Artificial Intelligence could shift healthcare from diagnosis to early prediction, say experts

The event also marked the launch of the first FICCI Telangana Healthcare Panel, which is expected to work on policy recommendations for the Telangana government. The panel will focus on AI-enabled care, preventive and outcomes-based healthcare, medical tourism, healthcare accessibility, and education and skilling.

Mona Duggal, Director, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Digital Health (NIRDH), called for a broader approach to the use of health data, saying the healthcare system should move from maintaining health records to creating “wellness records”. She argued that a proactive, wellness-first approach should.

What Happened

Avinash Pandey, Group Leader, NABH Digital Health, said healthcare organisations in India had invested heavily in digital systems over the past decade, but technology adoption alone had not translated into transformation. He said hospitals with sophisticated digital systems continued to see clinicians.

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• He said inadequate healthcare infrastructure in smaller towns was forcing patients to travel to larger cities for treatment, increasing their out-of-pocket expenditure.

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Chinna Babu, Co-Chair, FICCI Telangana Healthcare Panel said preventive healthcare and accessible medical services needed to be extended beyond Hyderabad to Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities.

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