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India is among the major countries of the world in terms of diabetes, cancer and death of children. Despite this, the healthcare system here is far behind and backward. Now there are rapid changes in it. And this change startup fast …Read more
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New Delhi. Changes in healthcare systems are also needed time with corona epidemic and changing times. Startups have played an important role in furthering this change. Ratna Mehta, Executive Vice President of Wadhwani Foundation, Wadhwani Catelist Fund, has analyzed the issue.
India is the diabetes capital around the world, there are 73 million cases, which are growing rapidly. According to a study by the American Diabetes Association, by 2030, the number of diabetes patients in India will increase the most. The number of cancer cases in India is third worldwide. Every year more than 16 lakh Indians get to know of cancer. Due to this, the death toll is 50 percent. And not only this, cases of death of newborns are the highest in India.
Healthcare system far behind
Despite the high burden of diseases, India is in those countries where government expenditure on health care is the lowest. Insurance cases are also less here. The traditional model of business in the healthcare sector is not good. Capital experience and operating costs are very high. In addition, there are huge differences between demand and supply of skilled resources.
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About 74 percent of doctors in the country are concentrated in urban areas, so access to basic primary healthcare in semi urban and rural areas is a good issue. The facility of telemedicine revealed due to this requirement and it is capable of access to far-flung areas. In this way, every person can have basic healthcare delivery through this.
Telemedicine
There are different types of models inside telemedicine and are completely from online to mixed models. Medcords is a rural telemedicine platform providing online telecasting. For this, it digits the medical record and this facility is provided through the formA network.
Karma Healthcare
There is another such platform centered in rural areas, Karma Healthcare, which is following the hub and spoke model. It has two nurses in the hub (center) which makes telecasting possible from the expert doctor.
Glocal
Glocal is a technology -based platform that provides access to healthcare to the rural population. For this, it has a comprehensive integrated model of primary and secondary care hospitals, digital technology and dispensary. At present, its 141 digital dispensary is in Rajasthan, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and some northeastern states. Glocal hospitals are specially designed and each of them has 100 beds and is with its type of unique devices. It has standardized protocols near it for 38 diseases that cover 91 percent of diseases or conditions.
Qure dot AI
A startup with Bangalore base, cure dot AI (Qure.AI) identifies abnormalities in the scan using AI and deep knowledge algorithm. This detects abnormalities in the scan and thus the subtlety and speed of detection of the disease is improved. AI is also helping to detect cancer.
Nirmai
Nirmai, a start up on women’s health, has developed technology to detect breast cancer, which is possible only by reading the patient’s body temperature.
‘Hub and Spoke’
The innovation of business models like ‘Hub and Spoke’ improves access to important medical facilities and ensures that operating skills are better and the cost is low. India’s major cancer institute, Tata Memorial Center aims to set up about 30 hubs and 100 spokes across the country to make access to affordable treatment of cancer. The needs of 40,000 new patients are expected to be met every year in each hub, while 8,000 new patients are expected to be arranged from spoke. The aim is to increase the reach through the hubs to 40 million people and 5-10 million people through spoke.
During the five years, the emergence of online formas has helped in accessing medicines and bringing them into strength. Analytics operated inventory management are high and due to high sales, patients are getting medicines at better rates while fast delivery is being made possible from technology enabled supply chain.
According to AIIMS, it is 24 percent in cardiq cases and 50-80 percent in hyper tension. 1 MG, Pharma Easy and Netmeds are large institutions in this field. They have the support of good investors and they are expanding their network across the country. Apart from this, there are some other institutions like drug friends which are emerging and there is a possibility that along with these big institutions, they will be present, provided they can make their special place to take this area of ​​delivering medicine. This is the beginning of a major change in healthcare delivery space in the true sense.