By Shardul Nautiyal
From tele-surgery to generating overall health equity by means of information, there’s a lot in the offing.
While the world is watching out for adjustments in the post-Covid world, Indian healthcare method is currently geared up to move on, taking lessons from the previous. Changes are necessary not just at the operational and infrastructural levels but also at policy level. To add more viewpoint to the believed, The TheSpuzz is organising the FE Healthcare Summit. This 3-day extravaganza is scheduled to take place from 18 to 20 August, 2021. The primary focus of the occasion will be discussions on converging technologies with healthcare for Post-Covid preparedness.
This conclave will witness technologies and business stakeholders coming with each other to pave the way for a Post-Covid Advanced Healthcare System, though maintaining in thoughts the finest utilisation of existing infrastructure.
The very first day of FE Healthcare Summit focuses on the theme “Beyond Frugal Healing- The Access With Quality Imperative”. One of the very first subjects of the speak on the very first day is on “Reimagining the Indian Healthcare System”. Robotics has today supplied the selection of a distant healthcare method- Telemedicine. Telemedicine by means of video conferencing, smartphones, wireless devices and wearables are delivering remote clinical services to patients. It is ‘anywhere and anytime’ service, giving key consultation, remote monitoring and initial diagnosis to people today. Doctors can even carry out tele-surgery with the assistance of robots. Both of these innovations facilitate patients to get remedy devoid of going to bigger hospitals and thereby lowering the medication expense though avoiding waiting list.
The second discussion subject is based on “Creating Health Equity through Data”. Collecting information by means of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has facilitated healthcare experts with enhanced access to healthcare records which tends to make the diagnosis and prognosis quick. Further, suitable management and evaluation of these information can open new avenues for modern day healthcare. The topic has come to be so relevant today that the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) method has emerged as a prospective answer for enhancing excellent and eliminating any probable medication error.
Third speak is on India’s Massive COVID-19 Vaccine Program: The Accessibility Strategy is an significant topic of discussion as Union Health Ministry and other stakeholders have rolled out a series of initiatives on implementing it by placing in location a robust on the net method by means of CoWIN App due to which India’s COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage has crossed landmark milestone of 36 Crore.
The “COVID-19 Vaccine Communication Strategy” is becoming published by Ministry of Health and Welfare to disseminate timely, precise and transparent facts to create awareness and alleviate apprehensions and fears with regards to COVID-19 vaccines in neighborhood.
Fourth speak on “Creating patient-centric products and solutions” is a incredibly relevant topic. Today, wearable devices have emerged as a terrific robotic answer to ailments. AI-based wearable devices such as clever watches and sensor monitors provide deeper insight into the overall health of an person frequently. They record heartbeat, blood stress and glucose level and so on. to give genuine-time alerts. After collecting information, AI encrypts and shares them with a physician who recommends medicine based on the facts.
While a standard diagnosis requires time, these performed with the assistance of robots create outcomes inside a fraction of time. The AI-enabled method scans thousands of instances though establishing a correlation among variables. It detects patterns and offers a detailed evaluation of the ailment to healthcare experts, which assistance commence suitable remedy instantaneously, thereby rising the possibility of recovery.
Fifth topic is on “Health tech and the need for evolution”. Health Tech business is frequently endeavoring to indigenize technologies and solutions for the healthcare fraternity by manufacturing revolutionary precision – based healthcare devices in India.
Around 85% of healthcare devices in India are imported. The Central government has issued recommendations for Rs. 400 crore production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for creating 4 healthcare device parks. There is a want for export facilitation assistance and preference to domestic obtain of healthcare devices to increase self-reliant India.
This is incredibly considerably relevant as regulations and requirements on healthcare devices in India is also on an evolving trend with the notification of new Medical Device Rules, 2017.
Besides this, the Indian healthcare device business is also upbeat about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘vocal for local’ mandate which would lead India becoming 85% net exporter in the next two decades, a gradual shift from relying on imported solutions.
Sixth topic of the speak is “Health Tech Success Story (Start-up Talk)”. A case in point is Delhi-based Health Tech Start-up Health Arx Technologies Pvt Ltd which has created and launched an artificial intelligence (AI) powered clever diabetes management method by means of a mobile app named BeatO to address the vulnerable population of COVID-19 patients getting diabetes with uncontrolled sugar levels.
Uncontrolled diabetes has been sighted to outcome in 30% mortality amongst COVID-19 positive patients. Management of diabetes and its complications is a big challenge due to lack of basic awareness about diabetes and scarcity of healthcare personnel and monitoring gear which includes very simple HbA1c tests specifically in smaller sized towns and villages.