HIS TO MAKE HOSPITALS SMARTER
Shailvee Sharda, Lucknow
The Times of India
The quintessential sarkari face of government hospitals in UP is in for a major change. And the tool behind this transformation is information technology. The state family welfare department has decided to install hospital information system (HIS) in its hospitals under the national rural health mission. As many as 15 hospitals have been shortlisted to begin with. The selected ones in Lucknow are Ram Manohar Lohia, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Civil, Veerangana Avanti Bai and Veerangana Jhalkari Bai hospitals.
UID AUTHORITY CLEARS AIR ON COST OF IRIS SCAN
New Delhi
Hindustan Times
The Unique Identification Authority of India expects the cost of the eye scan process for issuing unique identification to be 30-50 percent less than fingerprint matching software. In a status paper on iris scan issued on Wednesday, the authority the cost of the scan had been a concern.
“However, the current high prices for iris technology are a result of low volume and its use in cost insensitive security applications. Considering the large demand that will come from India for iris devices and software, the UIDAI expects the prices for devices and software to fall rapidly,” the paper said.
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