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From the Editor’s Desk  2
EVENTS  3
Government Transformation Forum-2010  3
Libya Goes for e-Management 5
TECH BYTES  6
Promoting Wellness in India Schools   6
Who Drives Automation in Healthcare?  8
NEWS CLIPS  10
Cover: Susheela Venkataraman, CISCO, Dr Sanjeev Sood, IAF,
Surg Adm V K Singh, Chairperson, Ranjan Dwivedi,IPS, and
Haripriya Eswaran, Accenture at the e-health session.
Cover Inset: Almadina Centre advisory board members Dr.
Abobaker EL-Hosh, Dr. Muftah A. Dakhil, Dr. Mohammed
Arteimi, and Dr. Mabroka Mheriq with Mr. Ajit Kumar.
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Dr. Naresh Yallapragada
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EVENTS nological Institute and the European Insti-
Government Transformation tute of Public Administration are some of
the organizations that have partnered with
Forum-2010
N Delhi- 30 Jun to 01 Jul 2010 the SPeG for various knowledge activities.
The agenda for the GTF 2010 was for-
and 1st Jul 2010, the following sessions were
held:
Public Safety and Security of ICT
infrastructure - Collaborative e-Govern-
ment framework for police, intelligence,

T
he Government Transformation mulated in consultation with key domain prisons and ports
Forum is aimed at building the experts and stakeholders from across the Panel Discussion - Global Best Prac-
capacity of e-Government Practi- globe, with Accenture and CISCO as tices and way forward for information
tioners on e-Governance strategies so that knowledge partners. In addition, there sharing strategies among government agen-
they can incorporate the latest technologies were content inputs and key expert speak- cies
while planning the delivery of public services ers from the Danish Technological Insti- ICT and New Media Technologies
to the citizens. The conference, organized tute, Denmark, UNESCO, World Bank – New Financial Inclusion Paradigm for
by the Society for Promotion of e-Gover- and Department of Management Studies, Grassroots
nance, was the 2nd in the series of focused IIT Delhi. Strategies for e-health – Delivering
national consultations on key e-Governance During the two day conference at the Inclusive Health services to the Rural Citi-
issues and the 11th in the series of Interna- Hotel Imperial, New Delhi on 30th Jun zens through ICT and Mobile technologies.
tional e-Governance conferences, to enable Dr S Sood, Adm V K Singh and Krishna Giri, Accenture, Rajen Varada, UNESCO and Prof MP Gupta, IIT, Delhi
sharing of learning practices among global
e-Government experts, academicians, prac-
titioners, multilateral agency representa-
tives and the industry representatives. The
platform has hosted many stakeholder con-
sultation meetings in the past that have pro-
vided valuable e-Governance policy inputs
to the Government of India. The Minis-
try of Communications and Information
Technology, NIC, CDAC, IIT Delhi, the
World Bank, UNDP, IDRC, Danish Tech-

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The inaugural address was delivered by
Dr. Shashi Tharoor, MP and former min-
ister of state for External Affairs, GoI who
was also the Chief Guest for the event. He
discussed the current challenges facing the
Indian State and how technology can bring
about transformations in finance, gover-
nance sector and delivery of quality health-
care for inclusive growth and making India
a true superpower.
Some of the key speakers were Jeremy
Millard – Head e‐Government, Danish
Technological Institute, Gp Capt (Dr)
Sanjeev Sood-IAF , Prof. Vinaysheel
Gautam – IIT Delhi, Ger Dely – Global
leader for Public Safety and Moderniza-
tion (Accenture Ireland), Mark Crego –
Chief Solution architect of US Homeland,
Shashank Ojha of The World Bank, Vikas
Kanungo of SPeG and Krishna Giri,MD,
Asia Pacific, Accenture.
The eHealth session was held on 1st
July with the theme of policy framework for
e-health applications and the role of Mobile
and New Media Technologies for Inclu-
sive health services. The session brought
together experts from eHealth and develop-
ment sector for discussion and showcasing
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of current trends and innovative applica-
tions in the domain of health services espe-
cially for rural areas. The session was chaired
by Surg Rear Admiral (retd) Dr V K Singh,
former Director of IIHMR, Delhi and an
expert in quality assurance and lean manage-
ment in healthcare services. Delivering his
keynote address, he outlined the challenges
and issues currently facing Indian healthcare
sector and strategies to overcome these chal-
lenges.
Gp Capt (Dr) Sanjeev Sood, Hospi-
tal and Health Systems Administrator,
spoke on’ Leveraging Mobile Technology
In HealthCare Issues and Challenges. He
stated that mHealth or wireless health is an
integral part of ICT application in health-
care was essential in reaching out the last
mile to deliver services at grass root levels.
He discussed the immense opportunities
of mHealth applications in tackling ineffi-
ciencies by improving communication eg.,
missed appointments, compliance, due dates
for vaccination and enhancing accessibil-
ity in healthcare. He quoted several voice
and text based 3G enabled applications and
projects (Health MATE, Save the girl child)
of mHealth running successfully across the
globe. Dr Sood concluded with a quote from
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Nobel Laureate Mohd. Yunus of Grameen
Bank - “The quickest way to get rid of poverty
right now is to have one mobile phone”,
Ms Susheela Venkataraman, Internet
Business Solutions, Cisco Solutions, spoke
on ‘Better health in rural communities’.
She discussed various challenges in deliver-
ing healthcare to rural India with emphasis
on a collaborative and integrated approach
through appropriate technology and con-
nectivity. Mr Ranjan Dwivedi, IPS, spoke
on Telemedicine and its potential in elimi-
nating the barriers of accessibility, inequity
and unaffordability. Ms Haripriya Eswaran
of Accenture spoke on ‘The power of tech-
nology for health services’. Highlighting the
deficiencies in Indian healthcare infrastruc-
ture, services and skilled manpower, she
emphasized the need to leverage technol-
ogy to overcome these challenges. She stated
that the journey to digitize health data has
just begun
In the end there was an interactive
session where the audience enquired about
quality of individual health data.
~Gp. Capt. (Dr) Sanjeev Sood
Email: doc_ssood@yahoo.com
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Libya Goes for e-Management
A
lmadina Multimedia Centre is an
independent pioneering institu-
tion with high-end facilities and
resources. It was launched with a vision
“To disseminate the culture of information
technology, investigate the implementation
mechanisms of Electronic management
in the world, and to utilize it effectively in
implementation of Electronic management
in the Jamahiriyan (masses) society”. As a
part of the centre’s strategic plan, they orga-
nized the First International Conference
on E-Management from 1st to 4th of June
2010 at Tripoli, Libya. Delegates from 40+
countries participated in the conference.
Libya did not have any comprehensive
strategy in E-Management at national level.
Some efforts had been made in the past but
were not well coordinated and therefore
unproductive. They needed a national level
comprehensive strategy. The conference
made a salutary impact and the General
People’s Committee (GPC) of Libya com-
menced a study to establish an institution
responsible for E-Management. Further,
the Almadina Centre announced its inten-
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tion to establish “International
Organisation for E-Management”
which will bring international
community to one common plat-
form and emphasize the right of
developing countries to reap the
fruits of information and com-
munication revolution. They also
announced “Gaddafi Award on
Electronic Management” to the
best performing member country Ajit Kumar with Mr. Mohamed Reda Tolba (Chief cum Mentor,
Advisory Board, Almadina Multimedia Centre
in the area of E-management.
The conference committee Mheriq expressed gratitude for the partici-
members cum advisory board members Dr. pation and cooperation of Indian delegates.
Abobaker EL-Hosh, Dr. Muftah A. Dakhil, Prof. (Dr) Mohammed Arteimi praised
Dr. Mohammed Arteimi, and Dr. Mabroka IAMI for providing support. He also appre-
ciated recently launched Indian
“We wish continuous progress of India in the techni- Government supported Pan-
cal field, and we expect them to enrich their technical African Telemedicine Project,
and scientific abilities to compete on a global leadership a vision of our former presi-
with China. We also think that the people of India can dent Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam, to
play an important role in the development of techno- connect India with all 53 coun-
logical relations (South – South), as this relationship tries of the African Union with a
is the proper candidate to bridge the technical gap in satellite and fibre optic network
the world, and we feel that this cooperation between for sharing India’s expertise in
the Indian people and people of the Jamahiriya has a education and health care.
profound historical basis and free from all suspicion,
domination and exploitation.” ~ Ajit Kumar
-Mohammed Arteimi Email: ajitmaskara@yahoo.co.in
Chief, Almadina Multimedia Centre, Libya
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TECH BYTES
Promoting Wellness
in India Schools

Introduction
For most school stu-
dents, health checkups are
isolated events with little
continuity from one checkup
to the next. This non-inte-
grated tracking approach
does little to build the overall
health management capac-
ity of the school and brings
limited benefit to society.

Use of EHRs in Schools

EHRs can be used to the
advantage of students and
schools.

Emergency Management at
the School Level: It is pos-
sible for schools to gather
relevant information from
parents and students in stan-
dardized formats, conduct a

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baseline student health checkup, and enter
the entire data in a central data reposi-
tory. They would then be able to identify
students at risk for emergencies and their
emergency care plans. The school EHR can
transmit an emergency SMS to the mobile
phone of the family physician and/or the
school physician whose name would also be
stored as a first contact in the EHR in con-
sultation with the parents.
Chronic Disease Management at the
School Level: Students can receive assis-
tance in managing certain chronic diseases
such as diabetes, or risk factors including
obesity, smoking, hypertension, epilepsy,
asthma, and more. EHRs could also assist
schools in implementing guidelines and
protocols to reduce the social occurrence of
such behavioral risk factors. Students could
be guided to choose their own daily fitness
program through the Chronic Disease
Management system with assistance from
counselors and automatic schedule remind-
ers.
Benefits to Public Health Agencies at
District, State, and National Levels:
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There are multiple potential advantages of UPCOMING EVENTS
automating and standardizing school health Focus 2010:
records. Looking up the Disease Registry and
further analysis of EHR data could help iden- Will be held on 7-8 August, 2010 at the AMC Au-
tify and understand the prevalence of certain ditorium, SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram 814149,
INDIA. The use of Telemedicine and other applica-
diseases/risk factors. EHRs can also help tions of Information Technology in healthcare are
enable systematic surveillance. included in the theme for this meet.
http://www.sctimst.ac.in/whatsnew/Focus%20
2010,Kerala%207th&8th%20Aug.pdf
Better Care and Increased Student Safety:
Technology can deliver less labor-intensive, Evidence 2010
more accurate, and up-to date information to
schools that is useful to provide appropriate A conference on Evidence Based Medicine, Evi-
dence 2010 is planned for 1-2 November 2010 at
and timely health services that promote well- BMA House, London. This conference is an attempt
ness among students. Technology can enable to explore how developers of EBM resources, EBM
greater control for students to participate in trainers and methodologists can meet the needs of
managing their chronic diseases and modify- the clinicians, managers and policy makers respon-
sible for putting evidence into practice.
ing risk factors. To public health agencies, it http://www.evidence2010.com/
could provide systematic information useful
for planning and evaluation. NCEGOVS – 2010
National Conference on E-Government & E-Society
Summary (NCEGOVS) is being jointly organised by Computer
The benefits of EHRs are far-reaching. Society of India (Division-III & SIG on E-Governance)
They may be life-savers in emergency man- & Computer Society of India, Allahabad Chapter on
11-12 December, 2010. The key emphasis of NCE-
agement, chronic disease management, GOVS-2010 will be to discuss & deliberate various
awareness and health education, wellness pro- e-Governance initiatives to transform the Society
motion, and lastly, public health data analysis. to an e-Society. e-Health & Telemedicine are the
healthcare topics included for discussion.
http://www.csi-india.org/c/document_library/
~ Dr. Pankaj Gupta & Dr. Alka Aggarwal Singh
get_file?uuid=8d325ba5-11b7-4204-a689-
Email: dr_pankajgupta@yahoo.com bfe0e3f7cf91&groupId=10616
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Who Drives Automation in
Healthcare?
“Med insurers curb cashless facility; Take On
Hospitals Overcharging Patients”
These headlines of the newspapers on
10th July’10 brought certain happiness to me
(click link above). If I am gauging the situa-
tion correctly, this is an important happen-
ing in Indian healthcare which will usher in
maturity, improvements and standardiza-
tion in the healthcare industry. This will also
ensure automation of hospitals and better
(read digital) health records. Let us examine
the industry practices and the implications of
the news in this article in complete detail.
Insurance as a welfare measure
Health insurance is almost ubiquitous in
the welfare states of Nordic Europe, Dutch
and German healthcare markets. The result is
»»Patients cannot approach hospitals
directly but have to go through primary care
physicians
»»Hospitals have pre-agreed packages
for various illnesses with insurers. Hospitals
cannot claim money beyond this pre-decided
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range for any treatment. also paid by insurance and keep an equally
»»Doctors have to fill a daily form of justi- stringent electronic medical record. This
fication to keep a patient admitted brings down the overall cost of treatment of
»»All records are digital and strict audit trail
an illness in the economy.
is maintained »»Insurance companies define a strin-
»»Almost all claims are cashless gent record keeping method to allow claims.
This kind of record keeping cannot be done
Insurance: The watchdog without EMRs.
If Laws of the land are insufficient to »»Hospitals are interested in EMRs because
keep fraudulent practices in check, commer- this ensures complete and compliant records
cial drivers will do the needful. The profit and making the insurance claim process much
loss factors can drive healthcare providers to simpler and with very high hit-rate.
adopt better practices. In the case above, the
insurance conglomerate keeps some impor- What happens ‘only’ in India?
tant checks and balances. India has an abysmally low percentage
»»They discourage hospitals from keeping of people using health insurance, especially
patients longer than needed by limiting in small towns and villages. The figures vary
the payments. If hospitals tend to discharge from 5% to 17%. However, the up-market
patients too early to make more money from hospitals in metros receive up to 60% insured
pre-decided package, they suffer the subse- patients. Cashless settlement of claims with
quent year, because the insurance conglomer- these hospitals has come under the scanner
ate will bring down the average length of stay of insurance agencies now. Most agencies are
and the associated cost of that illness. alleging artificial inflation of expenses by the
»»They also discourage unnecessary/ hospitals and have stopped cashless claims.
repeated investigations by fixing a ceiling to They will only provide reimbursements now
the claim. and that too, after strict scrutiny. However,
»»They encourage primary care by making cashless settlements with smaller hospitals
the hospitals inaccessible directly (except have not been curtailed.
emergencies). Primary physicians (GP) are
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What happens next…? The need of the hour may be to make the automate at a bigger scale or utilize their
»»Patients will have to cough out the hard common man aware of what the industry is going already existing EMRs in a more substan-
cash initially; then run pillar to post to get through. This education will allow this phenom- tial way.
reimbursement. Lastly, only partial reim- enon to happen and reach its logical conclusion; »»Smaller hospitals who have not yet
bursement will become the order of the day. and not get killed for short term political gains. felt the need for full automation and EMR
The patients stand to suffer initially. patients who cannot produce hard cash for implementations will now change their
»»Patients will be driven towards smaller treatment and may have to resort to smaller stance. They will like to maintain their status
hospitals with cashless facility, directing the (perceived as inferior) providers but even- of cashless hospital because it earns them
revenue away from big, corporate providers. tually, over a decade or two, the quality will better revenue. This will drive them to main-
»»In short term, the big hospitals will reach a level where a patient will happily tain at least EMRs if not full automation.
survive on their brand name and quality. But walk in to the nearest available hospital
slowly, the smaller hospitals with cashless without worrying about the quality of care. Conclusion
claims will get better revenue and improve Overall, the insurance conglomerate
their services. The game will then become How does this affect automation? will be able to arm-twist the bigger hospi-
more even. Automation of hospital processes and tals into providing good care at reasonable
»»The national average for expense on a EMRs are yet to make it big in smaller hos- prices. At the same time they will nudge the
given treatment will fall and insurance com- pitals and towns. Even in the so called big smaller providers to raise their quality of care
panies will further tighten their fists. hospitals, these are sparsely utilized and cer- and record keeping. Automation will be the
»»The bigger hospitals will need to fall in tainly not to its full potential. Moreover, the most important tool to ensure & gauge this
line eventually, reducing their claims to a patients are not so concerned about long term quality and record keeping. The patient
level where it is only marginally higher than record maintenance. All this is set to change wins, eventually.
smaller ones. Even in that, the extra charges now.
will have to belong to luxuriant stay (payable ~ Dr Saurabh Bhatia
by individual) and not for clinical proce- »»Patients will demand comprehensive Email: SaurabhBhatia@SaurabhBhatia.com
dures or care. records from bigger hospitals to make insur-
»»This will bring parity in overall quality ance claims. Partial claims due to incomplete Editor’s Note: As we go to press, the effects
of the action that the author predicted are
of care and the patient will eventually gain. hospital records will make hospitals unpopu- already beginning to emerge. See
Immediate fallout may be for the lar, and to some extent, even prone to litiga- 1. Times of India
tion. This will drive the hospitals to either 2. Digital FC

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NEWS CLIPS
~Dr. R. Prajeesh
The Australian e-health initiative
The Healthcare Identifiers Service (HI
Service) has been established as a founda-
tion service for e-health initiative in Aus-
tralia and it commenced its operations on
01/07/2010. The HI Service will issue and
maintain national healthcare identifiers (a
unique number) for consumers, healthcare
providers and healthcare organisations.
The e-health initiative is intended to
enable electronic access to one’s own infor-
mation, support healthcare providers in
their decision making by making infor-
mation available at the point of care and
manage the personal health record in a
secure, confidential and tightly controlled
manner.
The ‘net’ generation, seems to have
liked the web based interface and if all goes
well with the implementation the e-health
record will indeed be a great tool for the
young to manage their health.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/195722.php
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The first telepathology sysytem for On-
tario
University Health Network (UHN)
established its first telepathlogy system in
Ontario by connecting to physicians in
three Northern Ontario communities. The
project is supported by Canada Health
Infoway (Infoway), the Ontario government
and eHealth Ontario.
The new way of diagnosing pathology
cases over the Internet using virtual slide
telepathology allows physicians in rural and
remote hospitals to access and consult with
specialized UHN pathologists by instantly
transmitting digital images of pathology
samples thus enabling fast and accurate diag-
nosis for patients.
Some of the community hospitals have
no pathology services and are required to
transport tissue and blood samples to labo-
ratories in other cities which at times take
between 24 and 48 hours. This telepathol-
ogy system will bring the capacity to provide
clinical support and diagnostic capacity to
the remote laboratory thus saving on time,
costs and discomfort to the patient.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-07/uhn-
uef072110.php
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Neurostimulator implants for pain relief
Doctors at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hos-
pital in London are testing out a new type
of pain relief implant by installing a neuro-
stimulator in an accident patient. The wires
implanted in the spinal cord deliver mild
electrical signals which help to mask the
body’s pain signals with a tingling sensation.
The device uses motion-sensing technology
to adjust the level of pain relief being admin-
istered.
Though neurostimulators are indicated
only in a minority of cases with unresolved
severe back and leg pain, it has the potential
to significantly improve the quality of life for
many patients.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/10509063.stm
Robotic legs for the paraplegic
A couple of British engineers in New
Zealand have invented a unique device
which allows paraplegic people to walk again.
REX, the Robotic Exoskeleton, is designed
to help those usually bound to wheelchairs
to stand up and walk. REX allows users to
self-transfer from chair to the exoskeleton,
and then control their movements via a joy-
stick and control pad. It runs on a recharge-
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able battery. The final e-health ‘meaningful use’ rules MINI (Medical Informatics Newsletter
Sales of these bionic legs are expected U.S. Department of Health and Human from IAMI) is a monthly ezine brought to
to commence in New Zealand by the end Services has announced the final rules to you by IAMI. IAMI is a non-government,
of 2010 and elsewhere in the world by the help improve Americans’ health, increase professional organization recognised by the
middle of 2011. safety and reduce health care costs through International Medical Informatics Asso-
expanded use of electronic health records ciation (IMIA) as the National Member
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-07/rex-
(EHR). for India.
robotic-exoskeleton-gives-paraplegics-robotic-set-legs
Under the Health Information Tech-
nology for Economic and Clinical Health
Disaster Relief 2.0 (HITECH) Act of 2009, eligible health care
The relief services mobilized by telecoms professionals and hospitals can qualify for
www.iami.org.in
and social-networking is changing the way we Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments
react to natural disasters. Today along with when they adopt certified EHR technology PRESIDENT / Dr. S. B. Bhattacharyya
SECRETARY / Dr. A. Thangaprabhu
food, water and shelter internet access is basic and use it to achieve specified objectives. TREASURER / Dr. U. S. Mahalonobish
necessity at the time of crisis. One of the two regulations announced
VICE-PRESIDENT / Mr. Bhudeb Chakravarti
In Haiti, the impact of successful social- defines the “meaningful use” objectives that ADDITIONAL SECRETARY / Dr. R. Prajeesh
EDITOR IN CHIEF, IJMI / Dr. Supten N. Sarbadhikari
networking went far beyond sharing news providers must meet to qualify for the bonus INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE / Dr. R. S. Tyagi
on Twitter. It played a vital role in knowing payments, and the other regulation identifies ADVISORY BOARD
where to distribute aid, offering advice and the technical capabilities required for certi- Dr. S. B. Gogia
Prof. Khalid Moidu
reconnecting people after the earthquake. fied EHR technology. With “meaningful use” Dr. Gopalapillai Sreedharan Nayar
From offering communications to people definitions in place, EHR system vendors can
to making pleas for help and putting up ensure that their systems deliver the required EXECUTIVE Mr. B. S. Bedi
BOARD

missing persons lists online it is enlighten- capabilities, providers can be assured that the Dr. Naresh Yallapragada
ing to know how information technology system they acquire will support achievement Mr. Sukhdev Singh
Dr. Sanjay Bedi
is becoming a part of something that helps of “meaningful use” objectives, and a concen- Mr. A. U. Jai Ganesh
Dr. Senthil K. Nachimuthu
save lives, and helps improve the life of other trated five-year national initiative to adopt Dr. Kavishwar Wagholikar
people. Dr. Rajeev Joshi
and use electronic records in health care can Dr. Amit Chatterjee, SM
begin. Dr. Ashok K. Attri
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10632193 Dr. D. Lavanian
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2010pres/07/20100713a.
html Dr. Vivek Sahi
Mr. Devendra Patel

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