Today, when everything is available at the click of a button, getting online consultation or clinical examination from a doctor does not come as a surprise. While this is still a developing domain, the COVID-19 pandemic encouraged people to switch to online platforms and consult certified medical practitioners. As per a study by Praxis Global Alliance, India's teleconsultation market...

Telemedicine’s ultimate success will depend in large part on technology—how seamless patients will find the process, and the digital divide that now keeps many physicians from offering telehealth services and patients from accessing them. While well-capitalized academic medical centers have invested heavily in hardware, software, help-desk staff and social-equity initiatives, smaller practices with fewer resources are falling behind when...

Nagaland rolled out eSanjeevani, a national teleconsultation service of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (HFW), on Saturday. The initiative will replace the state government’s Naga telehealth, a telemedicine platform and assisted teleconsultation system, to alleviate the urban-rural divide in terms of health care services, Nagaland Health and Family Welfare Minister S Pangnyu Phom said at a...

Telemedicine apps are in high demand because of the features they have and how user-friendly they are. With these apps, doctors and patients can keep in touch with each other and manage online consultation forms anywhere. Healthcare providers no longer need to keep a private offline service to provide care to patients or to practice. With this online mode,...

Technology has immense potential to enable scale and efficiency, expressed Yasin M. Choudhary, Mission Director NHM, Jammu and Kashmir, at the 10th Elets Healthcare Innovation Summit held on 22-23 June. Edited excerpts: “India will witness a transformation in access and affordability of healthcare via a digital health and telemedicine revolution powered by the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) ‘s digital infrastructure in the...