By Dr Rajendra Pratap Gupta With 5G launched this month, the pace of change in healthcare has become exponential. 5G is a technology, the implications of which in healthcare are beyond comprehension. The adoption of technology is now a foregone conclusion. It was time to discuss how technology disrupts healthcare, so we hosted this global … Read more
New Delhi: The National Health Authority (NHA) announced expansion of the digital health ecosystem under its flagship scheme Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) with successful integrations of 52 digital health applications. In the last two months, additional 12 health service applications completed their integration across various milestones in the ABDM sandbox environment. After a successful … Read more
Calling digital health a great equaliser, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said there is a need to create a tech-supported healthcare service delivery that is resilient, reliable, and accessible till the last-mile. Addressing a session on ‘Unlocking the power of digital health’ at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting here, he said India has … Read more
The healthcare infrastructure in India has seen a rapid ramping during the past two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, but there is still a long way to go before making healthcare accessible to all. There are many communities that are still marginalized due to a lack of basic healthcare amenities, which happens to be something … Read more
New Delhi: Telehealth platform Docty is aiming to set up 100 digital health kiosks across Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. As a part of this ‘Phygital Care’ programme ‘Gali Gali Mein Digital Clinic’, the company has partnered with 100+ offline stores, local pharmacies, photo-copy centres, and internet cafes in these geographies. This initiative is dedicated … Read more
by Gaurav Gupta Spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, rapid digitization, increasing internet and smartphone penetration, and government initiatives like National Digital Health Mission and Make in India, the healthcare sector is digitizing and innovating at an accelerated speed. As the pace of digital innovation accelerates, the opportunities for healthcare companies and manufacturers will multiply and … Read more
Bengaluru : Healthtech startup Healthplix technologies announced that their digital healthcare platform for doctors has achieved 10,000 monthly active users (MAU). The B2B start-up attributed the growth in numbers to the multi-channel strategy fuelled by pandemic, with doctors using proprietary digital tools to provide patient care. The company indicated that doctors have shown a very … Read more
By Sandeep Bhambure The COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted the healthcare sector in India, bringing to light the social inequities within the industry. It has highlighted the urgent need to address these issues in order to stabilize as well as strengthen the overall system and drive the growth in the healthcare sector. This also accelerated … Read more
By Anurag KhoslaFrom eradicating small pox to becoming a favoured international destination for medical tourism, India’s health care industry has come a long way. In the Union Budget 2021-22 the government of India has increased the spending and allocated 35,000 crores (4.8 billion USD) for home grown covid-19 vaccines alone. Due to factors like rising … Read more
by Rohan VermaConstant innovation and technological advancement across healthcare applications from use of AI, ML to health monitoring have been helping stakeholders of the industry address the vast data pool while providing them with valuable insights. Individuals with chronic health conditions have always required a regular interaction with doctors/health care providers & healthcare systems. Patients … Read more