Press Clippings
The Hindu Business Line Chennai, Friday April 3rd, 1998
Databases for Insurance, Health sectors
Chennai based CommSearch (India) Pvt. Ltd. is looking at developing a comprehensive database for the insurance sector in the country, and making it available on the internet. The company already has a news letter called Insurance Today, which is subscribed to by executives in insurance companies. “Currently we have financial and marketing information on Insurance in India and data on marketing officers and agents of LIC and GIC. We have been compiling this over a period of time. The propose to put this data on the internet by the end of this year, when we hope that private participation will be allowed in the insurance sector. But we will not be publishing books or CD-ROM on insurance since this sector is not big enough to warrant them,” Mr.H.Pradeep Managing Director, CommSearch (India) Pvt. Ltd. said. “Companies entering the sector then will definitely require this information,” he added.
CommSearch recently introduced Medinfo, a medical information center which will provide comprehensive information on doctors, hospitals and allied medical services in India. “In fact, there is a direct correlation between insurance and healthcare. When the insurance sector in the country opens up, companies entering the sector will certainly use healthcare databases top form their networks and formulate healthcare policies.” The information on healthcare will be made available through three sources - as a handy reference book, on CD-ROM and on the internet. Medinfo website is an exclusive site for medical professionals, institutions and suppliers in healthcare. Doctors and medical institutions can become members of this center by paying a subscription fee, ranging from Rs.250 to Rs.6000. An innovative offer to doctors is the option of having their own e-page on the internet. Service providers can also advertise in the Medinfo Index and CD-ROM. Medinfo is offering free internet based services for subscribers.
“We have working on this project for the past two years. we realised that healthcare is one area there is data available on a local level, but not on a broadbased level,” Mr.Pradeep said.
Indian Express Chennai, Saturday March 21, 1998
Medinfo from CommSearch
City based CommSearch (India) Pvt. Ltd. has launched an on-line Healthcare Information Centre. Set up to provide comprehensive information on medical services, Medinfo will provide details on doctors, hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, other para-medical services, names of suppliers of medical products and brands and listing of all available diagnostic and treatment facilities in the state.
This information will be made available to the public via the Medinfo Index - a reference book, Medinfo CD-ROM - an electronic format of the data on compact disc, Medinfo Internet Directory- an exclusive internet site and the Medinfo Centre- a free information centre wherein people will have to dial in to get details. Doctors and helathcare institutions interested in enrolling as Medinfo members will have to remit a subscription amount to gain entry. Medinfo has been brought out by CommSearch, perceiving a absence of a reliable database on healthcare in India, claimed the company in a press release here today.
The Hindu Chennai, Thursday March 26th, 1998
Information on Healthcare
The Chennai based CommSearch has launched Medinfo, a medical information centre, which will be a one stop resource for information on doctors, hospitals and allied medical services in Tamilnadu, according to Mr.H.Pradeep Managing Director of the company.
The centre will provide comprehensive information by publishing the Medinfo Index, Medinfo CD-ROm and Medinfo Internet Directory. Medinfo Index is a handy reference book, which will include a list of doctors, hospitals and suppliers of medical products. CD-ROM will contain a database of over 50,000 entries which will serve as a single largest source of information on healthcare in India. Doctors and institutions can become members of the centre by paying a nominal subscription.
Medinfo website which was launched on March 20th, is an exclusive site for medical professionals, institutions and suppliers in healthcare. The Medinfo Internet Directory will be available at this site, hosted by Webindia. CommSearch had earlier published a comprehensive directory of Hospitals & Nursing homes in South India. It is also setting up an Information Exchange forum and facilities to exchange information on products.
Financial Express Chennai, Saturday April 4th, 1998
CommSearch launches Medinfo
Chennai based CommSearch has launched Medical Information Centre (Medinfo), which is aimed to be one stop resource for information on doctors, hospitals and allied medical services in India. The information will be made available in three forms - as a handy reference book, on CD-ROM and on the internet. Doctors and institutions can become members of the centre by paying a nominal subscription amount. An innovative offer to doctors, is the option of having their own E-Page on the internet.
