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Interview with Prof. Abul Kalam Azad on eHealth in the Public Sector of Bangladesh

We had a chance to sit down with Prof. Abul Kalam Azad, Director (MIS) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) of Bangladesh Government that has the sole mandate of introducing and implementing e-Health policies and standards in Bangladesh. In addition, all public sector e-Health initiatives are implemented and managed by the DGHS. He talked about different initiatives, plans and limitations related to eHealth introduction into the country. Please listen to the interview HERE and the presentation on 'eHealth Initiatives in Public Sector of Bangladesh' HERE.


A conversation with Dr. Michael Clarke on ICT, health and eHealth indicators

Recently, ‘ICT for health’ network had a chance to sit with Dr. Michael Clarke who has spent many years teaching at different universities in his long career of curriculum development and medical education. He is now the director of both 'ICT4D' and ‘Research in Health Equity’ (RHE) programs at IDRC and gave us an overview on how he sees the connection in between these two. Read More..

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'm-health needs greater spectrum'

'm-health needs greater spectrum'



Thu, Mar 1st, 2012 12:18 am BdST



Barcelona, Feb 29 (bdnews24.com) - Wider spectrum allocation is a must for mobile phone-based health services, Telenor CEO Jon Fredrik Baksaas has said.

"Mobile health or 'm-health' is now growing across the world and governments should come forward to allocate wider spectrum to ensure such services to the masses," he told a press meet at Telenor Pavilion at GSMA Mobile World Congress in…

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Posted by partha on March 3, 2012 at 1:50pm

Mobile Health market likely to exceed $400M by 2016

http://ehealth.eletsonline.com/2011/12/mobile-health-market-likely-to-exceed-400m-by-2016/

The market for mobile health technology is expected to exceed $400 million by 2016, according to a new study by ABI Research.

In 2010, the mobile health market was valued at $120 million. For the study, researchers examined factors that are contributing to the adoption of…

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Posted by partha on December 25, 2011 at 3:33am

Two interesting reports on mobile health from two opposite perspective..

Recently, I came across two reports on mobile health, that has two different and interesting perspectives. One is talking about how mobile health market is capturing the World and the other one is about potential distractions as doctors are increasingly using mobile and other devices for health care services. The first one is from eHealth Magazine and the other one is the New York Times. …

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Posted by partha on December 18, 2011 at 3:35am

The Elusive Power of mHealth

Amanda Glassman & Vicky Hausman deconstructs the myths and realities of mHealth and provides suggestions for moving forward in the field.

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The Elusive Power of mHealth

These days it seems like everyone is going mobile. The idea of using mobile phones to…

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Posted by Miraj Khaled on October 7, 2011 at 2:40pm

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'm-health needs greater spectrum'

'm-health needs greater spectrum'Thu, Mar 1st, 2012 12:18 am BdST Barcelona, Feb 29 (bdnews24.com) - Wider spectrum allocation is a must for mobile phone-based health services, Telenor CEO Jon Fredrik Baksaas has said."Mobile health or 'm-health' is now growing across the world and governments should come forward to allocate wider spectrum to ensure such services to the masses," he told a press meet at Telenor Pavilion at GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain on Tuesday.The Telenor CEO…See More
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'm-health needs greater spectrum'

'm-health needs greater spectrum'Thu, Mar 1st, 2012 12:18 am BdST Barcelona, Feb 29 (bdnews24.com) - Wider spectrum allocation is a must for mobile phone-based health services, Telenor CEO Jon Fredrik Baksaas has said."Mobile health or 'm-health' is now growing across the world and governments should come forward to allocate wider spectrum to ensure such services to the masses," he told a press meet at Telenor Pavilion at GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain on Tuesday.The Telenor CEO…See More
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Kenya Has Mobile Health App Fever

Source: technologyreview.com and zunia.orgtechnologyreview.com – Nairobi startup's health app surges; Safaricom gives subscribers links to experts for two cents a minute."Mobile health platforms are fast emerging in Kenya, where one startup's newly launched mobile health platform is attracting nearly 1,000 downloads daily, and the dominant…See More
Dec 28, 2011
partha's blog post was featured

Mobile Health market likely to exceed $400M by 2016

http://ehealth.eletsonline.com/2011/12/mobile-health-market-likely-to-exceed-400m-by-2016/The market for mobile health technology is expected to exceed $400 million by 2016, according to a new study by ABI Research.In 2010, the mobile health market was valued at $120 million. For the study, researchers examined factors that are contributing to the adoption of mobile health technology. They…See More
Dec 25, 2011
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Mobile Health market likely to exceed $400M by 2016

http://ehealth.eletsonline.com/2011/12/mobile-health-market-likely-to-exceed-400m-by-2016/The market for mobile health technology is expected to exceed $400 million by 2016, according to a new study by ABI Research.In 2010, the mobile health market was valued at $120 million. For the study, researchers examined factors that are contributing to the adoption of mobile health technology. They…See More
Dec 25, 2011
partha's blog post was featured

Two interesting reports on mobile health from two opposite perspective..

Recently, I came across two reports on mobile health, that has two different and interesting perspectives. One is talking about how mobile health market is capturing the World and the other one is about potential distractions as doctors are increasingly using mobile and other devices for health care services. The first one is from eHealth Magazine and the other one is the New York Times. …See More
Dec 18, 2011
partha posted a blog post

Two interesting reports on mobile health from two opposite perspective..

Recently, I came across two reports on mobile health, that has two different and interesting perspectives. One is talking about how mobile health market is capturing the World and the other one is about potential distractions as doctors are increasingly using mobile and other devices for health care services. The first one is from eHealth Magazine and the other one is the New York Times. …See More
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