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The Australia-India Health Dialogue that was held in the capital recently encouraged Indian healthcare institutions to adopt new Artificial Intelligence driven technologies. Realising the need of digitalised healthcare services, Secretary General, NATHealth Anjan Bose said: “India faces a  shortage of both overall infrastructure and talents across most segments like doctors, nurses, para-medicals, bio medicals, compounded by serious regional imbalances and variations in healthcare delivery, both qualitative and quantitative.”

Various technologies like telemedicines, Electronic medical records and m-health apps are providing quality healthcare services. But these are not enough. Some new-age technologies which can be introduced are:

• Services like patient-flow application, e-prescriptions, systems for sharing clinical information
• Smart software for analysing reports and medical imaging for diagnosis and treatment
• Hands-free wearable technologies to provide remote medical assistance in real time.

For adapting these technologies, hospitals should have staff trained with med-tech skills to work on the latest technologies.