The Sankara Nethralaya Academy, Chennai is organizing One day seminar on ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) in Health Care on 31st May 2012 INTRODUCTION FOR THE SEMINAR: Today the right deployment of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is a part and parcel of Quality Healthcare Delivery. ICT and Healthcare are seamlessly integrated that the pains of age old Manual Processes and Systems cannot cope up with the increasing demand of fast and quality Medical Services Delivery Glance of the seminar – Program and faculty are as follows: Key Note Address on ICT in Health Care By Dr S S Badrinath Founder, President & Chairman – Emeritus, Sankara Nethralaya Medical Research Foundation, Chennai. Healthcare wherever you are: Technology in Telemedicine By Prof. K. Ganapathy President, Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation Director, Apollo Tele Health Services, Chennai Adjunct Professor IIT Madras, Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical University & Anna University Intelligent Decision making using Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS)” By Dr.Sumanth Raman, Head-Healthcare Innovations, Tata Consultancy Services, Chennai. “Technology Assisted Content development in E-Learning” By Dr Mangala Sunder Krishnan Coordinator, National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), NPTEL Administrator, Web Studio, Professor, I I T Madras “Electronic Medical Records – Technology enables Quality Healthcare Delivery” By Dr. R R Sudhir, Head Dept of Preventive Ophthalmology & Senior Consultant Cornea Services, Consultant In-charge Electronic Medical Records, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai Education at ”The Sankara Nethralaya Academy(TSNA) By Ms.Akila Ganesan, Registrar ( TSNA) and General Manager, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai. “Hospital Management System” By Mr. M K Manavalan, Deputy General Manager (Technology), Sankara Nethralaya Panel Discussion on ICT in Health Care Moderator: Mr S Sampath Kumar, Sankara Nethralaya Members : Dr.Sumanth Raman, TCS Dr. R R Sudhir, Sankara Nethralaya Prof. Mangala Sunder, IIT Chennai Mr. M K Manavalan, Sankara Nethralaya Targeted Participants for the workshop: • Hospital Administrators. • CEO's, CIO's, COO's & CFO's • Senior Healthcare Managers. • Health Informatics Specialists. • IS Technical Staff. • Clinicians such as Physicians, Nurses & Pharmacists. • Organizations supporting Healthcare Transformation. • Academia and Students Registration fee: For Delegates: Rs 1000/- For Students: Rs 500/- Concession may be provided for a group of 3 from the same organization (Last Date for Registration is on 20th May 2012) The Registration Charges includes: Workshop, Lunch and refreshment for the day, Take home knowledge material and participation certificate Payment option: DD / CHEQUE drawn in favour of “MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION” payable at Chennai, along with duly filled Registration Form to be couriered / speed post to The Sankara Nethralaya Academy - address mentioned below. Address for sending registration forms with DD to: The Academic Officer ,The Sankara Nethralaya Academy, No. 29/8, Jayalakshmi Estates,Haddows Road,Nungambakkam, Chennai - 600 006 For More Details & Registration Contact: Mr A Mahalingam, Academic Officer – The Sankara Nethralaya Academy, Chennai 6 E Mail : mahali@snmail.org, Mobile 97104 85295 visit us : www.thesnacademy.ac.in

Sankara Nethralaya Academy Career counselling - April 21, 2012

Sankara Nethralaya Academy will hold career counselling sessions for class X, XII and undergraduate students on job-oriented allied health sciences and hospital management courses affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University. According to a release, the free counselling session will be held at Thondai Mandala Adhi Saiva Vellalar community hall in Kancheepuram on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Mahalingam A

Academic Officer / Sankara Nethralaya