Brochure - Telerad Foundation

EVERY PERSON
IN THIS WORLD
HAS AN EQUAL
RIGHT TO
HEALTH CARE.
We will Support
Everyone's Right
to Equal Healthcare
Dr. Arjun Kalyanpur and Dr. Sunita Maheshwari
Chief Pusher & Chief Dreamer, Co- Chairs
A movement for the human right to healthcare
We aim to ensure economic and social rights for all by ensuring equitable distribution of healthcare resources
irrespective of their economic status.
ABOUT
FOUNDATION
ABOUTTHE
THE
FOUNDATION
The Telerad Foundation is the concept and passion of the founders of Teleradiology Solutions, two Yale trained
physicians who returned to India in 1999 with the dream of using their learning gained in the ivy-league campuses of the US to bring the best in medical technology and healthcare to the rural populations of the developing world and the best in medical education to medical postgraduate students across India, using information
technology as the tool and medium.
The Foundation founded in 2007, to support Teleradiology for remote areas has expanded into Telemedicine
services and education. Enabling newer models of healthcare delivery in unreached areas remains our passion
and motivation to reach more and more people keeps us going .
A platform that mobilizes Resources for Healthcare
We work with Government Agencies , Founda-
philanthropy. The Foundation also taps the
tions , Corporates and Charitable hospitals to
resources of volunteer radiologists and doctors in
advance high quality health care by building scal-
places as far away as the US and Australia who wish
able low cost solutions that work .
to donate their time and expertise. It is a registered
entity that allows for 80(G) exemption benefits to
donors, and seeks active volunteers to further
promote its cause.
Areas of Focus
We develop and deliver
low cost telemedicine
solutions of primary and
secondary level consultations
among the rural population.
Harnessing technological breakthroughs to over ride infrastructural barriers To develop low cost technologies to make the delivery of such services feasible to locations with low band
width. Some interesting projects include involving the use of smartphones to digitize and transmit Xray images
obtained at PHCs or small rural diagnostic centers , as well as developing low cost software for uploading,
review, archival and reporting of such radiologic images are being actively supported by the Telerad Foundation.
Partners with Government Agencies and Rural Area Health Centers The Foundation also supports ongoing projects that are focussed on developing low cost telemedicine solutions for delivery of primary as well as specialist consultations to a rural population. Research partners include
UNICEF and NHSRC.
Story from the Field
Ms Devi from Itanagar aged 70 years, had been suffering from headache and giddiness for of 3 months. The
physician at Ramakrishna Mission Hospital Dr Kaki referred her for a CT scan which was performed on
20/6/2015. Immediately the scan images were electronically transmitted to TRS teleradiology reporting center
at Bangalore, Karnataka where Dr Harish reviewed the images and observed numerous small cysts within the
brain, based on which he diagnosed the condition neurocysticercosis, representing a parasitic infection of the
brain that occurs from eating contaminated pork. This is a condition that is highly treatable with medication
and does not require any surgical intervention. The appropriate treatment was therefore started immediately
and Ms Devi is on course for an uncomplicated recovery in a very short time.
Continuing Medical Education - Our
efforts focus on training and education including
teaching conferences, workshops and a unique and
dynamic online e-learning portal for practising
radiologists and students.
www.radguru.net
This program has been rolled out to all
800 annual DNB radiology postgraduates
in India by the National board of
examinations, New Delhi.
Areas of Focus
We Raise the Healthcare standards in the
Community by Training and Education of
Care Givers.
Easy Adoption of
High Quality Healthcare
by Educating Care Givers
in Rural Areas.
While the focus has till date been on Teleradiology, which is a particularly critical impact area,
the goal of the Foundation is to also impact on telemedicine in general, and efforts are on going in this
direction with partnerships with various other agencies. We disseminate knowledge and training in the field of
teleradiology and telemedicine to raise the overall standard of medical care in the community.
Teleradiology, Telemedicine, Tele-education.
The Telerad foundation uses teleheath to
help solve problems of health care access.
READ A SCAN A DAY
Over the past 8 years the
Foundation has reported
over 75000 xrays and scans
for hospitals in remote parts
of India and Africa.
Provide High
Standard of
Diagnosis and
Care where its
unavailable
Provide high Standard of Diagnosis
and Care where it is unavailable We provide teleradiology support
to hospitals in rural/semirural or
underserved areas in Asia that are
unable to obtain on-site radiology
coverage, and thereby provide a
higher standard of diagnosis and
care to such communities
Story from the Field
The relationship with the Ramakrishna Mission
Hospitals in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh and
Vrindavan has resulted in over 50,000 CT and MRI
scans being reported free of cost for the tribal
and underserved populations of these areas.
While the majority of the reporting is done by
TRS' own team of radiologists global doctors
contribute through its novel "Read a scan a day"
volunteer initiative.
Bringing Quality
Healthcare To All
As government, institutes and other groups striving to
deliver equitable and scalable models of healthcare, talk to us.
We can help you create your own scalable model to reach the
unreached with high quality Telehealth care at low costs.
We need help too to scale our impact and reach - Let’s Partner!
To learn more about our foundation, its programs and partnerships, visit us at
www.teleradfoundation.org or Email us @ [email protected]
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people's right to get the health care
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