The new buzz is Mobile Health; in simple words it means access to valuable information and consultation for preventive and post treatment advice targeted at doctors and end users. The idea is to use telecom as a backbone tool to leverage the current brick and mortar model of Healthcare delivery across the country.
Healthcare On Mobiles: Mhealth India- Counterfeit Drugs Check
Healthcare On Mobiles: Mhealth India- Counterfeit Drugs Check: "WHO tells a story “By April 1999, reports of 771 cases of substandard drugs had been entered into the WHO database on counterfeit drugs, 77%..."
Ashoka Changemakers with the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has launched the Innovations for Health: Solutions that Cross Borders. Healthcursor Consulting Group is proud to partner with them in this competition as their Asia Network Partner to help source the best healthcare solutions. The final deadline for the competition is February 13, 2012. To enter your idea, or nominate people/organizations just visit http://www.Changemakers.com/innovations4health