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Healthcare Automation: Can’t Delay it Further
Healthcare Automation: Can’t Delay it Further

April 13, 2021

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Healthcare Automation: Can’t Delay it Further

Automation is the need of the hour and especially in the Healthcare sector, automation is a must. With increasing pressure on the Indian Healthcare system, automation becomes the new “LIFELINE” India Healthcare system is huge and it is getting bigger and bigger each day. As per a research report, India Healthcare is expected to reach US$372 billion by 2022 at 16% CAGR; Spending at 1.6% of GDP in 2020, expected to reach 2.5% by 2025. With such a scale, automation looks to be the only way to make healthcare more accurate and within reach of every Indian.

The Healthcare sector is under immense stress due to increased costs, reduced utilization, and regulatory restrictions. With social distancing becoming more of a norm than a short-term reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, regular patient footfall to the hospitals is impacted and patients are expecting remote consultations and at-home services. To support the healthcare delivery organizations to meet these objectives, NASSCOM CoE-IoT & AI, conducted the Healthcare Innovation challenge #1 (HIC#1), exclusively for the Hospitals. The applications are received under 6 use cases: OPD Automation, IPD Automation, AI for RSD, Integrating Diagnostics Equipment with EMR, Prescription Digitization, and Digital Pathology Slides. NASSCOM analyzed all the applications received under this healthcare challenge to come out with a brief study.  Parameters under which submissions are analyzed are infrastructure requirement, deployment time, pricing model, and current deployment status.

Some brief highlights from the study:

  • Prominent Use cases: HMS, Face Recognition, Digital Microscopy, Slide Scanning & Imaging Technology
  • Digital Technologies:  Cloud, APIs integration, Speech Software, AI/ML, Deep learning, OCR, Image Scanning & Processing including Cellular, molecular & genetic
  • Infrastructure requirement: CPU, internet, vCPU, GPU, SDK, PACS, Digital Screens
  • Solution Deployment:
  • Time:  60-80% of the solutions within 12 weeks, subject to size & scale, customization & integration requirements
  • Multi-payment models: Subscription, pay per use, fixed, asset sale,  rental model and hire purchase
  • Status: Across Hospitals, Healthcare chains, and Diagnostic Centers in India

 

Key Highlights from the Applications Received In Six Categories:

OPD Automation:

  • Offers easy patient management – enhancing the patient experience
  • Average time to deploy solutions - <15 weeks
  • Offers multiple payment models

In-Patient Care Automation:

  • Helps ease the entire admission process esp. in cases needing intensive care
  • 50%+ of solutions can be deployed immediately

AI for Respiratory Syndrome Diagnosis:

  • Accurate analysis of CT imaging / X-rays leveraging ML & image processing
  • Access to critical data that would otherwise be difficult to analyze
  • Deployment within 3 months

Integrating Diagnostics Equipment with EMR:

  • Data exchange between medical devices & EMRs
  • Pre-empt high-risk cases & facilitates remote monitoring
  • Pay per use model and deployed within 2 months

Prescription Digitization:

  • Allows doctors to digitize case sheets and  provides for central storage
  • Easy to deploy solution-within 4 months

Digital Pathology Slides:

  • With 70% of medical treatment depending on diagnostics, Digital Pathology is a cost-effective solution for efficient diagnostics
  • Most solutions can be deployed in <3 months

 

For more details on the above study:

https://community.nasscom.in/communities/healthtech-and-life-sciences/towards-technology-driven-healthcare-india

 

 


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