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Cloud Computing in Health Care – Horizon seen?

September 29, 2012 in Healthcare IT by Anu

Although regulatory and security concerns have held back the health care industry from widespread adoption of public clouds, the overall cloud computing market in health care seems to grow to $5.4 billion by 2017. Technologies in the healthcare IT industry are converging with time and are far outpacing the legacy systems used by hospitals and [...]

Leveraging on Web 3.0

January 25, 2012 in Healthcare IT by Anu

Elders at home, satirically, used to tell us that eventually all of us will interact with each other at home via ‘Internet’, some time. If we sit back and think, we are already there! Yes, we are entangled in the web without our knowledge. From the old age WWW, where we used it only as [...]

Healthcare and IT – Hand in Hand Partners

January 24, 2012 in Healthcare IT by Anu

Information technology (IT) has the potential to improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of health care. Diffusion of IT in health care is generally low (varying, however, with the application and setting) but surveys indicate that providers plan to increase their investments. Drivers of investment in IT include the promise of quality and efficiency gains. [...]

HER2 – Screen HER

November 15, 2011 in Medical Engineering by Anu

For all the women on board, when did you get your last mammogram done? Wondering why? If you are over 40 and you haven’t got a mammogram done still, it’s high time you schedule for one. Yes…I am talking about the screening for Breast cancer. Well you may think I am hale and healthy and [...]

Diabetes – invading us faster beyond our imagination

November 14, 2011 in Disease Condition by Anu

I was flipping through the newspaper today and saw quite a number of ads related to diabetes and was pondering over and just then it stuck my mind that it is WORLD DIABETES DAY today. I have written enough on what is diabetes and how is it caused in my earlier posts[1] and hence my [...]

Have yours today!!…..Cheers!

September 16, 2011 in Blog, Pharmacology by Anu

When did you have your glass of wine last?! Well, if it’s not very long back, then give a pat on your back. You have contributed to the upkeep of your health a little!!.. Wondering how? Yes, drinking Wine in moderation is good for you because of something called Resveratrol that the wine has. Anatomy [...]

September is Sicke Cell Awareness month

September 8, 2011 in Blog, Disease Condition by Anu

September is the Sickle Cell awareness month as declared by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Who knows how many of us have inherited the trait genetically or have passed on the same to our younger generations. Hence I thought it is indispensable for the followers of this forum to have a knowhow [...]

Festive seasons are around – Beware of sweets!!!

August 30, 2011 in Blog, General by Anu

It all has started, yes, Festive seasons, celebrations are big time in the air. We have lots of social gatherings from different walks of our life – friends, office, neighbours, clubs and what not! We may have to barter sweets and savouries. If we all could observe carefully, other than oil and sugar, Maida is [...]

Anascorp antidote– A big relief

August 16, 2011 in Pharmacology by Anu

I remember, faintly, that was a pleasant September morning. Everyone was in a festive mood. I was playing at my Grandpa’s house sitting under an umbrella when I suddenly felt a pierce on my big toe. I just thought that was an ant big enough to have bitten me but then confused to see that [...]

Juvenile Diabetes – Let’s not dig our child’s grave

August 11, 2011 in Disease Condition by Anu

I was always happy that my elder one, who is a poor eater, is at least interested in junk foods. All of us at home were convinced in one way that there is some intake. Else, usually, it is a World War between her and all others at home! All said I was alarmed to [...]

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