The healthcare thought leaders in India would converge at the Smart Tech Health Conference in Bangalore on the 24th and 25th of November. In the run up to the conference, we decided to ask a few of the leaders speaking at their conference, their views on Healthcare in India, and how Digital and Technology was playing in big role in improving standards of care.
The Indian healthcare sector is growing at a tremendous pace with a statistical report projecting a growth of US$ 160 billion by 2017 and US$ 280 billion by 2020. The Government of India aids to support the healthcare industry from a perspective of creating a healthier country. Reduced excise and customs duty and exemption in service tax etc will help the betterment of country and stimulate the growth in healthcare. Government has contributed to effective healthcare measures by creating the National Health Mission (NHM) to support the urban and the rural development in the healthcare sector.
Smart Tech Healthcare 2016 Summit on the 24th& 25th November 2016 in Bangalore will bring together the healthcare industry experts who will provide accurate and reliable insights and strategies about the healthcare industry that will help the healthcare companies to analyze their business performance, plans and product portfolios. As discussed in our earlier update Healthcare India is a media partner for the event and we are really excited to participate and understand the strategic insight from healthcare healthcare leaders.
About 10 days ago I was given a sleek case (resembling the iPod packaging in white and transparent plastic). Intrigued, I opened it to discover a very futuristic wrist watch with an adjustable strap. It was when I realized the display wasn’t working that it hit me this wasn’t perhaps a watch.
GE Healthcare continues to build on the work that it has done in India. If you would recall, we had covered the launch of the portable CT Scan and the low cost infant warmer from GE Healthcare earlier. Yesterday GE Healthcare launched Five.Eight , a Healthcare accelerator for Startups in India.
If you have pain in the joints, and you have a desk job then chances are that you have Vitamin D deficiency. And the surprising fact are that you are not alone in this. According to a study done by Metropolis Healthcare in 2015, 7 put of 10 people in urban India are Vitamin D deficient.