Sanjay P. Sood & R.S. Khandpur &, "Telemedicine in India - A current status", at 3rd Nordic Congress on Telemedicine, 13-16 September, 2000 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

No doubt, quite like any other developing country, telemedicine is in its infancy here in India. But the pace at which the development in this techno-medical domain is progressing, the day is not far away when..... [more]

Sanjay P. Sood & R.S. Khandpur, "Telemedicine in India - A SWOT analysis", at 3rd Nordic Congress on Telemedicine, 13-16 September, 2000 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

This paper performs SWOT analysis to study the factors against and in favour of introducing the telemedicine technology in India. The study is based on the survey done by taking the response from a large number of ..... [more]

Sanjay P. Sood, J.S. Bhatia & R.S. Khandpur, "Technologies for Telemedicine : An Indian Scenario", at International Conference on Biomedical Engineering-2001 (ICBME-2001), 24-26 January, 2001 at Centre for Medical Electronics, Anna University, Chennai, India.

Application of each of these associated technologies in turn depends on the pace at which the nation is adopting them. We present an overview of the following technologies from the point of view of telemedicine as per ..... [more]

Sanjay P. Sood, "Telemedicine Engineering", at National Conference on Computers and Devices for Communications-2001 (CODEC-2001), 21-23 February, 2001 at Regional Engineering College, Jalandhar, India.

A decade back computers and networking technologies were poles apart from the branch of biomedical engineering. But today we have dedicated technologies and standards involving computers and networking meant for ..... [more]

Sanjay P. Sood & R.S. Khandpur, "Training of Healthcare Personnel on TELEMEDICINE TECHNOLOGY : A Practical Approach", at 6th International Conference on the Medical Aspects of Telemedicine, 18-21 June, 2001 at Uppsala, Sweden.

The existing manpower in health care field needs to be made technology savvy. As of date, in India, virtually no medical college teaches the use and potential of technology like ..... [more]

Sanjay P. Sood, "Verbatim, Celebrities and Technology : All Accentuate Ahimsa (Non-Violence)", at 2nd World Peace Conference held in August 2001 in Armenia. (in absentia)

The idea of using Celebrities with large fanfare is a hidden force that can motivate and transform masses towards a peaceful solution during grim and tense situations. Technological applications ranging..... [more]

"Participated in a Workshop on Technology Assessment at the Symposium on Telemedicine/Telehealth : An International Perspective" (August 2001) at University of Michigan in August 2001 at Ann Arbor, USA.

Sanjay P. Sood & J.S. Bhatia, "Internet as the backbone for Telemedicine : How far/close are we ?", Challenges ahead for IT, Organised by Institution of Engineers and SLIET, January 19-20, 2002 at Longowal, India.

A Network to a Telemedicine system means the same as Environment to Human beings. The existing modalities of networks are internet, point to point links, dedicated and private networks. The growth of telemedicine is based on ..... [more]

Sanjay P. Sood & R.S. Khandpur, "Challenges in Development of an Integrated Telemedicine System in a Developing Country - The Indian Experience", Telemedicine & Telecare International Trade Fair, 10-12 April, 2002 at Luxembourg.

The development of the integrated telemedicine system - Sanjeevani in a developing country like India was a challenging task. All the components of telemedicine namely Telecommunications, Medical Technology and ..... [more]

Sanjay P. Sood, J.S. Bhatia & Dr. Neena Chowdhry, "Correctional Telemedicine in India", Telehealth02, Teleconference organised by Association of Telehealth Service Providers (ATSP) in USA, 12th September 2002.

10% (50 to 75) of the total inmates consult medical officer during the day. Out of these, on an average, 12 prisoners are referred daily by medical officers to the three referral hospitals approximately 9, 7 and 3 kilometers..... [more]

Sanjay P. Sood, "India telemedicine venture seeks to improve care, increase access" Telemedicine Today (bimonthly international magazine on eHealth, published from USA) in October/November 2002 issue.

India does not have any legal guidelines yet defined in telemedicine, and the company has not encountered any legal problems regarding the service. Patients do sign consent forms prior to participating in telemedicine consultations......

Sanjay P. Sood, "Telemedicine on the right track in India", Asian Hospital and Healthcare Management - official journal (annual) of Asian Hospital Federation, 2002.

A chance for a possible revolution has dropped off but the average man or woman can hope for an evolution of healthcare delivery system....... [full text]

Sanjay P. Sood, "Telemedicine through Telehealth to eHealth - Seductive trends" at Networking in Telemedicine a workshop organized by Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Defence Research and Development Organisation, New Delhi, 13-17 September, 2004.

As far as literate patients with chronic ailments are concerned - we may see telehomecare as their preference, some telehomecare systems use web enabled medical devices for enabling remote monitoring of vital signs.......

Sanjay P. Sood, "From Dreams to Reality : Challenges faced in developing 'Telemedicine Technology' a pilot in India" for World Hospitals and Health Services - official journal (annual) of International Hospital Federation, published from Paris, September 2004.

Development and implementation of telemedicine technology may be the pre-requisites for introducing telemedicine in a developing country but some post-implementation challenges like grooming forward looking charismatic and energetic IT savvy clinicians, behavioral change, infrastructural preparedness, resolving issues pertaining to sustainability........