New Delhi: India is a leader in healthcare with its world-class hospital infrastructure, highly advanced Medical technologyExpert skills, Compliance with international quality standards and reduced cost compared to many countries.
With a size of USD 5-6 billion Travel of medical value (MVT) and 500,000 international patients annually, India is among the world’s leading destinations for international patients seeking advanced treatment.
To boost Indian healthcare globally and make MVT 13 billion in size by 2026, Union Govt launched Heal In India campaign which aims to promote India’s medical facilities and infrastructure globally with plans to standardize processes and treatment packages for foreign citizens.
To promote travel of medical value in India, telehealth you can make a paradigm shift in the Indian healthcare industry. Telehealth has changed the traditional way of seeing doctors by patients. Patients without geographic boundaries can interact with healthcare professionals, making it an efficient way to access healthcare.
During the pandemic, in April 2020, telehealth visits increased from less than 1% of primary care visits to a remarkable 43.5%. The current trajectory of virtual care has created a new model of post-crisis healthcare. It has helped reduce the number of hospital infection incidents by up to 80 percent, making it the safest mode of patient care.
Harinder Singh Sidhu, Vice President of Corporate Development at Apollo Group, said: “As one of the global pioneers of telemedicine, Apollo serves national and international patients by improving accessibility to quality healthcare. Many international patients benefited from Telehealth in disease management when international flights were restricted during Covid times. Additionally, Apollo TeleHealth specializes in integrated healthcare delivery to provide services such as TeleConsultations, TeleRadiology, Tele Cardiology, Tele Condition Management and Tele-ICU, among others.”
Telehealth It is the remote provision of health care and health-related information services through electronic methods such as video calls, email, chat or other electronic means. The Patient and Doctor Team can communicate face to face in real time through Video Calls with prior reservation.
Patients sitting at home and miles away from doctors and hospitals can benefit from this digital healthcare model. You can ensure rapid delivery of quality healthcare while reducing unnecessary health risks and removing traditional barriers to care.
With the help of advances in medical technology, the length of hospital stays for patients is becoming shorter to reduce healthcare costs. For example, 13 or 14 years ago, the hospital stay for coronary artery bypass grafts averaged nine days, while the average stay in 2023 is five days. During prolonged postoperative periods, Telemonitoring could be important in the follow-up of patients. The medical team can manage the vital signs of a patient’s condition with the help of telemonitoring, which can monitor the patient’s condition after discharge from the hospital, altering the medicine according to the patient’s vital signs in the aftercare, which makes possible an efficient system in care model.
TeleHealth reduces the burden on healthcare resources and the workforce. Doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals benefit significantly from telehealth services. Today, telemedicine helps physicians and healthcare professionals to provide consultation and diagnostic services in all geographies, expanding its reach globally.
According to Rahul Bhargava, Director of FMRI Bone Marrow Transplantation, “There is a significant gap in the world that exists for the optimal delivery of healthcare that leads to disparity in outcome and deprives many of the basic tenet of the right to life. Ideally, this gap will not exist if health education and resources are uniform. Still, life is less than ideal, so it is possible to bridge the gap through telemedicine and telepathology.”
The telemedicine division of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare partnered with CDAC (Center for Development of Advanced Computing) to launch the eSanjeevOPD portal. The national telemedicine service was an instant success in India, treating more than 100 million patients. With more than 200,000 providers, 15,000 hubs and 115,000 radios in operation, this is the world’s most comprehensive implementation of a public telemedicine system.
Privacy issues and protection of client health information may slow the growth of Telehealth. Not only must personal records be protected, but they must also be made safe from the abuse or misuse of electronic transmission of personal health information through effective privacy legislation and meticulous monitoring.
On medical value trips, patients travel great distances to receive efficient, high-quality medical care. Thus, the application of Telehealth in the Medical tourism The industry promises to bridge the gap to provide more personalized service and represents a powerful platform for the medical value travel industry by turning it into an efficient healthcare system.
The current main concern for implementing and integrating home telehealth in today’s healthcare system is the ease of online payment, including international payment mode for international patients. Like the National Telemedicine, an efficient telemedicine portal for international patients can generate remarkable changes and enhance MVT.
Pankaj Chandna, Co-Founder of international healthcare consulting company, Vaidam.com (Vaidam Health), says, “Vaidam Health connects with many national and international patients through daily phone calls. Patients teleconsult their desired Doctor with the assistance of the Vaidam healthcare team, giving patients a better choice regarding their healthcare needs. With more than 100,000 patients from more than 125 countries in the last eight years, Vaidam Health has provided the best access to healthcare in the world.”
About the author Jenifer Choudhary leads marketing and brand development at Vaidam.com, India’s leading travel healthcare company. She has over 15 years of experience in the medical travel industry and has worked with some of the leading hospital brands in India.
