How technology plays a critical role in transforming healthcare in India
18 March 2019 9:59 AM IST
From telemedicine and elderly care to dealing with depression, technology can improve the quality of healthcare for everyone in India. However, there are multiple challenges such as budget allocation and data privacy that also needs to be addressed.
- The country is 81 percent short of specialists at rural Community Health Centers (CHCs), and the private sector accounts for 63 percent of hospital beds, according to government health and family welfare statistics.”The opportunityThe healthcare sector represents a huge opportunity to leverage technology to improve critical processes that today pose a big challenge in the delivery of quality healthcare.
- Technology can play a big role in providing doctors with frequent updates of their elderly patients, allowing them to manage their care plans better without visiting the patients at home or having them come to the clinic premises.
- Community level data analysed correctly could help predict the level of incidence of disease and offer opportunities for preventative healthcare in the medium to long term.
- For healthcare providers, this means lower error rates in diagnosis and other medical errors, fewer visits to the doctor saving time and money, and better overall care for the patient population.
- Source: Wearables, The Next Big Thing in Smart Healthcare’ by the IARJSETThough more challenging to implement, electronic medical record systems is another big opportunity for India to leverage.
- The company focuses on the primary care provider or family physician having access to tools that allow them to identify mental health needs, have access to qualified mental health providers and methods to monitor patient progress.
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