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Better Healthcare with Big Data

With the increased penetration of EMR and EHR software in the healthcare industry, there has been an explosion of patient data, including conditions, treatments, results and treatment outcomes. So we now have access to a lot of health data history, which if was analysed and processed could give us a greater understanding of the body’s mechanisms and …

Immunise, prevent, protect

Recently, Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan expressed the government’s seriousness in achieving total immunisation in India. He mentioned that over 14 lakh children in the age group of 1-5 years die every year due to preventable diseases like pneumonia and diarrhea, and the Health Ministry plans to tackle this problem head on. In the hustle and bustle of your daily schedule, …

Challenges in Monitoring Child Growth

Monitoring a child’s growth can be cumbersome, especially if there are 5 different growth parameters to monitor. Often, doctors have a busy schedule and may not have the time to update all the charts. However, doctors would unanimously agree that growth charts are the best tool to identify child growth issues. What if these growth …

Practo Ray v6 Demos are now Available!

The past few weeks we have been working really hard on making Practo Ray v6 available to users and everyone else who have been waiting for it. Practo Ray v6 demos are now available to all Ray users, marking the first step taken towards its release. All existing users will be able to see the …

‘Going Digital’- the need of the hour for Doctors!

Newspapers have been abuzz since morning with Hurricane Sandy disrupting life in East coast of US. Bangalore has also been experiencing chilly evenings with heavy downpours. And in a recent news article online, the Met Department has confirmed that the depression over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclone that will hit land …

Has your practice moved ONLINE?

“Online? I don’t have time for that!”- A common response given by most doctors when we talk to them about going online. Most doctors to a great extent consider the web to be a place where people book a movie ticket or go online on Facebook and write about what they had for dinner. Actually …