‘Dire need of clinical pathways and protocols in India’

‘Dire need of clinical pathways and protocols in India’

Pune: There is a dire need of clinical pathways and clinical protocols in India, said Dr Satchit Balsari, Faculty at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Harvard Medical School. He was speaking during the second TiE Pune Healthcare Summit 2018 organised in the city on Saturday. 

Commenting on consumerisation of healthcare delivery and future of diagnostics, Ameera Shah, MD of Metropolis India said that government needs to put minimum standards, if not regulations, in place for pathology labs. Along with Dr Balsari, other eminent speakers were also present.

“Ayushman Bharat is a wonderful initiative of the government but there are significant challenges before us. Brick and mortar area, inflexible technology platforms and doctors not adopting digitisation are the three major roadblocks in leveraging digitisation of pathlabs,” said Shah.

Reliance Jio’s Digital Healthcare Vice President Ganesh Kathiresan said healthcare in India is largely consumer-driven.

“We consume healthcare every day and most of the expenditure is out of pocket. Hence consumer (patient) is the key and we should respect the healthcare ecosystem for a faster and wider adoption,” said Kathiresan.

Dr Annirudha Malpani, MD of Malpani Ventures said there are many doctors and engineers who work for the patients.

“However, if both doctors and engineers can work together it will help the patient in a more effective way. If they come together they can provide better solutions to patients as engineers can design and doctors can help the engineers understand what is more helpful for them and then innovate in the interest of the patient,” said  Dr Malpani.

Dr Ashwin Naik, Founder of Disrupthealth said there is a need to think outside the hospital. “In the ancient times religious places were hospitals as these places were designed to make death easy and peaceful for the patient. With the advent of anesthesia multiple doctors came to work together and the concept of modern day hospitals came into being. And so doctors play an active role in providing healthcare. With them, nurses and staff are also important,” said Dr Naik.

He said many countries are now thinking out of hospital. “In order to bring more preventive care, a country like Japan started health check-ups at subway stations. This should be how we think, how do we provide healthcare outside hospitals like in schools and at work. We need to shake up and change ideas of traditional healthcare which will force us to bring in new ideas and innovation,” said Dr Naik.

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