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How AI and data analytics are changing healthcare industry dynamics Photograph by Vikram Sharma 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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