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India’s Health Landscape Undergoing Tectonic Shifts

InnoHEALTH Magazine — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 07:50:26 +0000

The world’s most populous democracy’s health landscape is witnessing widespread tectonic shifts in its every swathe. The forthcoming biggest ever health protection plan in the world, ever-increasing role of artificial intelligence, rationalization of costs of expensive devices, the emergence of first ever AI fired Ayurveda protocol etc. are among such developments which mirror rapid shifts.

An innovative Pan-India health scheme will be unveiled as announced by the PM Narendra Modi from Ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day on 25th September, the birth anniversary of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya. Pradhanmantri Jan Arogya Abhiyan would also go operational– it is set to get common man free treatment for serious diseases. The Pradhanmantri Jan Arogya Abhiyan and Ayushman Bharat Yojana will cover 10 crore families with a provision of 5 lakh rupees per annum health assurance for each family. It will also open new avenues of employment in the health sector for youth especially from middle-class families. New hospitals will be built in the tier-2 and tier-3 cities. They will require medical staff in large numbers. Such a gigantic plan will bring forth radical changes.

Also read: Innovation is the New Buzz Word

We, at InnoHEALTH Magazine, are confident to play a major role in highlighting the scheme for the benefit of various stakeholders – may it be public hospitals, private entities or the patients. In view of bringing focus on a slew of issues, which are constantly in debate among the medical fraternity members, our magazine aims to focus on diagnostic tools in the field of treatment through this issue.

In the global business scenario, now a witness to major changes due to growing political reasons, Trade tariffs, and Tax structure is bound to be affected badly by such developments. So, we are trying to keep the close watch on medical diagnostic tools, medicines price tags and a torrent of new diseases caused by current lifestyles. We had a discussion with Dr. Arvind Lal whose internationally famed pathology labs provide deep insight into disciplines of pathological tests and precise examination of diseases.

Since time immemorial, India is known worldwide for its ancient traditional medicines, but it is for the first time that a new protocol on Ayurveda medicines has been scripted. The AYUSH Ministry is closely studying the same while exploring ways for its effective usage. The protocol has been prepared on the basis of AI (Artificial Intelligence). In the current edition, we are also publishing a detailed report on AI that is making remarkable forays in the field.

As the old age is a natural phenomenon and each one of us has to face this stark reality, we have tried to rivet our eyes to problems afflicting the old people both socially and medically. The world is observing International Day for Older Persons on 1st October, so the topic gains more relevance.

Interesting stories list is unending and some of these are: A Consequence of Modern Day Living – Burnout; Fairy tales of Nanoparticles from Iceland to Jamia Millia Islamia; AI Engraving Footprints on Healthcare Transcontinental Canvas; National center for ageing coming in New Delhi; Lonely people run the risk of dying early; Low back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide; Religious people live four years longer than atheists; A study has unknotted long-term impact of stroke; etc. In addition to these, we are also publishing a host of latest researches which gives scientific explanations of many usual occurrences in human beings.

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Innovation is the New Buzz Word

InnoHEALTH Magazine — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 10:58:15 +0000

Innovation has become a buzzword for every sector and similarly, the next buzz would be Hackathon, many without knowing the meaning of these words tend to use it to show their updated knowledge. My perception regarding health sector is to use innovation for reducing healthcare delivery cost keeping quality and benefit at the last mile and bottom of Pyramid. It is to provide the solution to the pain of patients and providers to streamline many processes. The use of technology to achieve this aim and to foster innovation is needed. AI, the blockchain, cyber security – technology terms – are in vogue to be spoken by many without understanding them.

Also Read: 10 Latest Healthcare Innovations

The bringing out of Innovation does not need qualification, experience but idea and passion to do it. There are many success stories of such innovations where young school students have brought out miraculous innovations. These innovators need only hand-holding, mentorship and resources. The innovator need not be an entrepreneur as they exit many times for want of capital to scale-up.

The ecosystem created is best at present for innovators due to many initiatives placed by the Government. There is a need to put all the information in one booklet because the number of schemes from different ministries is available and many of these are not known to people in the arena of innovation. We have evolved in the last four years to greater heights because of constant endeavor from the government as well as our partners.

The idea of creating this magazine is sharing of experience of each other and providing a platform to publicize good work of innovators to the global community of 38,000 people with whom this electronic and print magazine is shared. We have published stories of grassroots innovators, InnoHEALTH executive editor Mr. Sachin Gaur traveled to Nagaland for two-weeks to find innovators in the interiors. This is a very interesting time for innovators who are ready to take the risk can only succeed.

I would like to urge all innovators to use knowledge platform created by us to disseminate and share information through international InnoHEALTH conference which also has young innovators’ award, B2B meetings, meet-ups, master classes, InnoHEALTH magazine, innovators’ club, webinars, training, and workshops, and planned study tours in 2019. These activities are under Pvt. Ltd. company InnovatioCuris (IC) means innovation in curing a Latin word which also has an extended arm that is not-for-profit called IC Foundation of Healthcare and Excellence (ICFHE).

Our journey is just three years old but has grown because of support of our ecosystem, partners and advisors. We would like to have regular feedback to make it better and achieve our vision of “Healthcare delivery to all at optimum cost with quality”. Let us join hands to make India a healthy nation-leading way for many countries, even developed ones looking for frugal and reverse innovations from India.

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Yoga Mojo Going Viral – Meditation in India

InnoHEALTH Magazine — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 08:07:09 +0000

For ages, we are taught to practice yoga and meditation in India and people do that at many places and in many forms but three years ago at India’s initiative, the United Nations recognized its significance and declared 21st June every year as the International Yoga Day.

In the first edition itself, the IYD had a roaring success worldwide and India created two world records. Since then, there is no going back in terms of celebrating the day with traditional gusto and ever vaulting spirits. Both President and Prime Minister led the nation on the day’s observation. To recap, the event’s increasing footprints, we decided to dedicate the current issue to IYD. And run a fleeting flashback of memories to revive afresh what happened in the previous three editions worldwide.

Also Read: Ayurveda: Mother of All Healings

In the same spirit, we are running a few items dedicated to the imperiled environment. As this year India hosts the International Environment Day with the theme to combat ever plaguing menace of plastic that had adversely impacted human lives and virtually choked waterways in variant degrees at many places.

India’s Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan, in an exclusive interview to InnoHEALTH Magazine, appealed to the people to give up single use of plastic and expressed confidence that a perceptible and measurable difference in the country will be brought about on plastic pollution and other environmental issues on the occasion of the World Environment Day 2018.

He is also the Science and Technology Minister. In March this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a “Fit India” movement, focusing on the benefits of yoga, in ‘Mann Ki Baat’. Mr. Rajyavardhan Rathore, the newly appointed Minister for Information and Broadcasting, seems to have taken a cue from the PM to take the initiative forward. He recently tweeted a video of himself doing push-ups with the hashtag #HumFitTohIndiaFit. Since then, the fitness campaign zoomed into a debate and many people accepted the challenge and started posting their videos.

International awards winner filmmaker Janet Tobia who has won laurels for her documentary “Unseen Enemy” flags major concerns over lurking threats on the environment. She was interviewed by our magazine to highlight her views on the Environment Day. The Emmy award winner said that her movie Unseen Enemy examines why in the 21st century. We are experiencing a rash of diseases that were once only outbreaks but have now become full-blown epidemics. She is precisely right on her perceptions and the fresh outbreak of Ebola in Congo vindicates her concerns.

Amid growing number of violent incidents against young children, we interacted with UNICEF’s India In-charge. Fresh from her experience in managing emergency situations, Dr. Yasmin Ali Haque handles the tsunami of problems during her current assignment. She has disclosed that the Indian government in collaboration with UNICEF is developing a comprehensive plan on digital safety for children. Digital literacy is key to ensuring that all boys and all girls stay informed, engaged and safe online. There is a need to galvanize ‘zero tolerance’ towards violence against children.

In the current issue, we are also carrying a number of other articles like forthcoming plans to jail those found guilty of poaching medical data of patients; medical commission bill facing rough weather; monkeys spa in Japan; how to breathe; IC meeting highlighting the era of disruptions; latest trends in healthcare and many more interesting stories of the health sector.

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Healthcare Innovations in India

InnoHEALTH Magazine — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 11:15:18 +0000

Nidhi Saxena is seasoned healthcare entrepreneur. She has 16 years of healthcare, life sciences & technology expertise. Currently driving Zoctr.com, India’s first healthcare aggregator patient engagement platform and mobile application that leverages a unique, disruptive and fully integrated business model to offer home, tele-health & remote monitoring services to patients on a Pan-India basis thereby improving overall quality and accessibility of care, improved patient compliance and medical outcomes and dramatically reduced healthcare costs.

Zoctr Health Network is a first-of-its kind pan-India Home & Telehealth Company that provides a comprehensive portfolio of home based medical services including long term Intensive Care, Chronic Care & Wellness, Corporate Wellness and Health Check-up programs and other subscription based value added services such as Teleconsulting, Home Laboratory Pick-ups, Home/Online Pharmacy and Emergency Management Support to its customers leveraging a proprietary, fully integrated and technology led business model. It also integrates several health services like doctor appointments, home health services, remote monitoring services, laboratory, pharmacy, medical equipment, telehealth, and ambulatory support. Zoctr raised a funding of $1 million from certain angel investors to improve and expand its presence in Pune, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Ahmedabad and Kolkata.

Dr Srivats Bharadwaj is the founder, chairman & CEO at Vatsalya Dental, Bangalore, India. After completing his studies he has traveled far and wide across the world lecturing, teaching and for research activities. His innovative approach to dentistry applies two guiding principles derived from his international exposure and life experiences.

Statistics reveal that there is one dentist for every 10,000 people in urban areas in India. In rural areas, however, there is one dentist for 150,000 people. This is an indication of the challenge that exists in India when it comes to oral health. In an endeavour to contain this challenge “Vatsalya” was launched.

Vatsalya is a dental care firm for oral healthcare which provides end to end dental treatment at your doorstep. Recently the firm launched its 24/7 emergency home dental care services where it charges only the transportation cost as extra. The team had recently acquired a funding of Rs 11 crore from S-Squared Captial Investments, USA. The home healthcare company focuses on special needs dentistry and preventive dentistry. The team at Vatsalya also provides services like surgical removal of teeth, laser surgeries, complete or partial denture prosthesis, root canal therapy and fixed and bridge crown prosthesis.

A brainchild of IIT alumni Vipin, Abhishek and Garima, Care24 offers professional care from trained caregivers that help the patient recuperate at home. Care24 has been in operation since 2014 and has successfully helped 40000+ families heal at home in Mumbai and Delhi.

The Mumbai-based home healthcare platform offers verified caregiver services across Mumbai. The startup raised a series A funding of $4 million led by SAIF Partners and seed investor India Quotient. As of February this year, the startup had clocked 600 transactions in a day. They have a network 24×7 nurses, attendants, and certified physiotherapists, who help individuals through the rehabilitation process.

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INDO-GERMANY COOPERATION IN ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

InnoHEALTH Magazine — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 05:12:54 +0000

Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the Joint Declaration of Intent (JDI) between Germany and India regarding cooperation in the sector of alternative medicine.

The signing of the JDl will enhance bilateral cooperation between the two countries in the areas of traditional/alternative medicine. Initiation of collaborative research, training and scientific capacity building in the field of alternative medicine under the JDI between the two countries would contribute to the enhanced employment opportunities in the AYUSH sector.

The Ministry of AYUSH as a part of its mandate to propagate Indian systems of Medicine globally has taken effective steps by entering into MoU with China, Malaysia, Trinidad & Tobago Hungary, Bangladesh, Nepal, Mauritius, Mongolia and Myanmar.

The Ministry has taken many initiatives for promotion of Ayurveda in Germany with the recommendation and cooperation of the Indian Embassy in Berlin. One of the major initiatives is the collaborative research Project between the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS ) and Charite University, Berlin on Osteoarthritis of the knee. The results of the trial are encouraging and the clinical trial demonstrates significant improvement in patients. The study has been completed successfully and is under publication.

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VISIT LAUNCH SWASTHA BHARAT M-HEALTH APP

InnoHEALTH Magazine — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 07:21:35 +0000

MapmyIndia and VISIT Internet Services Pvt Ltd have come together to help the government launch Swastha Bharat m-health app for smart cities, tier-2 towns and villages powered by their mapping technologies and AI-enabled tele-medicine platform, respectively. The app allows citizens to access emergency ambulance services find nearby hospitals, clinics, labs, pharmacy outlets and consult doctors and specialists over chat, phone and video. Mapmyindia’s GPS technology and mapping data enables one tap ambulance requests helping governments build emergency response infrastructure for cities, towns and villages. Users can also lookup nearest health centres, fix doctor appointments and order medicines from nearby pharmacies. The app also solves health queries by providing instant health answers to the citizens through a chat based health assistant.

The live chat service is developed by VISIT and backed by India’s top doctors who keep reviewing the information provided to the citizens. The health assistant can also help users in diagnosing health issues; provide instant suggestions and home remedies. Users also get health recommendations about the most chatted issues by people based on the users’ demographic data and past history to help them avoid any possible health concerns. The chat assistant can also provide information on local epidemics and necessary preventive steps to be taken.

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NURTUREY: AN INTELLIGENT PERSONAL ASSISTANT FOR PARENTS

InnoHEALTH Magazine — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 08:50:51 +0000

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Tushar Srivastava is a Founder & CEO at Nurturey. He has a professional background in Finance, Management Consulting and Technology from University of Oxford – Said Business School, Bromley, United Kingdom.

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Nurturey is conceived to operate as a skilled Personal Assistant and is the only comprehensive solution supporting parents from pregnancy to early years of parenting. The product was incepted in April 2014 and the company is headquartered in London.

The company has recently raised nearly $750,000 (approx. Rs 5 Cr) in Angel Investment, had launched an iPhone app in May ’16 along with an Android app in Aug ’16 (globally and in India). It also launched a desktop web app version last year (globally and in India).

As the one-stop companion for parents, Nurturey’s Personal Assistant offers a range of tools that will improve parents’ efficiency and effectiveness by managing the boring and tedious tasks – managing information, resources, activities, memories – basically their lives around kids- in one place. Parents can activate tools as per their multi-dimensional and ever changing needs throughout their parental journey.

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MEDELA'S UNIQUE BREAST PUMP ADVISOR

InnoHEALTH Magazine — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 06:13:06 +0000

Medela India, producer of breast pumps and nursing accessories announced the launch of their unique Breast Pump Advisor service, a first-of-its kind digital consultant of breast pumps, to ease out breastfeeding for new lactating mothers. The breast pump advisor is a personalized resource which recommends the ideal Medela breast pump basis one’s lifestyle, breastfeeding goal, baby birth, baby’s health, breast and nipple issues and breastfeeding challenges. Breast pumps are devices that enable mothers to provide mother’s milk for babies who cannot feed directly at the breast for a variety of reasons such as latch-on problems, cleft palate or premature babies. Breast pumps are also convenient, even necessary, for mothers to express and store their breast milk once they have returned to work, travelling or otherwise separated from their baby. Breast Pump Advisor serves as a one stop destination for every new mother to find and compare different Medela breast pumps and choose the one that best meets her needs. This multi-utility digital service refers a database of over 300 possible permutation and combination and displays the recommendation that best fits the mother’s unique journey. Not only does the mother get to know her ideal breast pump, she is also able to get a personalized list of articles to read which are based on her discreet lifestyle and breastfeeding challenges. Thus empowering her to make the right choice – for herself and her baby!

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eVIN PROJECT BECOMES GLOBAL BEST PRACTICE IN IMMUNISATION

InnoHEALTH Magazine — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 08:03:05 +0000

Representatives from Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nepal and Thailand were on a visit to India to study the project on eVIN (electronic vaccine intelligence network) project of the Health Ministry to understand how it is being implemented and the ways in which it be replicated in their respective countries.

eVIN (Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network) is an indigenously developed technology system in India that digitizes vaccine stocks and monitors the temperature of the cold chain through a smartphone application. The innovative eVIN is presently being implemented called across twelve states in India. eVIN aims to support the Government of India’s Universal Immunization Programme by providing real-time information on vaccine stocks and flows, and storage temperatures across all cold chain points in these states. The technological innovation is implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

eVIN aims to strengthen the evidence base for improved policy-making in vaccine delivery, procurement and planning for new antigens in India. eVIN provides an integrated solution to address widespread inequities in vaccine coverage by supporting state governments in overcoming constraints of infrastructure, monitoring and management information systems and human resources, often resulting in overstocking and stock-outs of vaccines in storage centres.

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The integrated solution combines:

• Technology: to facilitate evidence-based decision-making by making available online real-time information on vaccine stocks and storage temperature through the eVIN application software and temperature loggers.

• Governance: to ensure efficient vaccine logistics management by systemizing record keeping through standardizing stock and distribution registers; identifying gaps and improving clarity on vaccine cold chain network; drawing attention to infrastructure upgrades; developing standard operating procedures; and encouraging good practices.

• Human Resources: to empower the state cold chain network by building the capacities of government cold chain handlers; and deploying vaccine and cold chain managers in every district for constant support to estimate vaccine requirements, supervise cold chain handlers and coordinate with cold chain technicians across the district.

eVIN empowers the cold chain handlers by building technical capacities and providing a robust decision-making tool for cold chain managers through a complete overview of vaccine replenishment times, supply and consumption patterns. By streamlining the vaccine flow network, eVIN is a powerful contribution to strengthening health systems and ensures equity through easy and timely availability of vaccines to all children.

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INDIA'S FIRST FULLY AUTOMATED LAB

InnoHEALTH Magazine — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 06:38:25 +0000

Siemens Healthineers has installed India’s first fully automated Aptio Automation track with multi-discipline modalities at the Aspira Pathlab and Diagnostic Limited in Mumbai. Siemens Healthineers’ strategic goal is to help healthcare providers worldwide to meet their current challenges and to excel in their respective environments using products and solutions that increase efficiency and reduce costs. The new track will enable Aspira to perform all routine hematology, biochemistry and immunoassay tests with a comprehensive selection of pre- and post-analytical modules that automate sample loading, preparation and handling so as to free laboratory staff from time-consuming, low-value tasks.

The technology not only routes the samples automatically to all the instruments but also screens the test results intelligently in addition to the sample sorting and archiving.

Aptio is an adaptable solution; its flexible track design option makes it easy to accommodate floor space allocations and fixtures. Integrated IT capabilities support multi-site connectivity in addition to the customized streamline workflows and result management. It delivers measurable gains in efficiency by driving the intelligent and coordinated operation of automation components, diagnostic analyzers, and high-performance assays. In addition to providing the capacity needed to satisfy peak volumes, this highly integrated approach effectively manages hour-to-hour fluctuations, reduces errors, balance instrument workloads, and achieve consistent and predictable turnaround times for both STAT and routine samples.

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