Foreword
Healthcare in India
A picture of contradictions
"...whatever you can rightly say about India, the opposite is also true". - Professor Joan Robinson as quoted by Dr Amartya Sen.
The adaptation continues
For healthcare providers it is important to remember that globalisation is here to stay.
Online PHRs
Bridging the information divide
Online PHRs can overcome the geographical limitations of existing EMR systems, while encouraging patients towards selfcare.
Patient-Centred Healthcare
Moving beyond ailment
An involved patient is a blessing for healthcare organisations.
Healthcare Governance
Time for a revamp
Natural products-based drug discovery is gaining prominence once again.
Healthcare Genomics
The healthcare markets are witnessing launch of genetic tests, personalised medicines, therapies, which in turn are influencing the clinical care and patient outcomes.
Socially responsible, efficient healthcare
Healthcare organisations, whether owned by the state or privately, either for-profit or not, shall provide incentives for efficiency, emphasise on safety, and have measures to practice and communicate socially responsible behaviour.
Asia's tryst with accreditations
"Is it not also true that no physician, in so far as he is a physician, considers or enjoins what is for the physician's interest, but that all seek the good of their patients? For we have agreed that a physician strictly so called, is a ruler of bodies, and not a maker of money, have we not?" - Plato
Hospitals, Diseases and Globalisation
Given the plethora of management tools and techniques that have emerged in recent years, many hospitals are indeed being managed more efficiently than ever.
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