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Digital adoption is no longer a need but a much awaited ‘priority’ in healthcare: Sayak Das, Airo Digital Labs – ET HealthWorld

6 May 2021 by Admin

Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld, spoke to Sayak Das, Chief Brand and Innovation officer, Airo Digital Labs, to know more about the lingering challenges in adoption of digital technology in healthcare. Digital India in healthcare Globally I would say, earlier priorities, were much different. Two years back people were thinking of digital implementation or digital intervention … Read more

Buying stocks of firms riding digital wave? Well, the jury is still out on their valuation

5 March 2021 by Admin

NEW DELHI: Never let a good crisis go to waste. This quote is often attributed to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who most likely said it while discussing post-war Europe with Stalin and Roosevelt in 1945, which will eventually form the basis for the formation of the United Nations after World War II. Many policymakers … Read more

Effect of Covid-19 pandemic on Health Tech industry and reforms

3 March 2021 by Admin

The ‘Digital India’ initiative made the internet easily accessible for everyone, it helped in instituting online pharmacies in India. By Shreyans Mehta, COVID-19 pandemic made the government of India cognizant of its fragile healthcare infrastructure. Healthcare has been the lowest priority for the Government of India since the past decade and has spent only 1% … Read more

All apps, including WhatsApp, must maintain ‘sanctity’ of personal communication: Ravi Shankar Prasad

19 January 2021 by Admin

New Delhi: Communications minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said any digital platform, including WhatsApp, must maintain the sanctity of personal communication and operate without violating the right of Indian citizens. “Be it WhatsApp or any other digital platform, you are free to do business in India. But do it in a manner without bringing upon the … Read more

Is Aarogya Setu app a game changer or a dud? Six months on, opinions are still divided

16 September 2020 by Admin

According to official data, the app has traced more than 8.5 million Bluetooth contacts so far. Out of these, around 1.5 million people have been tested and around 4,00,000 were found positive. Synopsis Central government authorities who built the app claim that contact tracing through Aarogya Setu yields a positivity rate of close to 27%, … Read more

Health Ministry’s ‘eSanjeevani’ telemedicine service records 2 lakh tele-consultations – ET HealthWorld

19 August 2020 by Admin

New Delhi: The ‘eSanjeevani’ digital platform of the Union government has provided two lakh tele-consultations, the health ministry said on Wednesday. This milestone was achieved in 10 days only since August 9 when Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan presided over a review meeting with states and Union territories to commemorate the completion of 1.5 lakh … Read more

A Bengaluru venture wants to replicate UPI’s success in mobility, ecomm

15 August 2020 by Admin

What if instead of selecting a product listed on a shopping platform, you could go to a delivery platform of your choice and order the same item? Or, select it from a chat app?To imagine another scenario, what if instead of hailing cabs at both ends of a metro ride, you could book an end-to-end … Read more

View: The problems with India’s production-linked incentive scheme and how to fix them

21 July 2020 by Admin

India has, rightly, accorded a high priority to electronics hardware manufacturing as an important pillar for ‘Make in India’ and ‘Digital India’. SynopsisIt’s difficult to build a manufacturing nucleus around R&D of semiconductors and compete with MNCs overnight, including high-value components like displays, camera modules and memory chips to be part of India’s manufacturing nucleus … Read more