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Suman Kumar General Practitioner, Apollo Group
 
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The beaches of Thailand seem to be more attractive than the beaches of Goa – both for the experience and for the price. A marginal dip in domestic travel in the last few months primarily because India has become at least 30 per cent more expensive to travel than neighbouring countries like Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia. People who were travelling within India are now going abroad because India is not value for money, Five-star accommodation in India now ranges on an average between $300-$500 a night. In Singapore, Malaysia or Sri Lanka, you can get a similar room for about half the price between $150 and $200. Air tickets have also seen a 20 per cent average increase.These costs are also...
 
 
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Subhasis Bhattacharya  |  Argues in support of  "Yes"  |  3 years ago
Zahid and Prem, well both of you have rightly pointed the criteria and short comings in our system. But basic point is whether to segregate departments. I understand by segregation is identifying departments as entities though they function under...
Suman Kumar  |  Argues in support of  "No"  |  3 years ago
Well I don't think the hospital departments should be segregated...If they are isolated from the main body they might be beneficial for few patients but what about those patients who need to undergo some kind of surgery which involves all kinds...
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As there is an increase in the use IT services in health care industry, it is making sure that the things are done fast and in an efficient manner, so How a reputed company in IT industry like Infosys is helping Health care industry in a way improving the access for the under served community who are severely  having shortage of health care or a system in place to get access  of such facilities.  To know more  read the  following  article. Infosys Technologies Limited  announced that it has completed deployment of a patient management tool for an award-winning health information technology (IT) initiative to improve healthcare access for rural and underserved patients. Infosys collaborated ...
 
 
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1 Feasibility of such initiatives
2 Patient care teams
Saurabh Ratnakar  |  Added idea  "Feasibility of such initiatives"  |  3 years ago
I think , while this seems to be a great idea, we need to look at how feasible this is. While health maintenance organizations and managed care companies aimed for such coordination, many didn’t pay doctors adequately for it, instead rewarding...
Saurabh Kapoor  |  Added idea  "Patient care teams"  |  3 years ago
In my opinion, the concept aims to change rushed doctor’s appointments and fragmented specialist care by creating patient care “teams,” which could include nurse practitioners, nutritionists or other medical staff. Medical homes also offer longer...
 
 
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How does the law of demand and supply affect the production, and consumption of healthcare services?
Jitena Kumar Rawat  |  Answered  |  4 years ago
In health care services or any service sector like hotel etc, the demand is inelastic. There may be 100 doctors or hotels in a town but people go to only a select doctor/hotel. This is the specialty of service industry. In case of manufacturing...
amit chaudhry  |  Answered  |  4 years ago
The demand for health care is very inelastic for most individuals, that is they do not go to doctors and dentist, except of occasional check ups, when they are not sick no matter how cheap the price, and the will go when injured or sick, going...
 
 
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Clinical trials are conducted to allow safety and efficacy data to be collected for new drugs and devices for medical purposes. Actually, these are research studies that take care about how people affected by new medical services. Each study answers all the scientific questions and tries to find better ways to prevent, screen for, diagnose or treat a disease. Clinical trials may also compare a new treatment, which is already available. Reasons of having clinical trials It is one of the final stages of a long and careful cancer research process. Clinical trials are generally considered to be biomedical or health related research studies in human beings that follow a pre-defined protocol. The...
 
 
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Jagbir Singh  |  Argues in support of  "information science"  |  4 years ago
In my opinion Health Information Science is the study of how health data are collected, stored and communicated; how those data are processed into health information suitable for administrative and clinical decision making; and how computer and...
Suman Kumar  |  Argues in support of  "information technology"  |  4 years ago
Health information technology i think is a comprehensive management of medical information and its a secure exchange between health care consumers and providers. Broad use of health IT will help improve health care quality;Prevent medical...
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Suman Kumar  |  Added idea  "Health 2.0 movement"  |  4 years ago
I think the most significant in health care for the long term in terms of its capacity to change how health care works is the Health 2.0 movement.In some ways, Health 2.0 is simply a continuation of what has come before: companies creating new...
 
 
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1 Measuring the perspectives
2 Determine vision and mission
surendra aurora  |  Supported idea  "Determine vision and mission"  |  4 years ago
determining objectives targets and achieving and improving performance through bench-marking performance auditing against ISO management system standards. 
Gargi Sinha  |  Added idea  "Measuring the perspectives"  |  4 years ago
You can't improve what you can't measure. It's important that we determine the right objectives to achieve in every perspective and use the right tool to measure them. The measuring methodology can be initiated by gathering past details. for...
PREM PRAKASH  |  Supported idea  "Measuring the perspectives"  |  3 years ago
Measuring the perspective is more important as vision and mission are core of institutional philosphy which cannot be changed.  
 
 
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“Opportunities in Indian Healthcare Sector” provides extensive research and objective analysis on the Healthcare Sector in India. This report has been written to help clients in analyzing the opportunities critical to the growth of healthcare market in India. Detailed data and analysis will help the investors to comprehend the changing dynamics of the Healthcare Industry. Key Findings Healthcare industry is the world's largest industry with total revenues of approx US$ 2.8 Trillion (2005). India's high population makes it an important player in the Healthcare Industry. According to the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority, the Indian healthcare industry has the potential to show t...
 
 
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