A couple of decades back, technology in Indian healthcare was a rare phenomenon. Thanks to theadvancement happened in this space over a period, health technology is now the game changer!

Interview

Gautam Khanna, utive Director,3M India
Mohammed Younus Farooqui,Managing Director, Cedara HealthcarePvt Ltd
Deepam Mishra, CEO, i2india
Dr Bhuvaneshwar, Trivitron HealthcarePvt Ltd

Different health technologies havemade inroads to Indian healthcarebecause of two major reasons: tooptimise cost and ensure better healthcare. Better healthcare can be seen in theform of less manpower, more productivity,with more accessibility. Seeing the medical technology advancement even Hollywood filmmakers could think of enacting ascene of using video conferencing.

A few recent examples
The telemedicine centre of Nanavati Hospital, the telemedicine service providerin Western India, is a good example ofhow medical technology can be used.Communication technology based on Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)broadband/satellite-based connectivityhas been launched at the hospital. Usingthis technology, the hospital provides teleconsultation and tele-education in Indiathrough its network of 34 peripheral ruralcenters in India and in 45 African countriesthrough its international network.Dr Pavan Kumar, Head- Departmentof Telemedicine, Nanavati Hospitalshares, Since the inception in 2006,

our center has provided over 4,000 teleconsultations and over 100 ContinuingMedical Education (CME) programmesto doctors and paramedics in rural Indiaand Africa. With over 4,000 teleconsultations and 500 treatments, the hospitalhas till date saved approximately over `1 crore in travel and consultation fees,stay and treatment of patients.Max Healthcare has moved to anElectronic Health Records (EHR) system from their existing Hospital Information System (HIS). The system includedComputerised Patient Record Systemfor documenting, ordering, reportingand viewing of clinical information. Apartfrom this, Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA) was implemented alongwith unit dose dispensing policy to trackand reduce waste, returns and medication errors. An m-health system for accessing laboratory reports and radiology images was also implemented forimproving turnaround times of startingcare plans.Today, Max Healthcare facilities catering to 1,000 beds have gone live usingthe system and all the patients admitted

have their records on the system. Till date,the system has approximately processeddata of 104,130 patient-days across thefacilities that are live with 3,123,900 pharmacy orders, 2,603,250 laboratory orders,520,650 radiology orders and 312,390bedside procedures.

End note
To offer something extra and to standapart, every healthcare organisationthrives to give the best possible patientcare. Driving with this objective, Indianhealthcare now is seeing the emergenceand growth of sophisticated telemedicine centers, mobile health services,EHRs and medical apps

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