Satyam Computer Services Ltd has announced that its global healthcare practice, working with the Byrraju Foundation, has implemented a program to provide tele-electrocardiograms (ECGs) to patients in remote areas of the country who would otherwise have no access to such care. Launched late last year, the program already covers some 3.5 million people in rural villages across India, and is delivered through the Byrraju Foundations Ashwini Centers, local facilities that provide high-quality healthcare, education, agriculture, and job training for villagers. In the past, patients would have had to travel to a city, at great cost, to receive an ECG or imperil their health by not having one at all.
With this capability, were able to treat many more patients from a central location, said Dr. Arun Kumar, and its become much easier for village clinics to identify patients who require immediate care.
As a provider of integrated, end-to-end healthcare solutions, Satyam was able to deliver a system that effectively and affordably operates in areas with minimal communications and computing infrastructure, providing complete clinical functionality. SN lnformatics, a technology alliance member in the project, provided its software for free.
As a non-profit organization, we are always conscious of creating self sustainable, cost-effective models, said Byrraju Foundation Lead Partner V S N Raju. Satyam has helped us in identifying and implementing scalable and affordable technology that meets our needs.
The program, which was started on October 02, 2007, enables patients in rural villages to have an ECG conducted at a local Aswini clinic while doctors at hospitals such as Narayana Hrudayalaya (NH) in Bangalore offer immediate interpretation, as well as teleconference consultations.
With this capability, were able to treat many more patients from a central location, said Dr. Arun Kumar, and its become much easier for village clinics to identify patients who require immediate care.
As a provider of integrated, end-to-end healthcare solutions, Satyam was able to deliver a system that effectively and affordably operates in areas with minimal communications and computing infrastructure, providing complete clinical functionality. SN lnformatics, a technology alliance member in the project, provided its software for free.
As a non-profit organization, we are always conscious of creating self sustainable, cost-effective models, said Byrraju Foundation Lead Partner V S N Raju. Satyam has helped us in identifying and implementing scalable and affordable technology that meets our needs.
The program, which was started on October 02, 2007, enables patients in rural villages to have an ECG conducted at a local Aswini clinic while doctors at hospitals such as Narayana Hrudayalaya (NH) in Bangalore offer immediate interpretation, as well as teleconference consultations.
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