Artificial Intelligence integrates computer science and robust datasets to help solve some of the world’s biggest challenges. AI should ideally mimic human decision-making and problem-solving abilities, especially with context-based decision-making. In every industry, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the way we interact, access information and access goods and services. It is a milestone in the history of mankind that has applications in various domains, and is an area in which AI has excelled in recent times. Health care.
The big question, however, is that Indian Healthcare Ready to accept artificial intelligence? AI, when it comes to the healthcare industry, has a variety of capable applications that can be beneficial. In terms of patient experiences, how doctors practice medicine, and how the pharmaceutical industry works, healthcare is already being transformed by AI. AI can be used for everything from answering the phone to reviewing medical records, population health trends and analyzes, designing therapeutic drugs and devices, reading radiology images, making clinical diagnoses and talking to patients. Artificial intelligence can be a means of improving the quality of treatment that has the power to change patients’ experiences.
In India, the healthcare system faces many challenges in terms of quality, accessibility, affordability and equity, yet India has some of the top hospitals in the world, contributing to the expansion of the medical tourism sector. However, there is an acute shortage of qualified medical professionals, especially in rural areas where the doctor-to-patient ratio is particularly low, resulting in patients having to travel long distances to receive primary care.
Given that the Government of India has one of the lowest healthcare costs in the world, the current state of India’s healthcare system is particularly worrisome in rural areas. This was especially evident in the meantime Covid 19 The epidemic was a time when healthcare systems were unable to cope with exposure to chinchillas in its armor.
Given these conditions, the advent of artificial intelligence could prove beneficial to the Indian health system. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to help address a number of challenges, such as improving access to quality healthcare, especially in rural and low-income settings; Addressing the unequal ratio of skilled doctors to patients; Improving the training and efficiency of doctors and nurses, especially for complex procedures; And enabling the delivery of individual health care on a collective basis.
However, there are some challenges associated with the introduction of AI technology in India, which makes it a complex task. Some of the major challenges are the high cost of adopting such technologies, the capital investment required in the areas of IT and Internet infrastructure that are critical to the adoption of AI technology. Within the scientific community itself, there is a lack of confidence in such techniques due to the perception of lack of solid scientific evidence, which has led doctors to be reluctant to adopt AI techniques. Companies developing AI technology for medical applications should focus on producing sufficient scientific evidence that their technologies work with a level of mandatory sensitivity and specificity for any medical devices or pharmaceuticals. This can be done by following rigorous clinical trial studies that stand the test of time by global regulators such as the USFDA. The publication of such recognition and the results of clinical trials will provide an opportunity for the entire medical community to review the level of reliability of such techniques, giving the medical professional community sufficient confidence to adopt them.
Globally, AI technology development is driven primarily by start-up companies and the AI industry suffers from a lack of funding and the reluctance of large equipment manufacturers to collaborate with them. The lack of capabilities of such start-ups to gain market share is another limiting factor for widespread adoption. Government policies in India have favored some funding in this area, but much remains to be done in India and globally. Despite the challenges faced by such start-up companies, there are some success stories that provide enough motivation for entrepreneurs to start in this space in India. Kure.A.I.India-based company to revolutionize AI-based radiology diagnosis, and Niramai There is a company based in Bengaluru which helps in detecting breast cancer at an early stage, some of which are making a real impact in people’s lives.
With less use of AI in the country, it has proved to be extremely helpful and successful. India, like every other country, has its own challenges due to large population, which leads to inadequacy of healthcare manpower and also an increase in cases of chronic diseases in the young population. The solution to these problems lies in the hands of technology, therefore, AI, once implemented, can do wonders for the healthcare system in India.
Dr. Chinmay Chigateri – Director and CEO, Healthmind Consulting Pvt
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