India’s National Cancer Grid, a government-supported network of organizations focused on cancer treatment and research, has established the Koita Center for Digital Oncology.
The center aims to promote the use of digital technology to enhance cancer care across India, according to a press release.
The nonprofit Koita Foundation recently signed a memorandum of understanding with NCG funder Tata Memorial Center to support the newly established center for five years. The Koita Foundation also helped found her Koita Center for Digital Health, which focuses on fostering academic programs, research, and industry collaboration in digital health.
why it matters
In 2020, approximately 2.7 million people in India had cancer. About 1.4 million Indians are diagnosed with cancer each year, claiming 850,000 lives. As cases increase each year, digital tools are becoming increasingly essential in enhancing cancer care.
According to the Ministry of Atomic Energy, which founded NCG, KCDO will help drive digital transformation across India’s cancer care ecosystem.
Dr. Rajendra Badwe, director of the Tata Memorial Centre, said it will help build an “innovation ecosystem” of hospitals, medical technology companies, academic institutions and research institutes to meet the challenges of cancer care.
The center will enable more than 270 NCG partner hospitals to share digital health best practices, adopt digital health tools, and support common technology initiatives such as EMR adoption, healthcare data interoperability, reporting and analytics. help you move forward.
In addition, KCDO will enable NCG and its member institutions to pilot new technologies such as AI, machine learning, big data, automation and cloud computing. These technologies will enhance telemedicine and remote patient monitoring, making healthcare more accessible in semi-urban and rural communities.
The center will drive adoption of AI-assisted clinical decision-support tools to enhance physicians’ ability to deliver care, as well as mobile healthcare to help patients better manage medications and adhere to treatment guidelines. Promote patient engagement apps.
We also plan to introduce medical data analytics across hospitals to enable tracking and benchmarking of clinical outcomes and efficacy of different treatment and care pathways.
In addition, KCDO will seek partnerships with academic and research groups to facilitate research and development of cancer treatments.
the bigger trend
According to Rizwan Koita, director of the Koita Foundation, KCDO could help promote greater adoption of the Indian government’s Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, a “key national priority.”
ABDM is developing the foundation for India’s integrated digital healthcare infrastructure by connecting different healthcare stakeholders through digital pathways.
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