(1888PressRelease)
October 26, 2008 - On the gala ceremony of Manthan Award 2008, the winning projects for the e-health category were:
WEB HEALTH CENTRE (WHC), BY TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD
Web Health Centre (WHC) is a multi -speciality, multi-Institution participation online consulting facility where doctors and patients can access some of the leading medical institutions in India for medical advise. Web Health Centre is a result of CSR effort of Tata Consultancy Services. . The objective of WHC is to enable medical professionals to offer telemedicine, online consultation and other healthcare services to people across geographic barriers through the Internet. This enables doctors and institutions in giving followup advice and preventive care to their own patients and to others seeking medical advice. The WHC portal is free for browsing through general content like health calculators, drug information, disease details, etc. However, for online consultation, accessing online health and medical record storage facility etc., one needs to register. The target users of the site are general users / patients, doctors /medical Institutions and medical students.
ADVICE, by Health Management and Research Institute
Health Management and Research Institute (HMRI) provide health care services to 40 million virtual contacts and 40 million physical contacts per annum in the state of Andhra Pradesh through an Integrated Digital Health Platform. There is a Helpline consisting of group of doctors supported by mobile medical units visiting the patients. HMRI services include Toll-free doctor on call, fixed day health services to rural areas, tele-cardiology, disease surveillance and hospital and blood bank management systems. The people of Andhra Pradesh in India can dial 104 to access the Health Helpline. After its success in Andhra Pradesh, HMRI is going Pan India with various government health ministries and departments. Even in Andhra Pradesh, HMRI works in tandem with state government. HMRI has been initiated by Satyam Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of Satyam Computer Services Limited.
WE IN RECOVERY, by National Institute of Social Defence
Recovery Network is meant to be a platform for those who are in the process of recovery. Weinrecovery.org is not restricted to recovering addicts. It has useful information for all those who want to know more about addiction and for the professionals working indrug abuse prevention. It is meant to help people inrecovery become productive members of society and toreclaim their rightful place in society. The effort is aimed at addressing a gap in the whole recovery of the person and to enable successfully recovering people to help their fellow recovering addicts. We in Recovery is a kind of online social network where one could find ways and means to understand how recovery happens and how to integrate with normal society.
HIGH WAYS>>>INFINITE (Special Mention)
The disease of cancer always rings the death bell in our minds. Cancer Project ''HIGH>>>WAYS" was conceptualized with a mission to create advocacy and awareness on Breast, Cervix and Oral Cancer by reaching out to the Hard-to-reach places. This endeavour of a cancer survivor and her teenage daughter has been successfully blending adventure sports with cancer awareness mission across the country. The methodology is to make use of different ICT tools for enlightening the people about cancer. It was started in 2006 with a solo drive of 30,220 kms in 177 days to the 4 tips of India, and across the highest motorable mountain passes in the world -KhardungLa and TanglaLa, in Ladakh, the first two highest motorable roads in the world. 140 cancer awareness programmes reaching out to more than 26,000 people were conducted. Milestone 2008 is about shaping of foundation "HIGH>>>WAYS…INFINITE" - a public trust to undertake campaigns on multiple health issues like Cancer, AIDS, T.B., Tobacco and environment related health issues.
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