MoHFW, WHO South-East Asia Regional office organising global conference on digital health – ET HealthWorld

MoHFW, WHO South-East Asia Regional office organising global conference on digital health – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Leveraging India’s presidency of the G20 and the prolific actions and commitments of previous presidencies, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the WHO South-East Asia Regional office are organising a two-day global conference on digital health – ‘Taking Universal Health Coverage to the last citizen’ on March 20-21, 2023 in … Read more

How is Technology Revolutionizing the Future of Healthcare? – ET HealthWorld

How is Technology Revolutionizing the Future of Healthcare? – ET HealthWorld

By Dr Charit Bhograj 2022 has been an eventful year for the Indian digital health market. The coronavirus pandemic has facilitated the digital revolution within the healthcare & MedTech industry. In addition, the widespread acceptance and utilisation of smartphones and the internet, together with supporting government legislation, has fuelled the expansion of India’s digital healthcare … Read more

Lupin Digital Health releases results of its digital therapeutics study with ACS patients – ET HealthWorld

Lupin Digital Health releases results of its digital therapeutics study with ACS patients – ET HealthWorld

Chennai: Showing the efficacy of digital therapeutics (DTx) among patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and post-percutaneous coronary interventions, Lupin Digital Health (LDH), a DTx platform, has released the results of a study in India. The one-year-long study was aimed at evaluating the efficacy of LDH’s digital therapeutics platform, Lyfe, on cardiovascular events, rehospitalisation, medication … Read more

How India can benefit from Digitalization in Healthcare Delivery – ET HealthWorld

How India can benefit from Digitalization in Healthcare Delivery – ET HealthWorld

by Srinath Rao Healthcare organizations, especially in India, have traditionally lagged in adoption of digital technologies compared with other industries such as retail or banking. However, the healthcare sector has seen a dramatic increase in technology investments in the past few years. Healthcare CIOs globally cite that the following areas that have been driving their … Read more

AIIMS and IIIT-Delhi sign MoU to advance digital health technologies – ET HealthWorld

AIIMS and IIIT-Delhi sign MoU to advance digital health technologies – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIIT-Delhi) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work on various aspects of digital health areas jointly. Under the MoU, both institutions will work together in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and computational genomics … Read more

84% healthcare providers to increase digital solutions budget in next 12 months: Survey – ET HealthWorld

84% healthcare providers to increase digital solutions budget in next 12 months: Survey – ET HealthWorld

Delhi: The increasing disease burden, spiralling costs and demand for quality healthcare services have placed tremendous pressure on healthcare resources. As healthcare providers strive to bring in operational efficiencies, enhance service delivery and improve health outcomes, technology is finding greater application across the value chain. With this background, Grant Thornton Bharat and the Association of … Read more

Collaborative efforts, equitable access crucial to bridging gaps between digital and global health: Prof Ilona Kickbusch – ET HealthWorld

Collaborative efforts, equitable access crucial to bridging gaps between digital and global health: Prof Ilona Kickbusch – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Healthcare advancements across the world are being spearheaded by digital transformations as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and digital data are revolutionising the industry at a rapid scale. Effective IT deployment is at the forefront of this new-age healthcare revolution, informed health industry experts at the tenth International Conference on ‘Transforming Healthcare … Read more

U-WIN Portal: Digital way to track pregnant women, children for vaccination in Himachal, Health News, ET HealthWorld

U-WIN Portal: Digital way to track pregnant women, children for vaccination in Himachal, Health News, ET HealthWorld

Shimla: As a pilot project in Himachal Pradesh‘s Solan and Sirmaur districts, the government has launched U-WIN portal, a digital way to facilitate tracking every pregnant woman and children for vaccination. Under the Centre-sponsored project, these districts have been included among the selected ones in the country. The aim of the project is to increase … Read more

Union Budget 2023 ticks the right boxes for India’s digital health infrastructural ambitions, Health News, ET HealthWorld

Union Budget 2023 ticks the right boxes for India’s digital health infrastructural ambitions, Health News, ET HealthWorld

By Abhishek Bhatia New Delhi: Amidst a lot of predictions, speculation, and punditry, the Union Budget 2023–24 was out on Wednesday. Although Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman‘s speech in Parliament did not include enough references to healthcare, some of the announcements about artificial intelligence (AI), data governance, and 5G policy decisions have raised many eyebrows. Experts … Read more

DigiLocker is set to be digital health documents repository, Health News, ET HealthWorld

DigiLocker is set to be digital health documents repository, Health News, ET HealthWorld

DigiLocker, which has been provided a huge push in the Union Budget announced on Wednesday, is expecting to soon have another major use case by becoming a repository for digital health documents making it convenient for individuals, officials told ET. In the Budget, DigiLocker has been expanded for both personal and organisational support to streamline … Read more