The Computational Biology group at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, led by Dr Deepak Sharma, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, IIT Roorkee, has developed an App that can remotely monitor patients at risk of heart failure and provide them with medical assistance. It can automatically send notification to both the doctor and the patient, in case of any drastic changes in patient's data indicating a possibility of imminent heart failure.
Named Dhadkan, this app will be of tremendous benefit to India which has about 10 million patients at risk of heart failure. The app is available for free and no charges are involved to avail the benefits of this app.
About one-third of the admitted patients are likely to get re-admitted or die in the next three-six months. The app has been designed to be ‘easy-to-use’ so that people in rural areas can also benefit.