SPACE AMBULANCE October 23, 2024 For many years it has been the dream of Digital Health enthusiasts to use cutting-edge technology to provide need-based, cost-effective, appropriate, technology-enabled remote healthcare 24/7 to anyone, anytime, anywhere.
HISTORY MATTERS: Disseminating Medical Literature & Knowledge in India in the 1980s September 23, 2024 Extensive revolutionary changes such as universal digitization and the availability of a cost-effective Internet radically changed how medical literature could be accessed in India.
AI in Healthcare: Regulatory & Legal Concerns – A Clinician’s Perspective September 5, 2024 AI is increasingly being used in healthcare globally. There is voluminous global literature, dealing with almost all aspects of deployment of AI in healthcare.
Medical Accountability in the Digital Health Era August 28, 2024 In 2024, in the Digital Health Age, there are no presumptions. The increasing complexity of modern healthcare leads to more opportunities for error. Access to a superspecialist today, is only a mouse click away. Today’s doctors practicing Digital Health deal with quality control, audits, protocols, regulations, guidelines, and frequent inspections.
Mental Health among Future Digital Health Practitioners August 21, 2024 In a few years, healthcare in India will essentially be made up of all, that together come under the umbrella term Digital Health. With the rapid exponential embracement of HCIT, AI, and technology in healthcare there is a real risk that equal attention is not paid to those who will actually be deploying these powerful tools.
The Metaverse in Digital Health August 14, 2024 Metaverse is the augmented virtual world formed by the convergence of virtual and physical space.
5G in Digital Health August 2, 2024 Deployment of Fifth Generation wireless technology (5G) has resulted in a significant transformation in many industries. This communication summarises potential real-world applications of 5G in Digital Health.
Training a Doctor in Today's Digital Health Era July 22, 2024 Digital health is not a subspecialty. It is just the sum total of all components used to deliver every type of healthcare to anyone, anywhere, anytime, and cost-effectively, efficiently, and effectively in a user-friendly way using ICT.
Health Information on the Net: Bane or Boon? July 3, 2024 In my previous communication, I emphasized on the necessity of ensuring health literacy, to help improve the knowledge empowerment of patients.
Patient Empowerment in the Digital Health Era June 27, 2024 After an interaction with Sir Muir Grey, the first Chief Knowledge Officer of the NHS, I had been convinced with his statement “patient empowerment is more important than antibiotics”. On 11th Nov 2013, the South China Morning Post featured my article “Why knowledge is a good thing”
Patient as a Teacher Par Excellence June 6, 2024 It was Sir William Osler who had once remarked, “To study medicine without books is to sail an uncharted sea, but to study medicine without patients is not to go to sea at all.”
Producing a ''WOW'' Effect with Digital Health May 23, 2024 Technology enabled remote healthcare or Telehealth, is a major component of digital health. In this communication an attempt is made to discuss, what is seldom discussed in digital health – how to produce “customer delight”.