Digital Health System for Remote Areas by IITians
Two scholars from the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati submitted an idea to set up a digital health system to check body temperature, pulse rate, etc
| 16 Jan 2021 5:11 AM GMT
GUWAHATI, Jan 15: Two research scholars of IIT Guwahati have submitted an idea of a benchtop digital setup integrated with an algorithm to record initial screening parameters like body temperature, pulse rate, eye and tongue analysis of a patient remotely.
Both Mitali Basak (a third-year PhD student) and Shirsendu Mitra (former PhD student) have been recognised for an entry to the global Charm Health Innovation Challenge.
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GUWAHATI: A team of research scholars of the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IIT-G) has developed a digital health system that can offer healthcare to a large population, especially in remote areas.
Mitali Basak, a 3rd year PhD student at the Centre for Nanotechnology, IIT Guwahati, and Shirsendu Mitra, former PhD scholar at the department of chemical engineering, IIT Guwahati, teamed up for the innovation at the Global Charm Health Innovation Challenge in the category ‘student innovators’. Mitra is currently an Early Career Fellow at IIT Gandhinagar.
The bench top digital setup is integrated with an algorithm to record initial screening parameters like body temperature, pulse rate, eye and tongue analysis of a patient remotely.
IIT students develop digital health system for remote areas
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Guwahati, Jan 15 : Two research scholars of IIT Guwahati have submitted an idea of a benchtop digital setup integrated with an algorithm to record initial screening parameters like body temperature, pulse rate, eye and tongue analysis of a patient remotely.
Both Mitali Basak (a third-year PhD student) and Shirsendu Mitra (former PhD student) have been recognised for an entry to the global Charm Health Innovation Challenge.
Charm Health Innovation Challenge is a Digital Healthcare focused technology competition organised by two California-based organisations, Charm Health and iValley .