A place for Elsevier in India’s digital healthcare transformation
14-Dec-16, Elsevier
From inadequate government spending to sub-standard health infrastructure, absence of a robust regulatory environment to a discrepancy of care quality between the rural and urban populace, India’s myriad of healthcare challenges have been widely discussed and debated.
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Many industry observers appear optimistic that technology might just be the remedy for the country’s healthcare woes. Current developments indicate that India’s healthcare providers are planning to increase technology investments over the coming years in the hopes of boosting quality of patient care and improving efficiency gains.
Working in partnership with India’s government and health services, Elsevier is helping in a range of ways:
- Giving patients the ability to self-diagnose and seek expert consultation using telemedicine.
- Providing evidence-based clinical reference at point-of-care to clinicians.
- Delivering integrated decision support solutions to the entire care team.
- Offering medical training for nurses and health assistants through online adaptive learning.