Let us look at Five big points first..and then we will understand how they are interrelated. Health care Delivery system in India India is a vast country of 1. 4 billion population • It consists of 29 states and 6 Union Territories governed by a federal system • Health is a state subject which follows a three tier system – primary health centre catering a group of villages, Secondary level health centre located at district level and medical college hospitals constitute the tertiary level located in the big cities. Telemedicine in India: Potential of ICT to improve health care 65% of 1100 million will be literate by 2015 60% of rural India has access to TV coverage. 650,000 existing PCOs ® internet kiosks,. 400,000 villages already have telephone connections. Internet users in India 2m Dec 2001, 8.5m 2003, will grow to more than 10 million by 2010. Need for Telemedicine • Non availability of facilities / skills / technology locally(rural /remote area) • Urgency of treatment
#MachineLearning, #BigData analytics, #ArtificialIntelligence have made the space of #digital #health even more interesting. Emerging markets like India are taking on these learning and bringing exciting business models. This blog is about Dr Dass's involvement in such projects and case studies. more on www.healthcursor.com