How AI and data analytics are changing healthcare industry dynamics
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This is the number of research papers on Covid-19 that have been published in reputed medical journals till now. A majority of India s main Covid warriors, its doctors, have not been able to read even a tiny fraction of these as they are busy fighting the virus. But the reality is that Continuous Medical Education (CME) had taken a backseat long ago, say experts. India has some 12.5 lakh allopathic doctors, and around 4.5 lakh non-MBBS doctors. Except for the 15-20 per cent in metros and Tier-1 cities, most are unable to stay up to date with innovations in their field, says Bhagwat Dhingra, former CEO of Unichem Laboratories and an industry veteran. Doctors usually update themselves through CME programmes organised by pharmaceutical companies and annual meetings of their associations. Another source is interactions with medical representatives. If I remember correctly, using the Relia
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New Delhi: Intuitive India, the India arm of Intuitive Surgical, a global technology leader in minimally invasive care and the pioneer of robotic-assisted surgery (RAS), has recently collaborated with top government medical instituitions in India as a part of their initiative to expose next generation surgeons to Robotic-Assisted Surgery.
Intuitive India together with AIIMS Delhi, has developed this educational program called the Intuitive Robotic Onboarding Program and Education (I-ROPE). Through this initiative, Intuitive aims to familiarize resident surgeons with robotic assisted surgery, its technology, clinical applications and its benefits. Currently, Intuitive is driving this program in renowned government medical instituitions in the country, which includes the likes of AIIMS Delhi, AIIMS Bhubaneswar, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohya hospital- Delhi and Armed forces medical college- Pune.