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India remain negligibly covered by the institutional healthcare services . This is where collaborations between different ecosystem stakeholders such as hospitals , home healthcare companies , diagnostic labs , pharma companies , pharmacy chains , and authorities can help in creating a future-ready and reliable healthcare ecosystem in the country .
In which ways can data analytics , EHR , AI , ML , IoT devices , health IT , informatics , etc . be leveraged for transforming patient outcomes ?
These technologies are enabling improved service coverage and patient outcomes in many ways . Healthcare providers can leverage analytics to identify patterns and trends that can help in personalization of the treatment process to improve outcomes for individuals . Tools like IBM ’ s Watson have been a landmark development in usage of advanced tech to identify symptoms and detecting diseases at an early stage . Data from screenings and vaccinations can be
obtained and analysed by various AIpowered tools to facilitate preventive care . Further , data analytics can help healthcare providers to have a clearer understanding of a patient ’ s condition and EHR can provide easy access to the medical history , enabling a wellinformed and superior decision making .
What are the major challenges that the Indian healthcare industry is facing in implementing these technologies and the need for regulatory compliance ?
Most of these pertain to infrastructure , resources , and policies . The Indian government has strict regulations on data privacy and security . This coupled with diversity of laws and ambiguity in some areas , make it difficult for healthcare organizations to implement digital technologies that collect and store patient data . Again the Indian healthcare infrastructure is not as developed as in other countries . The healthcare workforce is not as welltrained in digital technologies as in
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BioVoiceNews | August 2023