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Dr Vijay Chandru, commissioner, Lancet Commission for Reimagining India’s Health System, said the country needs a paradigm shift in technology and healthcare to reach the goal of achieving universal healthcare by 2030. “AI can play an important role in prevention and early detection of cancer. At the same time, technological advancement will take healthcare to people’s doorstep. There won’t be a need for primary health centres or big labs with hand-held devices and miniaturisation,” Dr Chandru said.
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, executive chairperson, Biocon, said AI can bridge the challenge of shortage in the number of pathologists and people who can interpret radiological data. “It will be a path-breaking application of AI to interpret radiological data, giving us an accurate output from which we could derive accurate treatment,” she said, adding that the challenge will be integrating the data.
Pranav Saxena, chief technology and product officer, Flipkart Healthtech, said the issue with data is that it has not been digitised. “We must make our mobiles smarter from a health perspective and capture more data like simple vitals. Electronic medical also needs to be tracked,” he said.
AI & robotics next wave : Min
CN Ashwath Narayan, minister for IT, BT and higher education, inaugurated the ARTPARK Innovation Lab (at IISc) during the summit, which will be used by ARTPARK to develop critical pieces of technology in the sectors of health, education and defence.
He said the critical question now is how to harness the potential of AI and robotics technology to create the next wave of jobs after IT & BPO. “We have supported the creation of ARTPARK and this initiative by them will help the country’s youth not only access the next generation of digital work but also acquire the skills they need to thrive in an AI-driven future,” he said.