As a growing economy, India is experiencing a surge in industrialization, and construction accidents are on the rise, which in turn is spurring a huge demand for prosthetics. We spoke to Abhit K, Co-Founder at Social Hardware, which aims to replace costly […]
Given that private expenditure on healthcare accounts for 70% of healthcare expenses–of which 62% is out-of-pocket expenditure– India has one of the world’s most miserable healthcare records in the world. But is this diagnosis chronic? Could AI play a part […]
When it comes to the question of saving lives, the infinite possibilities that AI opens up to improve medical outcomes cannot be ignored. With about 70% of deaths occurring due to medical negligence in India, the need to integrate AI […]
As an industry, healthcare in India is still at a nascent stage and will require considerable effort from the government, both monetary and bandwidth wise, if India has to conform to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) developed country standards, which […]
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is going to be big in every facet of our lives now. Then why not healthcare? Imagine walking into a clinic, where the doctor greets you with a mechanical namaste. It would be cool, but impossible you […]
With healthcare not top of the government’s priorities in India, misadventure, negligence and general hospital blunder are commonplace.
Although the health of Indians has improved dramatically since the 90s – life expectancy has increased by around 10 years – the level of inequality continues to pose challenges, which tech startups are now turning their eye to.
Healthtech in India is a growing industry. A report by the Confederation of Indian Industry [CII] and Deloitte found that the industry is worth $4.9 billion and is expected to grow 17% year-on-year. The healthcare sector itself is projected to […]
Chennai-based Merkel Haptics, founded in 2011 develops clinical training for doctors using virtual reality patients to render actual treatment safer.
Tech giants Microsoft and Google have developed and set up retinal screening AI that detects diseases possibly leading to blindness.
