in the journey of HL7 India and for the health IT community in India. Over the past several months, we have been actively involving & educating the community through open houses, meetups, webinars...
Transforming how preventive health care and wellness is Perceived and delivered in India by Ramakanta Behera, @IHLcom
In India culturally, we follow sick care as it is driven out of fear, not preventive primary care. We generally do not visit hospitals and get our regular tests done until a Doctor has advised to further investigate our symptoms....
#DigitalHealth in the Aftermath of COVID-19 By Ankita Sharma
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the forefront the critical need for cutting-edge technological tools and innovation in the areas of public health, medicine and wellness. It has reopened the realm of ‘digital health’ in the policy and public discourse,...
Covid-19: How can it benefit India? by Saif Razvi, Sai Praveen Haranath, Vikram Ramakrishnan
Covid-19 has upturned lives across the world sparing none. Societies that take the positives from the disruption and institutionalise such changes will emerge stronger than before. With opportunities to improve in every field, India can be foremost amongst them.
#FHIR Important Concepts, Terms and Definitions by Manish Sharma, @msharmas
The purpose of this article is to get the reader to understand the difference between the earlier versions of HL7 interoperability standards and then present the important concepts that will help you to understand FHIR concepts, terms and definitions.
Digital Health Tech Trends That Will Become Mainstream In 2020 by Madhavi Kanumoory
future of healthcare will have the consumer in the driver’s seat, will be proactively and personally managed through dynamic health & lifestyle choices based on predictive analytics. Time spent in hospitals will be significantly reduced and healthcare will be much...
Health Systems for a New India: eObjects Building Blocks by Dr. Pankaj Gupta, @pankajguptadr
The eObjects specially the eClaims object creates a Financial Lever for the market. If the providers submit the claims in standard eClaims Object format then the turnaround time for their payments can be expected to be faster. Clearly eObjects are...
Making HL7 #FHIR work for India by Kumar Satyam, @kr_satyam
FHIR profiles are layered in sense that national profiles adapt from base (core ) , states or regions adapt from national profiles and specialized domain or organizations further adapt the regional profiles. The levels of layering depends on the context...
The National Collaborative Initiative for Interoperability By Aniruddha Nene, NCII
Indian healthcare informatics is at the point of inflection,with the government finally taking firm steps, towards becoming an active regulator and payor. The policy maker is finally in the process of becoming a facilitator for collaborative efforts for this massive...
Immersive #HealthTech Ecosystem Showcase in “The Pavilion of the Future” during CAHOTECH 2019 by Manick Rajendran, @manicknj
Not only did the work involve a creative attitude, it involved the dedication of sharp minded attention to detail mindset. It was back-breaking work rising up to a crescendo of sleepless nights towards the finish line during CAHOTECH2019
How Healthcare is becoming B2C with the help of Interoperability by Ritika Jain @ritikajain192 and Vakku Chethalan
I joined the interoperability team at Philips Healthcare in my senior year of college. At that point of time, with a novice approach to software engineering and a look at real world problems with my rose-tinted glasses, interoperability seemed a...
