India, 11 July 2018: To fill the gap between the need of many and services for the few, gives rise to the intervention of technological solutions in healthcare which has a capability to cater masses. India had just 4.8 practicing doctors per 10,000 populations. While this is expected to grow to 6.9 doctors per 10,000 people by 2030, the minimum doctor-to-patient ratio recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) is 1:1000.
Rajasthan based mhealth service provider, Mr. Manish Mehta, Founder & Chairman of MeraPatient app, said, “Health is a matter of state in India. States like Andhra Pradesh, Telangna, Maharashtra, and New Delhi already started using Artificial Intelligence in diagnoses illnesses to monitoring critical care. Moreover, we are experiencing AI in agriculture in some districts of Rajasthan. Since implementation is the key for success of Artificial Intelligence in India, it’s time to foster the startups working on collecting data to implement new technologies.”
With the increasing number of mobile health apps in India, attitude of adopting mHealth is the need of the hour especially in rural India where there is a shortage of qualified & skilled healthcare professionals. The development of AI Solutions will also fulfill the increasing demand of Pathologists as stated by Dr P Anandan, CEO at the Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Wadhwani AI).
The ever-growing reach of fast Internet and smartphones gives India ample opportunities to bridge the healthcare gap. With a combination of new technologies like AI, Internet of Things, and Big data, India can create new milestone of healthcare solutions which will be a game changer for the sector.
About MeraPatient App:
Founded by a Jaipur based Chartered Accountant, Mr. Manish Mehta; MeraPatient is a breakthrough initiative in the healthcare industry. MeraPatient is a first of its kind aggregrator platform which brings traditional marketplace onto the fingertip of patients/users. With the nation-wide network of certified chemists shops and diganostic centers, MeraPatient App creates a demand and supply situation on the Smartphone. A revolutionary Panic Button given in the MeraPatient App provides a chance to overcome to the users in trouble or in panic situation. User can just ‘slide to panic’ and can alert to his/her prefill family/friend’s contact numbers. By sliding the panic button not only the alert goes to those five numbers but it also gives the location of the person in the trouble/panic.
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