Healthcare Innovation with Artificial Intelligence - time to embrace the Change within and around

I had read many comic/science fiction stories during my childhood, about the extent of digital transformation in the world taking place by 2020. We would imagine by then having an own flying car and the time travel machine. No one thought about the health risks and the act of God. So where do we stand today?

A small microbe has brought the entire world to its knees, in a span of couple of months. Including the developed nations, world never prepared its healthcare to tackle the extent of crisis, this Pandemic has brought in. We need to acknowledge and realize that every nation must learn to transform it's healthcare. It’s all about being in covid and prepare to face any future unknown contagion effecting the mankind.  

Real innovation in the healthcare need to happen from the bottom to top. How do we attain this?

 

 

As healthcare professionals, each of us must be innovative with mindset and creative with our approach. The key difference between the creativity and innovation is execution.

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”- Charles Darwin
 

Artificial intelligence in healthcare promises to help cut down healthcare costs while improving patient outcomes. AI-assisted robotic surgical systems are at the forefront of innovation in healthcare to improve surgeon skills and patient outcomes. Virtual nursing assistants not just provide medical advice for any common illnesses or ailments, but they also let you schedule a doctor’s appointment and are also available 24×7 to answer any queries you have in real-time. Finally, AI-powered Health Apps Play a Vital Role in Keeping You Well.

The Indian government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative is encouraging domestic manufacture of medical devices and boost innovation with healthcare delivery, to look beyond conventional methods. Health care innovation in India could serve as a global model for a shift from treating the sick to preventive care and wellness, given the size of its underserved population.

India, as an emerging economy and with the third highest start-up pool globally, is ideally positioned to be the leader of MedTech innovation. India has a large talent pool of qualified professionals, essential for building novel products that address unmet healthcare needs of the country. A government led push to get health care providers to embrace electronic medical records is enabling artificial intelligence (AI) to extract insights from patient data to deliver better treatment.

“Everybody has a creative potential and from the moment you can express this creative potential, you can start changing the world.” - Paulo Coelho