Hello Doc, this is my health page
- The Hindu, Tuesday, May 8, 2001
Do you remember the last time
you met your doctor? And do you remember what the prescription
was? Unlikely. That's why you should have a decent filing system.
And in case you are not able to do so, key in all of them. Each
one of them. So that the next time you meet your doctor who
quizzes you on your last medication, ask him to look up a website.
Cool man. It just can't get any better than this. For the health
freaks, the frequently ill, for those with a condition such
as high/low BP/ diabetes, and the hypochondriacs.
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Medindia.net is now WAP enabled- News
Today,17 February 2001
Medindia.net, the pioneering medical portal of the country,
promoted by FrontPoint Systems, USA and started four years back
has been made Wireless Application Protocol – (WAP) enabled.
Announcing this at a press meet here, medindia.net CEO Dr. Sunil
Shroff said that as the site was made WAP-enabled, the people
could access the vast content on the site through cell phones.
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Medindia.net becomes WAP enabled-
The DQ Week, MADRAS, 19-25 February
2001
Medindia.net has announced that it has become WAP enabled in
order to further the possibilities of medical practice. The
portal offers a wide array of features for both the medical
professionals and healthcare consumers. It has an online searchable
database on Indian healthcare from all over India. Searches
are available for medical colleges, dental colleges, nursing
colleges, pharmacy colleges, postgraduate medical institutions
and both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
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Hale, hearty and wired- The
Hindu,17 February 2001
“It has the most comprehensive online searchable database on
Indian healthcare from all over India with 2 lakh entries,”
says Dr. Sunil Shroff, transplant surgeon and Head of Department
of Urology-SRMC, at press conference. He is the brain behind
the site which is promoted by FrontPoint Systems (which designed
and developed the huge Southern Railway site). “There is nothing
in healthcare that the portal doesn’t have.”
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Medindia.net becomes WAP enabled- The
Hindu,16 February 2001
Medindia.net, healthcare and medical portal, has become WAP
(wireless application protocol) enabled. Having completed four
years, the portal has a database on healthcare from all over
India with two lakh entries. The wide range of search options
includes details of doctors by name or by specialization. The
company plans to tie up with insurance companies for providing
service relating to medical claims, Dr. Shroff said.
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Medindia.net becomes WAP-enabled- Business
Standard,16 February 2001
Medindia.net has become the first medical portal from India
to become WAP enabled. This allows public access to Medindia’s
content on the Net through cellular phones. The portal has completed
four years of existence and is the site of the Medical Computer
Society of India, a professional forum for medical and InfoTech
professionals promoting the discipline of medical informatics
in India. more...
Medindia.net is now WAP enabled- The
Financial Express, 16 February 2001
Now all emergency and health information is only a cell-phone
away. Medindia.net, promoted by Medical Computer Society of
India (MCSI) and FrontPoint Systems, has become the first medical
portal from India to become WAP enabled. While MCSI is a society
of professionals from the field of healthcare and information
technology, FrontPoint is a US based IT company with over 500
Web projects to its credit.
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Mixing compassion and technology
Another issue that he has taken up with an equal fervour is
the creation of a platform for clinicians and IT professionals
to interact. The Medical Computer Society of India, which he
belongs to, has set up an India centric portal (www.medindia.org)
that brings pharmacists, doctors, chemists and medicos together.
It also aims at establishing a standard protocol in hospitals
which would integrate all services on the same plank. Networking
again, doctor?
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Doctor in the Net - From
Business Line, Thursday, December 3, 1998
The Medical Computer Society of India (MCSI), set up in Chennai
over a year ago by Dr.Sunil Shroff, a consultant urologist
and transplant surgeon at the Sri Ramachandra Medical Hospital,
to facilitate the use of the Internet by Indian doctors in the
treatment of their patients, today, regularly receives letters
from patients and doctors about various medical problems.
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Computers & Communications- The
Hindu, Thursday, November 19, 1998
Indian healthcare on the Net
The Indian healthcare industry has not been slow to exploit
the Internet-dozens of web sites have sprung up some to help
medical practitioners of specific disciplines, exchange views
and news; others geared to provide the public with medical information
services. The following is a brief survey of what's on offer
at the various web sites. more...
Science Express- Tuesday
, 7 July, 1998 By Dr.Sunil Shroff
A practitioner is not able to explain the nitty-gritty of the
disease or symptoms to his patient. This is what prompted some
in the medical field to provide 'patient information' in the
form of small booklets and leaflets on various medical topics.
However, the Internet provides a perfect universal platform
to disseminate this information instantly without incurring
the cost of printing stationery or distribution. more...
Strategic Briefings- February-1998,
Volume I Issue 2
The Potential Role of Telemedicine in India
Members of the Medical Computer Society (Chennai) are identifying
and reporting on ongoing telemedicine developments, especially
those involving use of existing tools such as electronic mail
and the Internet. more...
Medical BBS to operate from New Year's
day - The DQ Week Madras 8
- 14th December, 1997
A first year post-graduate (Orthopedics) of the Sri Ramachandra
Medical College and Research Institute (SRMC & RI), Porur,
Chennai, has come out with a Medical Bulletin Board Service
(MBBS) which offers medical news from all over the world free
cost through the net. The bulletin service is to start its operations
from January 1, 1998. more...
Doctor Online- Tuesday,
September 30, 1997
As prolonged treatment did not give her any relief, her query
was put on one of the bulletin boards on the net by her friends.
There was overwhelming response from all over the globe and
finally an American doctor suggested that it could be a case
of arsenic poisoning. Based on this, the patient was treated
and cured. more...