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Best ways to find the right health insurance policy: A comparison of ICICI Lombard, HDFC Ergo, Care, Niva Bupa, Tata AIG policiesChoosing a health insurance policy involves more than just premium cost. This comparison of leading Indian insurers highlights key features...
CGHS rules clarified: Central government employees can pick parents or parents-in-law as dependents for medical benefitsCentral government employees can now choose to include either their parents or parents-in-law as dependents for CGHS medical benefits. This...
NPS Swasthya: A cushion, not fill-in, for health coverCan the NPS Swasthya scheme be an effective substitute for a comprehensive health insurance plan that covers hospitalisation and related ex...
As mercury soars, e-commerce platforms step up measures to protect delivery workersIndian e-commerce and quick-commerce platforms are introducing measures to protect delivery workers from severe heatwaves. Companies are pr...
Pick your own health cover: How custom plans work and their hidden downsidesA health plan consists of a base plan and riders or add-ons. Earlier, the base plan comprised fixed features that could not be changed, and...
Scan and Share service for faster OPD registrations gaining success in country, says NHAThe Scan and Share service is currently live in 125 districts across 25 states and UTs in the country. Karnataka (2.5 lakh tokens), Uttar P...
QR code-based OPD registration implemented in over 300 hospitals, reducing waiting time drastically"We have introduced a system wherein we have tried to simplify the OPD registration process in large public hospitals. Around 4.06 lakh peo...
docOPD: A medical concierge service that provides first line of treatment, affordable OPD careDigital consultations are no longer a novelty, but data points show a great chasm continues to exist especially in the first line of treatm...
Online medical consultation service by retired military doctors rolled out for entire countryThe defence ministry roped in retired military doctors to provide online consultations to civilian patients under a telemedicine platform. ...
Health ministry's telemedicine service eSanjeevani records 1 million teleconsultationsOver 10 per cent of the users of eSanjeevani are aged 60 and above. Close to around one fourth of the total patients have used eSanjeevani ...
Telemedicine initiative eSanjeevani completes eight lakh consultations: Health MinistryIt said eSanjeevani's both variants of telemedicine -- doctor to doctor (eSanjeevani AB-HWC) and patient to doctor (eSanjeevani OPD) -- are...
Government's eSanjeevani OPD completes 5 lakh tele-consultations since its launch"As a digital modality of healthcare services delivery, eSanjeevani is gradually shaping into a parallel stream for the Indian healthcare d...
Health ministry's 'eSanjeevani' records 4 lakh doctor-to-patient tele-consultationsThe other states that have registered highest consultations through eSanjeevani and eSanjeevani OPD platforms are Himachal Pradesh (36,527)...
National telemedicine service completes over 1.5 lakh consultations: Health MinistryThe ministry said that presently, on an average around 5,000 consultations are provided daily through both the modes.
Should you buy OPD insurance cover?There is a need for insurance plans that take care of outpatient department (OPD) expenses. However, OPD products have so far failed to bec...
AIIMS to help states replicate its digital project across IndiaThe Union Health Ministry has mandated AIIMS to help the states and Union territories replicate the initiative which comprises the institut...
A standalone OPD health plan? Not too soon, say insurersAccording to a report compiled by Swiss Re, 75% of medical spending in India is out-of-pocket. One of the reasons is, low penetration of he...