Dental care aspirations: Managing the changing perception of patients

A visit to the dentist was usually accompanied with visuals of an ugly dental chair, an uncomfortable position, dim lights and a doctor who will cause pain! With this mindset, dentists were not frequented until the dental situation worsened or took course to a larger something. However, in the recent past, the perception of dentistry in the minds of people has changed. But it remains to be seen whether the experts and technology will be successful in handling the ever fickle aspirations of patients…
Read full story»Evolving practices with changing times

Technology interacting with disease, dentists interacting with changing patient expectations, business models interacting with new services offerings and demographics interacting with better monetary prospects has lead to a thriving dental aesthetics market in India. This is a good time for the industry, and new service offerings, effective policies, innovative treatments are some of the factors that will shape a positive future for this sector
Read full story»Eye care equipment market in India: Increasing awareness and penetration set to fuel the demand

Expansion of stand-alone eye care centres and upgradation drive at existing government and private hospitals is poised to boost the eye care equipment market in India. Rising level of awareness among the people and advanced diagnostic concepts are fuelling the growth of this segment further.
Read full story»Ophthalmology in India: How the field is advancing with time…

According to various reports, of every seven Joint Commission International (JCI) accredited hospital in India, one is an eye hospital. This signifies how India is emerging as a global eye care destination. Advances in medicine and ophthalmology are marvelous. Let us take a look at how the field has progressed over a period of time…
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A small Healthcare Establishment (HCE) is a facility that provides allopathic services by doctors registered with MCI/SMC either as a standalone or a small nursing home up to 50 beds (NABH). They are the most …
Since the first successful transplantation of umbilical cord blood it has become an important source of haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells for the treatment of blood and genetic disorders. Significant progress has been accompanied by challenges.
“In view of the large complex patient material, surgeons in India have a great potential to emerge as leaders in the field of robotic surgery”
…says Dr Mani Menon, Director, Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, USA. He has excelled in the field of robotic surgery and is the first surgeon in the US to use robots to remove a cancerous prostrate gland.
As an experienced clinician, surgeon, teacher and industry expert, Dr Robert Wah, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, CSC’s North American Public Sector, is an influential member of the medical and technology community. Wah,is also responsible for developing strategy and leading and evangelising the CSC Healthcare point of view. He discusses the opportunities and benefits of EHR.
With the recent political changes and string of announcements set to change the healthcare scenario in Lucknow, in the near future it will be worth noticing how the city of nawabs and kababs will be rechristened as the city of healthcare and hospitals.
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