Obama's healthcare plan may help Indian IT players

Obama’s stimulus plan proposes to allocate $150 billion to healthcare. Of this, nearly $20 billion is proposed for healthcare IT alone, most of which is expected to spent on Electronic Health Records (EHR). This allocation, as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, is opening up the healthcare IT market like never before. It is bringing in a host of opportunities for EHR vendors, healthcare IT service providers and hospital systems.

If the American Recovery and Reinvestment plan as proposed by Obama goes live, it will help hospitals maintain a digital record of the patients. If a patient decides to change his/her healthcare provider, the hospital can easily share the EHR with the next healthcare provider, thus ensuring portability for the EHRs

British Novelist Hilary Mantel wins the 2009 Man Booker Prize!!

Last year the Indian writer Mr. Aravind Adiga made his way winning the most prestigious “Man Booker Prize” and brought glory to our country. India has got well acknowledged writers like Salman Rushdie, Aruntati Roy, Kiren Desai and V.S. Naipaul who had won the title before. Two authors from India were nominated Mahasweta Devi and V.S. Naipaul however this year shortlist didn’t carry any Indian authors. British Writer Hilary Mantel has been named the winner of 2009 Man Booker Prize for his novel ‘Wolf Hall’. The author has contributed a historical novel. For more details follow the link

http://www.merinews.com/article/british-novelist-hilary-mantel-wins-2009-man-booker-prize/15785721.shtml

Twitter's new application "Lists"

Twitter is a micro-blogging site, which is earning a good prominence nowadays among business people, individuals, journalists or anyone for that matter who wants to update their ideas or views in no time. It’s one of the best applications of new media that can by exploited by anyone. The salient feature of Twitter is that, it acts both as a social networking site and blogging service. Twitter has added a new feature called “Lists” in its applications. List is more like a community or group where people join to share similar interest. The following link will give you more information on this new Twitter Application.


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AZI OUTING AT MAMALLA BEACH RESORT

As it has always been the part and parcel of Azimuth’s Human Resource policy to keep their employees in high spirits, a one-day outing to Mamalla Beach Resort was organized on Sep 7, 2009. Nearly hundred staff members of Azimuth’s various departments, sporting sprightly colored outfits, were set out from Azimuth office at 8:30 a.m. Having picked up some of the staff members at various pickup points en route, the vehicles reached Mamalla Beach Resort around 12 noon.

Azimuth’s Chennai team also arrived by that time and snacks and drinks were served. Then Mr. K. Anand, GM, Azimuth, gave a formal welcome address and highlighted the significance of the day. Sep 7 marked the completion of one year of operation at Chennai center. It was also a moment of joy as Chennai center started handling 30 hours of voice files. Mr. Mani of Chennai center, who is in charge of the network operations, was given the honor of cutting the cake as a part of celebrations.

A six course sumptuous vegetarian and non-vegetarian lunch was offered and then all Azimuthian’s in assorted groups started indulging in various sport and entertainment activities like swimming, beach volleyball, tug-of-war, musical chair and dancing.
Winners of events were given cash prizes. This was followed by a joint photo session and a farewell address.

AZI OUTING AT MAMALLA BEACH RESORT

As it has always been the part and parcel of Azimuth’s Human Resource policy to keep their employees in high spirits, a one-day outing to Mamalla Beach Resort was organized on Sep 7, 2009. Nearly hundred staff members of Azimuth’s various departments, sporting sprightly colored outfits, were set out from Azimuth office at 8:30 a.m. Having picked up some of the staff members at various pickup points en route, the vehicles reached Mamalla Beach Resort around 12 noon.

Azimuth’s Chennai team also arrived by that time and snacks and drinks were served. Then Mr. K. Anand, GM, Azimuth, gave a formal welcome address and highlighted the significance of the day. Sep 7 marked the completion of one year of operation at Chennai center. It was also a moment of joy as Chennai center started handling 30 hours of voice files. Mr. Mani of Chennai center, who is in charge of the network operations, was given the honor of cutting the cake as a part of celebrations.

A six course sumptuous vegetarian and non-vegetarian lunch was offered and then all Azimuthian’s in assorted groups started indulging in various sport and entertainment activities like swimming, beach volleyball, tug-of-war, musical chair and dancing.
Winners of events were given cash prizes. This was followed by a joint photo session and a farewell address.

How to reduce the risk of catching a swine flu?

General procedure to reduce the risk of catching or spreading the virus, you should:

· Cover your mouth and nose when coughing and sneezing, using a tissue
· Throw the tissue away quickly and carefully
· Wash your hands regularly with soap and water
· Clean hard surfaces (like door handles and remote controls) frequently with a normal cleaning product
· Keep away from others as much as possible. This is to keep from making others sick. Do not go to work or school while ill
· Stay home for at least 24 hours after fever is gone, except to seek medical care or for other necessities. (Fever should be gone without the use of a fever-reducing medicine.)
· Drink clear fluids (such as water, broth, sports drinks, electrolyte beverages for infants) to keep from being dehydrated
· Wear a facemask – if available and tolerable – when sharing common spaces with other household members to help prevent spreading the virus to others