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Remote Diagnostics
Doctor - anytime, anywhere With the help of remote diagnostics, the technical problems can be solved remotely and it is not required to call the technicians for a visit
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his innovative solution is simply a new paradigm of seeking medical expertise. The diagnosis that saves a patient’s life in some remote areas of the country and abroad is being made by doctors sitting in their consulting rooms. The concept of Remote Diagnostics is picking up in India. More and more experts are interpreting digital images of MRI, CT scans, X-rays, etc and sending their interpretations to doctors practising not only in various parts of the country but also abroad. Usually the service of remote diagnostics is carried on with the help of a VPN which communicates with the main server where the support team meets virtually to resolve the issue. Says Vishwa Chandra, from Singularity Ventures: “In India, there is a service gap that needs to be met and a number of companies such as Max, Fortis are looking at this. However, while each of these companies will look to grow significantly in the coming years, I do believe that there will still be a significant portion of the population in rural, semi urban, tier III towns that will remain underserved. Technology companies involved in remote diagnostics can help bridge this gap. Such technologies will be key in providing scale to our limited resources that we have to deploy.”
I do believe that there will still be a significant portion of the population in rural, semi urban, tier III towns that will remain underserved. Technology companies involved in remote diagnostics can help bridge this gap.
Vishwa Chandra Singularity Ventures
Rasthriya Swasthya Bima Yojana
Blessed with a Smart Card Rasthriya Swasthya Bima Yojana empowers the BPL population with the best-inclass healthcare services
Fact File n Beneficiary pays `30 for a family of five n Insurance amount `30,000 n Hospitalisation as well as 727 surgical packages covered n More than 5000 empanelled hospitals n Currently provided more than 17 million smart cards to more than 70 million people
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ealthcare in India, driven primarily by the private sector, had little to offer to the BPL population unless the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) was launched in April, 2008. The scheme completely redefined the scope of healthcare delivery, taking quality health services to the poorest of the poor population at a meager cost of `30 per year. Launched by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, RSBY is the first ever paperless health insurance scheme in the world. The scheme leverages IT on a massive scale to empower the rural population of the country, which makes it paperless as well as cashless. “The idea behind the conception of RSBY was to design a health insurance scheme based on a world class model that avoids the pitfalls of all health insurance schemes launched in the past”, says Anil Swarup, Director General Labour Welfare, Ministry of Labour and Employment. “As RSBY is a Government sponsored scheme for the BPL population of India, majority of its funding, almost 75 percent is done by the Central Government, while the respective state governments invest the remaining 25 percent”, says Anil Swarup. Being one of the fastest scaling schemes, RSBY will soon cover majority of the BPL population of the country.
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