Digitisation — electronic health records, imaging technology, wireless monitoring and a multiple of health apps being made available at affordable costs – is already transforming society into a more caring, responsible and healthy one, he said.
Wearable health-monitoring and fitness gadgets, allows patients to be better informed, and to personally engage, monitor and interact with the transforming electronic and internet-enabled healthcare system, he said.
“Mobile phones now enable people to do everything from reminding them to take their medications to allowing remote clinics to track their medical supplies,” he pointed out.
Mr. Madhugiri said the day was not far off when general medical practitioners would be mostly out of business as patients and their family members get smarter and would approach a hospital only in cases where medical or surgical intervention is required.
He briefly touched upon the innovations changing the face of automobile industry due to competition and demands by customers, changing the pricing strategies to be adopted by the telecom industry.
He said innovation did not necessarily mean doing new things, but doing existing things in a new way so that it is meaningful in the context and geography it is applied to. The audience had an interaction with the speaker after the session.
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