Guest guest Posted August 25, 2001 Report Share Posted August 25, 2001 Ranbaxy ties up with DoctorAnywhere.com for AIDS initiative The Hindu 25 August 2001, New Delhi PUNE, Aug. 24 RANBAXY Laboratories, in association with the Pune-based telemedicine company DoctorAnywhere.com is kicking off an initiative that will fulfill the increasing need for interaction between family physicians and AIDS specialists to better the management of therapy for AIDS patients. The Ranbaxy Aids Webline aims to equip family physicians with updates on therapy management trends for the disease by facilitating knowledge sharing with specialists in the field. " Doctors will benefit tremendously through mutual sharing of clinical cases, treatment guidelines and various other developments available through this unique initiative, " says Mr. Sanjiv Kaul, Reginonal Director, Ranbaxy labs. The Webline, being managed by DoctorAnywhere.com, will leverage the power of information technology to create a platform for community building and knowledge sharing by bringing together AIDS specialists, family physicians who come in contact with patients stricken by the disease routinely and NGOs, many of who actively provide support systems to AIDS patients. The Webline is intended to improve treatment of the disease and also help doctors create and maintain online case records for their patients and facilitate teleconsultation with specialists. Doctors registered with the Webline will be able to avail of the expertise of the specialists, place online orders for anti-retroviral therapy (ART) drugs and also refer needy patients to NGOS working in the field. NGOs registered with the Webline can also avail of these services, enabling them to reduce cost of delivery of specialised healthcare and ART. Says DoctorAnywhere.com CEO, Chetan Shetty, " The concept is all about making access to treatment easier, quicker and less expensive, which is very important since treatment for the disease can prove to be expensive for most patients " . _______________________________ Dr. Jagdish Harsh Assistant Director François-Xavier Bagnoud (INDIA) 161, Satya Niketan, Moti Bagh-II New Delhi-110021, INDIA Phone: +91.11.611 1793-94; Fax: +91.11.410 7381 E-mail: jamworld@...; Web: http://www.fxb.org/india.htm _____________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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