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We have a mature healthcare system
and India has an emerging healthcare
system. There is enough room for synergy
in terms of knowledge, experience and
what makes the system work better and
what doesn’t
challenges is that the you need to
describe the unified health system
coding.
Usually people are worried
about the lack of privacy about
their medical conditions or
other details. How do you
look at the healthcare data
security?
Healthcare data is security is a
global issue and not just limited in
India. While America has HIPAA
that protects the data, Australia
has similar kind of law. For India,
the legislative changes in terms of
regulatory framework for digital
healthcare is a necessity. The
recent Supreme Court judgment
that talked about the need for data
protection in case of Aadhaar is
encouraging. Hopefully, soon there
would be something concrete for
healthcare data as well.
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BioVoiceNews | October 2017
The telemedicine remains
under utilized in India despite
the fact that doctors aren’t
available for consultations
in remote areas? How can
we upgrade the training and
education?
To be able to cater to the vast
population in India, the tele-health
is a huge factor especially in the
rural areas. Since the availability
of doctors is an issue, the digital
healthcare can offer an easy
solution to a great extent. There
is a lot of work and discussion
happening here.
India has incredible doctors who
are serving people across the globe.
Infact, if I may say that in case
all these doctors chose to return
back, many healthcare systems will
collapse. Although these doctors
form a chunk of world’s health