Digital Health Data

Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission crosses over 40 mn linked health records

The flagship scheme Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) is making steady progress in building a comprehensive digital health ecosystem for the country

Amazon Clinic launched as virtual health service for common conditions

Amazon is stepping back into virtual care with a new service that uses secure messaging to connect patients with doctors for help with nearly two dozen conditions. The retail giant said on Tuesday it will launch Amazon Clinic in 32 states to provide medication refills and care for conditions like allergies, erectile disfunction, hair loss, migraine and urinary tract infections. That list does not include the flu, COVID-19, ear infections or other urgent care conditions for which patients often seek help through telemedicine. Amazon said it will work to add other conditions over time to the service, which will not accept insurance. It also plans to expand the service to more states in the coming months. Tuesday's announcement comes more than two months after Amazon said it will shut down Amazon Care, a hybrid virtual, in-home service it spent years developing. The company had launched that service in 2019 for its Washington employees. It expanded it last year, allowing private ...

Apollo Hospitals acquires asset from Nayati Healthcare for Rs 450 crore

The hospital asset was sold by DLF Qutub Enclave Complex Medical Charitable Trust in 2011 to Nayati Healthcare and Research NCR Pvt Ltd

Amazon India says it stepping up support plan for LGBTQAI+ employees

Same-gender partner of a worker can sign up for health insurance programme, says company.

Google ropes in ex-US FDA leader Bakul Patel as digital health chief

Google's ambitions range from mining big data for algorithms to developing disease-detecting tools to pumping wearables full of health features

Flipkart taps healthcare sector with brand new 'Flipkart Health+' app

The tech platform Flipkart enables access to genuine medicines and healthcare products, and services for millions of customers across the country.

One citizen, one e-health record aim of digital health mission: Kerala CM

This new system will ensure ease of access to doctors, regulation of patient crowds in OPDs, easier referrals and also telemedicine facilities for online consultations, Vijayan said

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As India gears up to roll out Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) across the country, states are not on the same page

States not on same page as govt gears up to roll out digital health mission

Tamil Nadu plans parallel programme with unique user IDs

Digital health mission not a click away, infra and privacy issues remain

Lack of clarity on data-sharing persists, Public health experts sceptic about the pilot that was run in six Union territories as benchmark for national roll-out

Digital health ID concerns

The idea is good but govt must address privacy issues

No privacy concerns with health ID, patient consent must: R S Sharma

"The health ID will become popular not because it is compulsory or not but because it will offer huge facilities. The systems will be interoperable", says Sharma

PM Narendra Modi launches health ID, digital record for citizens

Experts flag privacy concerns in absence of data protection law

Govt to launch special incentive scheme to support 75 start-ups

The government will soon launch a special incentive scheme to support 75 start-ups in areas of telemedicine, digital health and artificial intelligence

West Bengal govt to set up 15,000 telemedicine centres in two years

The state administration is collaborating with the 'National Digital Health Mission' for this purpose

Lupin to enter digital healthcare space; to provide platform for doctors

Lupin said it will enter the digital healthcare space in India with a focus to provide a digital therapeutics platform for doctors and patients.

Digital health mission faces privacy and infrastructure concerns

The National Digital Health Mission (NDHM), as it is called, aims to provide people with a unique, digital health identifier, gathering all records in a unified system

Can the digital health ID programme help spur India's struggling economy?

India is Asia's third-largest economy but its total spending on health care is only about 3.5% of gross domestic product -- among the lowest rates in the world

Proposed health data policy puts question mark on privacy concerns

The propesed policy is built on the foundations of legislation that doesn't exist. It also seems to be more concerned about monetisation of such data, than with the protection of privacy

Digital health plan may make insurance products cheaper: Irdai member

Health insurance products calculated based on historical data will get better information, says T L Alamelu