Wednesday, June 23, 2010

The Concept of IHO

“If your wealth has been vanished, you haven’t lost anything however if you have lost your heath than you have lost everything”

The above phase is completely true because health is the essential aspect of life which is the deciding factor of our cheerful lives. And for the betterment of your strength and health, the Indian health organization (IHO) has taken a pledge which ensures equivalently high level of service to you and your family in the field of health and fitness.

The most appropriate and influential definition of health and health plan has been best described by Indian health organization (IHO). "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity"

Indian Health Organization is the management authority for health in the Indian subcontinent. It is responsible for providing administration on global health matters. The main aim of Indian health organization is to generate public health awareness in the Indian subcontinent by fulfilling the requirements to make better quality health services more accessible and reasonable for the customer.

Indian Health Organization (IHO) is the first and the only organization in India which is addressing and promoting "Preventive & curative health care" to the citizens of India. It is a first of its kind of organization to launch this concept in Indian scenario.

IHO was launched in 2007 with the basic concept of helping people to recover their health, well-being and security. The goal of the organization is to provide concession to the people and to promote a noble cause of "preventive & curative health care". IHO is the organization which is taking a path of social cause and promoting it in India.

Health Care Services

Nowadays the rising health awareness in the midst of people has allowed to the rapid increase in the number of healthcare services. Among all healthcare services, Indian health organization (IHO) is the leading health organization which provides fast, efficient and prompt medical services. Indian Health Organization has always been working to improve public health. IHO symbolizes a wide collection of qualified health professionals and experts who are always ready to take care of their own health and as well as health of their communities.

Healthcare service provider offers high quality health care services through providing various medical services like healthcare emergency medical services. Few of the medical professionals, Radiology/ Pathology Labs of Indian health organization provides you their services at considerably lower fees than usual.

In the current times, the population is under great health risk, just because of the living standard changing with all bad eating habits, lack of physical exercises, and massive amount of stress in daily life. However, the people are so engaged in their busy schedule and hectic activities that they don’t have time to concentrate on their serious medical issues.

So, health care services such as Indian health organization (IHO) are great advantage to many people who are busy in their own schedule and they don’t have time to make frequent visit to the doctor’s clinic.

Therefore Indian health organization (IHO) has established its health plan to safeguard you and your family member from health problems. Health plans of Indian health organization (IHO) aids your family to acquire all health treatments that covers a number of examinations, dental treatments, hygiene treatments, x-rays, tests, cosmetic treatments etc. at lower rate.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Healthcare service providers

The healthcare service provider aids you and your family member with high quality medical services and healthcare facilities. Healthcare service providers offer good medicine amenities that involve emergency medical services to people when ever they are need of.

Healthcare service provider provides control on critical health issue and offers personalized aid to different countries through technical programs dealing with large range of public health issues.

Healthcare service providers tackle with the queries of people in a qualified professional way by dealing their health concerns showing lot of persistence and sympathy towards them.

Many of the healthcare service providers provides value added services such as keeping an important medical record of the people all the way through an online database, internet facilities like online chats and e-mails for regular communication with the patients.

The service provided with healthcare service provider helps a quicker, perfect and effective mode of communication systems that helps in keeping a regular touch with the patients. The top most priority is given to the patient’s health by healthcare service provider with all brilliant medical backing provided to them along with greater flexibility and expediency.

Indian health organization (IHO) is one of the leading healthcare service providers that offer private healthcare services to the patients. Indian health organization has a devoted team of qualified healthcare professionals who provides outstanding and brilliant healthcare solutions to the patients by dealing patient queries in a specialized and efficient manner. Indian health organization understands the patient’s medical needs during emergencies and therefore we provide quick and effective medical assistance during such critical times.

Indian Health Organization (IHO)

Indian Health Organization (IHO) was established in 2007 by Visham Sikand. IHO was formed to provide intended health and precautionary services in Indian subcontinent. It aims to provide quality healthcare services to its customers. This is only achievable, when we will work closely with healthcare professionals & corporate institutions that trust in contributing to the cause of the society.

Indian health organization activities focus on Health camps, counseling, and attempt to improve the quality of human life, Well-being and security of the people in Indian subcontinent. We are trying to give a new look at health care in this country.

The health plans of Indian health organization (IHO) organizes group of individual who are practicing medical practitioners under one roof and the associates of the Health Plans will benefit from concessional profit on medical treatments acquired through this network of empanelled medical practitioners. Its not like insurance, which only covers your post-hospitalization expenses, the Health Plans of IHO will also provide benefits on all pre-hospitalization medical expenses.

Indian health organization (IHO) has started working on serious problems of India such as HIV and AIDS. What began as an uncertain, hesitant effort in the features of widespread doubt about HIV transmission in India is now a complete serious, extremely innovative program of HIV prevention and counseling by Indian Health Organization (IHO). The following is a brief description of the approaches being accepted by Indian Health Organization (IHO) and the rising issues for HIV and ADIS prevention of India; Today Indian health organization (IHO) efforts are completely focused on prevention of HIV, health campus, counseling and support to AIDS cases.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Dr. Prasad Bhaarat Ram


Dr. Prasad Bhaarat Ram is a Computer Science Engr. from IIT (Bombay, India) and a Master's and Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Prasad is currently in San Jose California and is a Director (Engineering) at Google Inc, working on a revolutionary project on 'education'.

Until recently Prasad was heading the R&D centre of Google (India). He was responsible for launching products such as Orkut, Google Finance, MapMaker, Google Mobile, Google News, etc. Prior to joining Google, he was the Chief Technology Officer at 'Yahoo!' (India) where he launched a number of products including HotJobs, Podcasts and Audio Search.

Prasad is married to Sumati & has 3 bright children.

Social Responsibility: Prasad has traveled across rural India and works with NGOs such as SEWA, PRS, and RTI-India to help improve their operations and increase their impact through information transparency.

With IHO: Prasad guides Indian Health Organisation in spreading its reach & increasing the focus on preventive health in India via use of technology. He works closely with the team to bring in more 'effectiveness' to the entire business via his vast & rich expertise on use of technology and the internet as enablers.

Mr. Kusal Roy


Kusal is an Engineer (IIT, Kharagpur) & a MBA (IIM - Ahmedabad). He has 15 years of experience in Consumer Banking and Marketing at Citibank and Barclays. He is currently a partner and director with IncValue Advisors, a consulting firm that he co- founded in 2009.

He was a Senior Vice-President at Citibank Cards in India and a member of the Citi India Consumer Bank Management Committee. Post his Citibank stint, Kusal joined Barclays in 2007 as the Head of Credit Cards for India and Indian Ocean.

Till November 2009, Kusal was the Managing Director of Barclays Investments and Loans India Limited (BILIL, commonly known as Barclays Finance), a 100% subsidiary of Barclays Bank PLC, leading a team of 1100 employees across 49 cities in India.

Kusal is married and has a son who is a budding swimming champion.

With IHO: Kusal is a very active participant with IHO, leading its growth along with the founders. Kusal's dominance & experience in the retail market & strategic alliances shall help IHO penetrate the Indian market further

Bharat Banka


Mr. Banka has been engaged with IHO since its inception as a Mentor & Advisor. Mr. Banka, as the Founder MD & CEO at a reputed Private Equity business of a large Indian corporate Group, leads a team that currently manages $200m. This fund focuses on infrastructure enablers and sunrise sectors like healthcare, education and logistics.

He has been with corporate India for close to 2 decades and is the youngest CEO at the corporate Group. Before founding the PE business, he headed Group Finance as an in-house investment bank.

He has led India’s most complex and largest multi-billion M&A deals in new-age businesses like telecom, financial services and IT as deftly as in traditional ones like cement, natural resources, metals, chemicals, etc. He led multi-billion public floatation of leading cement and telecom companies of the Group. Before this, he was at the Indian Joint Venture of J P Morgan with ICICI, where he led the primary markets and PSU practice.

By education, he is a Fellow Chartered Accountant, Associate Cost Accountant and Company Secretary. An active member of CII National Committee on Capital Markets, co-author of the book ‘Project Finance’ for CA Institute and writes a column “Bankanomics” for the business magazine ‘The Entrepreneur’. Is an active member of Indian Angel Network (IAN) and Mentor Square.

He is a member of the Board at the AMC of the Private Equity he leads besides Anupam Industries and V-Mart Retail.

Mr. Banka is married to Annu and has one lively son, Shloke.

With IHO: As a senior advisory council member, Mr. Banka guides the IHO team on its overall strategy & in planning its areas of future growth.

Alok Mittal


Alok is a BE in computer science from the IIT Delhi (he was among the Top 3 Rank

Holders in the country) and a MS in computer science from UC Berkeley.

Alok is based out of India & is the Managing Director of Canaan Partners. Canaan is one of the world's biggest early stage VC funds. With a broad range of hands-on experience founding, funding and supporting early-stage technology companies, Alok Mittal joined Canaan in March 2006 to lead the firm's India operations.

Prior to joining the venture industry, Alok co-founded JobsAhead.com, a leading web-based recruitment business, which was acquired by Monster.com, the global leader in online recruitment. Alok is also a co-founder of Indian Angel Network, and on the board of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) in Delhi. He has led investments in Bharat Matrimony, iYogi, Cellcast, UnitedLex, Chakpak and MotorExchange.

Alok is married to Parul and has two daughters, Smiti and Muskaan.

With IHO :Alok has immense expertise on various customer centric businesses. He is guiding IHO in delivering a world-class experience to its
customers.

Dr Deepak Ugra, M.D. (Pediatrics)


Dr Deepak Ugra, M.D. (Pediatrics), is the current President of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) for the year 2010. In the past he has been Honorary Secretary General, IAP 2006-2007, as well as the Program Director, Pediatrics, 16th Asia Pacific Congress of Diseases of Chest, held in Mumbai in 2001. During his long tenure as IAP office bearer, he has worked closely with Ministry of Health, Government of India, UNICEF, WHO, USAID, NACO, etc.

Dr Ugra has been a Consultant Pediatrician at Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre since 2002; he has also been a faculty member of the national team for PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) Course since 1996. Due to his extensive expertise, he has been invited as Guest Speaker at over 200 International, National, State and District Conferences.

Recognised as one of the leading authorities on pediatric issues,Dr Ugra has featured very often as an expert on various Child Health Issues on channels such as CNBC 18, Channel 7, Aaj Tak, Headlines Today, NDTV News etc. He has also con tributed articles on common Child Health Issues for News Papers viz. Bombay Times, Hindustan Times, Indian Express, Loksatta etc.

He was the Senior Editor, IAP Text Book of Pediatrics, 3rd Edition, 2006 and 4th Edition, 2009, and has had over 50 Review and Research articles published in various prestigious journals. Dr Ugra has received multiple awards during his distinguished career including Dr. V. Balagopal Raju Endowment Award - Gold Medal for the best research paper in child health at 33rd National Conference of IAP, Mangalore, 1996.

With IHO: Dr. Ugra has always ensured that IHO focuses on enrolling only the finest doctors of the country on its panel.IHO is being led by Dr. Ugra on laying down & implementation of the 'Principles of Doctor Empanellisation'.

Dr C N Purandare


Dr C N Purandare is presently Consultant Obstetrics & Gynaecology, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Walkeshwar and BSES Hospital Mumbai; in addition he is also Honorary Consultant - Obstretrics / Gynaecology to the Mumbai Police.

Dr Purandare has a huge array of qualifications to his credit,including a degree from the Royal College of Physicians, Ireland. In 2009, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship(FRCOG - honoris causa) of the prestigious Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, UK, for contribution and excellence in the field of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Women's Health nationally in India and globally.

Dr Purandare was the President of FOGSI (Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India) in 2009, and has been the Secretary General,FOGSI from 2004-2008.he is also an ex Honorary professor - Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Grant Medical College, Mumbai.

He has received several prestigious awards in recognition of his outstanding contribution in his field of work, some of which are listed below:

"Rashtriya Gaurav Award" for contribution and excellence in the field of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; "Smt. Laxmibai Adik Award" for Contribution to Medicine; MOGS - Dr. Ganatra Award; MOGS-Dr.Saroj Desai Award; FOGSI-BEST BOOK of the year Award for three years.

He was the first to perform Foetal Surgery in India. He specialises in Ultrasound in OBGYN and various Ultrasound Guided Invasive Procedures and management of High Risk Pregnancy, including Purandare's Modified Radical Hysterectomy Operation for Carcinoma Cervix.

With IHO: Dr. Purandare guides IHO on principles of quality medical practice,certification & empanelment criterion, medical ethics & other medical
expertise.

Dr Mahesh Verma


Dr Mahesh Verma is presently working as Director-Principal, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi, the only Dental institution imparting BDS and MDS training in Delhi. He took over as Head of the Dental Wing in 1995 at the age of 38, probably the youngest to do so. In addition to heading the autonomous institution, Dr Verma is also working as Professor and Head of the Deptt. of Prosthodontics.

Dr Verma has been a WHO Fellow and has undergone training in Advanced Prosthodontics at the State University of New York at Buffalo (USA) in April 2000. Dr Mahesh Verma has also done MBA (Healthcare) from the prestigious FMS University of Delhi, having topped 2004 batch with Gold Medal.

Dr Verma is a Fellow of the American College Of Dentists (FACD), Fellow of the International College of Dentists (FICD), Fellow of the Pierre Fauchard Academy (FPFA), Member, National Academy of Medical Sciences (MAMS). Currently he is the Executive Member, Dental Council of India, Hon. Secretary, Indian Dental Association, Delhi State Branch. Earlier he has been Past Secretary, Past President, Indian Prosthodontics Society.

He has received awards for distinguished services rendered at Lok Nayak Hospital. He is recipient of Rotary Vashishat Seva Samman, IMA award, 'State Award' for Best Doctor by Govt of Delhi 2002. In addition, Dr Mahesh Verma was awarded the prestigious 'Dr B C Roy National Award' the highest in medical field, given by the Hon'ble President of India on July 1, 2008.

With IHO: Dr. Verma guides IHO on principles of quality medical practice, certification & empanelment criterion, medical ethics & other medical expertise.

IHO Advisory Council - Dr Keiki R Mehta


Dr Keiki R Mehta has pioneered, in India, the commencement of Intraocular Implants, Radial Keratotomy, Phakoemulsification Cataract surgery. He is known as the Father of Indian Phacoemulsification. He is the Surgical Chief and Medical Director of the Mehta International Eye Institute and Colaba Eye Hospital.

Dr. Mehta graduated in medicine (PU), is a Diploma in Ophthalmic Medicine & Surgery and completed his Masters in Ophthalmology (studying the same at London, UK and Dublin, Ireland)

Winner of 11 Gold Medals from India, he has been the President of the All India Ophthalmologists Association and President of the Intraocular Implant and Refractive Society among many others.

Dr. Keiki R. Mehta has won numerous awards in India:

The Ravi Bhandare award Bombay (3 times), The Contact Lens Society appreciation Award - Calcutta, Siva Reddy Gold Medal & Oration, Hyderabad Ophthalmic Society, Gold Medal & Oration Intraocular Implant Society Madras, Mayurilal Gold Medal & Oration, Madras Ophthalmic Society, Rajiv Gandhi Gold Medal, S.E.M.D.C., Dr. C. H. Reshmi Gold Medal All India Ophthalmological Society Conference, Delhi , Gold Medal Eye Research Foundation Madras 1995, Pan Ophthalmological Award - Mauritius, The T. Agarwal Gold Medal of the Intraocular Implant and Refractive Society - Chennai , Dr. B. S. Pendse Memorial Lecture and oration Indian Medical Association - Mumbai,Gold Medal of the International Academy of Ophthalmology.

Dr. Keiki R. Mehta has received numerous International Awards.

The American Implant Society awarded in San Francisco; Grand Honors Award from the National Eye Research Foundation, Chicago, USA, the only Indian to be ever awarded then in 1965; Lim International Award from the Asia Pacific Intraocular Implant Association, the only Indian to be presented this award, Triple Ribbon Award of the American Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery, USA; Outstanding Recognition Award by International Council of Cataract Surgeons for Outstanding Research & Development in Cataract Surgery, award presented at Barcelona, Spain; Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Medical Integration Council and the West German Chemtec Foundation Member of the Legion d' Honor of the Instituto Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain. He is the only Indian to be elected for it.

Social Contribution: Dr. Keiki R. Mehta has trained thousands of doctors in Intraocular implant surgery and Phacoemulsification. Conducted free Eye Camps all over India, Chairman of Low Vision Centre at Maharashtra, and runs a 25 bed, free, charity Eye Hospital in an adivasi area at Karjat.

He has been awarded the "Padmashree Award" by the Government of India on 26th January 2008 for his Outstanding Contribution to Ophthalmology.

With IHO: Dr. Mehta is the lead mentor to IHO. With his immense experience, he is involved in guiding IHO regarding its present and future initiatives in the healthcare sector.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

IHO- Moving Towards Their Goal

The goal of IHO is to produce better health awareness in the Indian subcontinent by satisfying the need to make quality healthcare services more available and affordable for the customer. We will acquire this by working with select Healthcare professionals & corporate institutions who believe in connecting to the cause of the society".

The main aim of IHO is to help people in the Indian subcontinent to recover their health, well-being and security. We always take a fresh look at health care in this country

Superiority of service to our members and applicant in our chosen field are of vital importance to our long-term success.

To fullfill our goal, corporate values of transparency, integrity & caring plays an important role.

Planning of IHO

IHO is the most diverse organization of public health professionals in the world and always have been working to improve public health. IHO represents a broad collection of health professionals and others who care about their own health and the health of their communities.

To make sure equivalently high level of service, IHO is very careful about the medical practitioners empanelled on the network, using strict principle defined by a panel of medical experts. The network of IHO consist large number of dentists, pathology/ radiology labs & doctors, including specialists, so that all medical needs of a member are taken care of. IHO is also associated to the Indian Dental Association & is fully endorsed by them.

Health Plans are booming in countries like Austria, Britain, USA & other ever since it was launched more than two decades ago. It has revolutionised the way dental & medical care can be sponsored for patients who are in need of superior & reasonable health care.

IHO Providing Better Health Plans

IHO is the authority responsible for public health in the Indian subcontinent. It acts as a team with a range of public health stakeholders in the Region and worldwide, to make sure that harmonized action is taken to develop and implement proficient health policies and to strengthen health systems.

IHO is made up of public health, experienced and technical experts, its Region in developing and filling their national health policies, working to identify health systems and public health programmes, prevent and conquer potential threats to health; expecting future challenges and supporting public health.

Its work is a two-way exchange process, assembling best expertise from key partners, examining data and the research results to offer evidence-based public health interventions. This helps IHO to inform and advice in the most effective ways to improve the health of their populations.