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Developing Digital Healthcare Centers Intensifies the Need for Sustainable Healthcare Services

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Although digital healthcare centers existed for a long time now, the pandemic outbreak paved the way for remote monitoring services which indeed increased digital healthcare centers, as they provide a contactless consultation. Alongside this, the growing technology development brings in various tools and services to facilitate the healthcare centers. However, these digital healthcare services are certain to offer affordable healthcare technologies in the service centers, it has the potential to predict the symptoms before handed and save the patients, most importantly it provides sustainable and responsive treatment as well as aid in stretching the services medical professional to reach a wider group.

The numerous benefits that the digital healthcare centers provide have aided in expanding the market demand for this service. According to Transparency Market Research (TMR), the market value of digital healthcare is predicted to grow at a rate of 13.4 percent and reach $536.6 billion by the end of 2025. However, in India the sector is estimated to be Rs.116.61 billion in 2018 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 27.41 percent and touch Rs.485.43 billion by 2024, says a report ‘Digital healthcare market in India 2019’.

With the invasion of COVID-19, telemedicine demand has rapidly increased as it supports remote consultation. It provides a quick diagnosis, evaluates, and treat patient virtually. Thus, telemedicine is getting higher funding that is aiding in the development of the healthcare institution and increased expense of traditional healthcare as well as the growth of digital healthcare.

In comparison with other sectors, healthcare is gaining increased adoption of digital technologies the main reason behind it is the pandemic outbreak. However, the investment in the healthcare ecosystem has in turn expanding the services as well. Thus, the future of healthcare is expected to further transform itself with growing digital tools and services. The growing digital healthcare services have also introduced preventive healthcare measures that have a high demand among people which in turn aid in rising funds and investment for the emerging healthcare start-ups.

Healthcare is now totally dependent on technology-based presently, now AI-based technologies is been utilized to automate the interaction of the practitioner with the patients. The AI-powered chatbots are vastly used in healthcare centers that provide medical information like medications, symptoms, medical conditions, treatments, and more, this service increases the speed, efficiency, and accuracy in the diagnosis procedures.

Sustainable Healthcare
Even after we return to normal from the present ‘new normal’, our current healthcare certainly needs a sustainable transition. Thus, the country could consider investing in health infrastructure. India is one of the hugely populated countries in the world and has varied aspects. The country’s population counts to more than 1.35 billion and has proved to be the fastest-growing economies. However, healthcare services stand for just one percent of the country’s GDP this is the lowest in comparison with other countries across the world. Thus, the country could consider boosting sustainable healthcare that would in turn provide free healthcare to the ones who could not afford to pay for the services. This measure would aid in providing healthcare services to about 500 million people. Thus, the country could focus on sustainable healthcare services.

Commenting on the need for sustainable healthcare, Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), said, “India needs to invest in it. Unless we look at health in holistic terms, we won’t be able to prevent outbreaks. Imparting that we must aggressively work on the concept of One Health. As described by the World Health Organization (WHO), One Health is a collaborative effort of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally, and globally to attain optimal health for people, animals, and our environment. If we need to have a pandemic-resistant world, we need to have a system that is sustainable and works even when the pandemic is over."