NMC tells medical college hospitals to integrate digital health records of all patients
All patients coming for OPD, emergency, or hospital admissions must now have linked Ayushman Bharat Health Account IDs; this is ...
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Why finding a stem cell match remains a major challenge for patients with aplastic anaemia
There is a huge gap in India’s stem cell donor registry: currently, only 0.09% of the eligible population in India ...
Arthroplasty Patients Usually Have Other Problems That Affect Post-Op Satisfaction
(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS -- Most patients undergoing knee replacement procedures also have joint pain elsewhere, diminishing their overall ...
Medical colleges admitting fake patients may see requests for extra seats, courses rejected: NMC
NMC says patients who have minor ailments that can be treated on outpatient basis with oral medications, or patients admitted ...
1 in 4 Indian breast cancer patients carry inherited genetic risk variants, outside known genes: study
Findings of the study, conducted by the IIT-M and Karkinos Healthcare, along with Kumaran Hospital, Chennai, and the Chennai Breast ...
A budget that remains unspent, patients remain untreated, crisis brews, this Rare Diseases Day
Despite ₹299-crore allocation under the National Policy for Rare Diseases, only ₹30.79 crore has been utilised so far, leaving many children without ...
Tamil Nadu’s emergency care centres treat 2.29 lakh patients in 12 years
The State now has 12 ECCs, run by EMRI Green Health Services under the Tamil Nadu Health System Project, strategically ...
FDA Approves a Balloon That Patients Swallow to Lose Weight
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA granted premarket approval to a gastric balloon system for short-term weight loss alongside lifestyle intervention, ...
How opaque healthcare pricing burdens patients in India
Low government spending on health care combined with unregulated pricing mechanisms in corporate hospitals contribute to high out-of-pocket expenditure on ...
Here’s Exactly How High Colorectal Cancer Risk Is for IBD Patients
(MedPage Today) -- People with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and colorectal dysplasia at diagnosis are significantly more likely to develop ...