Dr Vikram Venkateswaran – Healthcare India

Evolving leadership in Healthcare: In conversation with Nitin Nag, Regional Director, Cloud Nine Group of Hospitals

Post author:Dr. Vikram Venkateswaran
Post published:April 8, 2021
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While the covid 19 pandemic has shown us some insights, a lot more systemic thinking is required to prepare the industry for the next stage of transformation. Nitin Nag, Regional Director Cloud Nine Group of Hospitals discusses this and other issues.

Announcing the launch of my debut book- Own Your Health

Post author:Dr. Vikram Venkateswaran
Post published:March 25, 2021
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Health is a very individualistic concept and the pursuit of good health should be your top priority.

Is healthcare ready to take the quantum leap ?

Post author:Dr. Vikram Venkateswaran
Post published:August 18, 2018
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In early August, I had the opportunity to lead a panel of doctors and technologists on an interesting topic; “New Technologies shaping the world: Will healthcare take the quantum leap?”

The members in the panel were
·   Dr Kirti Chadha, Vice President – Metropolis Healthcare Ltd.
·   Dr Vidur Mahajan, Associate Director, Mahajan Imaging
·   Ravi Ramaswamy, Sr. Director, Philips Healthsystems
·   ShivaKumar KR, Fellow & Global Architect, Philips
·   Sampath Herga, CEO of Hyper Chain Private Limited

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The future of healthcare in India

Post author:Dr. Vikram Venkateswaran
Post published:March 18, 2018
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If you entered a hospital in India, in the year 2030 what would you see? Would you see an OPD with patients milling around, standing in line for the doctor to see…

Is having insurance (private and public) really the answer to India’s healthcare issues?

Post author:Dr. Vikram Venkateswaran
Post published:March 24, 2017
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Reading Dr Vikram’s post on “is-health-insurance-the-answer-to-indias-healthcare-woes?” made me think. Well, in the United States, despite healthcare being the highest capita spend of the GDP as per Organization for economic Co-operation and development (OECD) survey. But yet still we are unable to meet the healthcare needs of the population. That made me think – Is having insurance (private and public) the answer to India’s healthcare issues?

I would like to give my perspective whether we should invest heavily in insurance and the role of the government, based on my knowledge of Unites States healthcare systems.

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