Medindia was launched in 1999 and was among the first few health websites from India. It was founded by Chennai-based urologist.[1] In 2001 it was programmed also to be made available on Wireless Application Protocol and could be accessed on mobile phones.[2] The website along with a community social networking platform caters to the online health information needs of both the medical professionals and consumers.[3][4][5] Its directory section covers doctors, hospitals, medical institutions, dental colleges, nursing colleges, pharmacy colleges and information about undergraduate and postgraduate medical courses.[6] It allows patients to manage their health record online and also offers free and paid online consultations to consumers.[7] Some of Medindia's android health applications can be downloaded from popular websites.[8][9] The space management of the site may not be as optimum as desired.[10][11]

Medindia promotes the use of computers and medical informatics among doctors and gives away part of its profits to an organization called Medical Computer Society of India.[12] This society organizes national conferences on medical informatics and telemedicine under the banner MEDITEL to promote the use of information technology to improve healthcare in India.[13][14][15][16] Medindia has recently supported a not for profit society called 'Telemedicine Society of India' with online foundation courses for telemedicine for medical practitioners.[17]

References

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  2. ^ Medindia.net becomes WAP enabled
  3. ^ Web Therapy - Hindustan Times Archived 2014-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ http://www.bestwebsiteinindia.com/categories/health-care-websites.htm [dead link]
  5. ^ Health portals grow, but profits still away - Hindustan Times Archived 2014-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Hale, hearty and wired
  7. ^ business.outlookindia.com | Finger On The Pulse
  8. ^ "Medindia - Android developer info on AppBrain".
  9. ^ Medindia News for Android
  10. ^ Medindia.net - Mobile Phone | ThinkDigit News
  11. ^ "Online docs are second opinion experts | Chennai News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  12. ^ Experts Talk Archived 2014-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ Why IT's all happening in health-care
  14. ^ Information system in more hospitals
  15. ^ The Hindu : Education Plus : Lecturer honoured
  16. ^ Meditel 2008
  17. ^ "Telemedicine Courses By TSI". el.telemed4u.com. Retrieved 2021-07-13.

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