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India's Rural Population Of 700 Million Benefits From Digital Healthcare Data Transmission

India's Rural Population Of 700 Million Benefits From Digital Healthcare Data Transmission

Research and Markets (researchandmarkets. com/reports/c8493) has announced the addition of Telemedicine in India to their offering.

(PRWEB) November 4, 2004

Research and Markets (http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c8493 (http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c8493)) has announced the addition of Telemedicine in India to their offering.

Telemedicine in India provides insight into the growing telemedicine market in India. With a rural population nearing 700 million, India will benefit enormously from digital data transmission related to healthcare. Both public and private entities are aggressively pursuing the use of telemedicine to hasten diagnostics and treatment of a variety of diseases. Private hospitals such as Apollo Hospital Group, Escorts Heart Institute and Fortis Healthcare. The Apollo Hospital Group has networked dozens of remote rural hospitals providing digital connections to one of its main facilities in.

In one example, Apollo has set up a 50-bed telemedicine center in Aragnoda, a small village in the Andhra Pradesh section of south India. The facility is equipped with CT-scans, X-ray and ECG equipment as well as an integrated laboratory and is linked to Apollo's specialized hospitals with connectivity is conducted through the use of ISDN lines and VSAT. The Indian government has also made important commitments to telemedicine by reducing import tariffs on infrastructure equipment. Order your copy early and be on the cutting-edge of digital data transmission in the rapidly growing Asian region.

Report Contents:

CHAPTER ONE - Country Overview 1

CHAPTER TWO - Telecommunications Infrastructure in India 15

CHAPTER THREE - Government Telemedicine Initiatives 41

CHAPTER FOUR - Non-Profit/Non-Government Organizations 69

CHAPTER FIVE - Private Hospital Telemedicine Initiatives 85

Apollo Group of Hospitals 87

Apollo Aragonda Project 87

Apollo Anna University Project 90

ApolloLife 92

Apollo Health Street Ltd 93

Escort Heart Institute and Research Center 94

Escorts Heart Alert Service 95

Fortis Healthcare 97

Wockhardt 98

Important Contact Information 100

CHAPTER SIX - Leading Domestic Telemedicine Consultancies 103

Telemedicine Technologies Centre 105

Online Telemedicine Research Institute 107

Doctorsanywhere com 108

Tata Consultancy Services 109

Max India 110

Important Contact Information 111

CHAPTER SEVEN - Domestic Firms Serving Telemedicine Market 113

Soumya Medical International 114

N-Logue Communications Ltd 116

Reliance 117

Infosys 119

Karishma Software Ltd 120

Important Contact Information 120

CHAPTER EIGHT - Foreign Firms Serving Telemedicine Market 123

CardGuard 124

Cisco Systems 125

Mediscope 126

Hewlett-Packard 127

GE Medical Systems 128

Important Contact Information 129

For more information visit http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c8493 (http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c8493)

Laura Wood

Senior Manager

Research and Markets

Press@researchandmarkets. com

Fax: +353 1 4100 980

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