Over the last two years, Healthcare has been on an exponential growth. Previously, Healthcare was limited to professionals who have been in the field and others stayed away from it even though they thought they could solve the problems. However, things changed. There are many non-Healthcare professionals who have been in the technology space who are partnering with people from…
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Educating the Healthcare Consumer
There are over 1000 startups just focusing on Healthcare in India and we see more and more coming up each day. If you look at the pattern of the startups, predominantly we see competitive startup’s. There is one person who is wanting to solve a problem and they are many others following the trend but with an additional feature or…
Continue Reading→Health hazards in Agriculture
I wanted to touch this topic because, in today’s world, technology is helping us provide better Healthcare to rural areas. Rural areas predominantly do not have access to higher Healthcare facilities. Mobile Health camps, PHC’s are helping address the needs, but it is important for us to utilize the power of Mobile reach and device new ideas to help improve…
Continue Reading→Interoperability – Future of Healthcare
According to the dictionary, Interoperability is ability of a system to work with or use the part of equipment of another system. Very simple and easy to articulate. But, it is the toughest to execute in the Healthcare space. Most organizations and Healthcare apps work in silos because no one has still figured out how each one can work with each…
Continue Reading→Interoperability for Big Data
You can search for the “most frequent flyer” and you sure will get results. How can the data of one person traveling across continents on different airlines be noticed and tracked? There are two major reservation systems in the world for airlines – <Write the names here>. Anyone buying a plane ticket anywhere in the world has to go through…
Continue Reading→Personalized Medicine – The future of Healthcare
This is one common question which comes frequently in my conversations. What is the one big thing which will change the landscape of Healthcare in the next decade or so. With my experience, I personally feel it is going to be Personalized Medicine. Recently, I met a founder who is working on this idea at a different level. Their idea…
Continue Reading→Why, What, How of Predictive Analysis in India
Enough is said about the Healthcare infrastructure in India. All what we have is problems. Doctor to Patient ratio is very less, Population to Hospital beds is less, Manpower is less. Everything is on a downward trend. Healthcare startups are focusing on bridging various aspects in Healthcare – Delivering medicines, connecting Doctors, Virtual consultation, Telemedicine etc. However, there is one…
Continue Reading→Utilizing Aadhar for Healthcare Delivery
India launched the prestigious Unique Identification Project (Aadhar) on the 28th of January 2009. After 7 years, around 95,00,00,000 have Aadhar Card. Even though having Aadhar is not mandatory, Government has been increasingly launching initiatives which are linked to the Aadhar Card and hence the number of signup’s have been increasing. How can we use Aadhar Card to improve Healthcare?…
Continue Reading→Idea for Healthcare Startup – Mobile Diagnostic center
Two weeks ago, unfortunately, my dad fell down at home and has a displaced hip bone. We got him admitted to an Orthopedic Hospital. They had to wait for three days to ensure all vitals are normal before they did the procedure to correct the hip bone. During these three days, the Doctor wanted to have a CT Scan done…
Continue Reading→Solving the Healthcare maze
When India got Independence in 1947, average life expectancy was 47 Years and today, average life expectancy is at 66.21 Years (we rank 139). Japan leads the list with average life expectancy at 84 Years followed by Spain, Andorra, Australia, Switzerland, Italy, Singapore and San Mario at 83 Years. The country with the least life expectancy is Sierra Leone at…
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