Information technology is a critical contributor to transform care delivery,,says Abel Garamhegyi, Managing Director, Barco India

The healthcare IT sector in India is on a constant growth path. What kind of positive impact will this growth have on the healthcare delivery segment?
Information technology is a critical contributor to transform care delivery and helps improve the quality, safety and efficiency of healthcare delivery. The possibility of innovative new technology that is simple to use, costeffective and helps data to be portable is a phenomenal change in how care could now be delivered. Additionally, the information could also be used to standardise the delivery process inside the providers facilities.
The biggest impact of good information technology systems will be on improving upon the inefficiencies in existing procedures inside Indian hospitals. India lags behind in terms of hospital infrastructure and manpower. The adoption of IT will help hospitals develop innovative and efficient healthcare infrastructure necessary for rural and urban population. IT solutions, which can help improve asset optimisation, schedule doctors/clinicians, pharmacy orders, lab test orders etc are needed on priority.

What are the challenges faced by the IT companies while designing a process system for Indian hospitals?
There are several challenges in integrating IT into the healthcare system in India. Few of them include lack of standards, cost of IT systems implementation, lack of IT expertise, reluctanceof medical, nursing and other staff to adapt, fear of technology failure (paper systems appear more reliable); poor support from vendors and lack of other infrastructure support. Lack of education/policies and guidelines is making it an uphill task. Systems integrators need to have an open yet planned approach and should work with solutions that make the system future proof, with easy upgrades and match the global standards of quality and service.

What kind of business processsolutions do you offer for hospitals and physician practice groups?
With a legacy of superior image quality and smart technological innovations, Barco has a solid reputation for delivering dependable display systems and visualisation solutions that are central to the provision of quality healthcare. Our comprehensive productproduct offering includes leading-edge displays for radiology, mammography, surgery, dentistry, pathology and modality imaging, along with clinical displays for healthcare specialists, digital OR systems, and point-of-care devices.
Barco as a display and visualisation company has made sure that healthcare providers and medical professionals get the best display solutions ensuring faster and accurate diagnosis. Medical professionals needs simpler and more efficient systems to do their job efficiently, this is what Barco aims to provide specially for digital operating rooms and bed side solutions.

What are your business plans for India? What opportunities you foresee of the Indian healthcare IT sector?
Good system only works with the good doctor but not necessarily even the system is good the doctor is good and they cannot work together because the interface is not reliable and thats where Barco comes in, the Barco displays they are always the same, always reliable and this is our opportunity number one.
Hospitals who have already infrastructure but the number of patients are rising and rather than investing in real estate they can use the infrastructure more efficiently and there comes Barcos Nexxis solution. When they say the same operating room, much more operating hours, less maintenance hours, less cables etc. more effective. This is our opportunity.

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