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Patients
have been
delighted that
they were
able to get
the undivided
attention from
our doctors
for over 20
minutes and
with our
follow up
standing medical
problems.
Apart from
managing acute and
chronic patients,
we have helped to
diagnose cases like
hemochromatosis
(iron overload), gastric
cancer, triple vessel
disease, nephrology,
Parkinson-plus and
more. This has made
possible due to the
detailed medical
protocols, quality time
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and our end-to-end
ecosystem of diagnosis
and specialist referrals.
Does the health
consultation system
actually work in
India where a huge
population in rural
areas are still
grappling with basic
healthcare issues?
What is IHO doing in
that area?
In a global mHealth
adoption study
conducted by PwC
in 2012, India was
ranked 2nd among the
developing countries
in terms of maturity.
The study established
that consumers in
developing countries
like India have high
expectations for
digital healthcare
and 60 percent of the
consumers strongly
believe that mhealth
will improve the
convenience, cost,
and quality of their
healthcare. There is a
widespread access to
mobile/telephone that
can enable people to
access quality medical
services on phone and
get proper treatment
and advice.
It is true that the
rural population is
likely to benefit from
our vHealth service.
The challenge is
distribution and reach.
We are working with
our network partners
to solve this problem
and deliver vHealth
to rural India at a
reasonable cost. Watch
this space as this is still
work in progress.
Please tell us about
the latest activities
at Indian Health
Organization? What
are the top areas
of priority for the
organization?
We at Indian Health
Organisation are
focused on making
quality health care
accessible in India.
With this objective,