Philips in India digital healthcare push

 26-Sep-15, Deccan Herald 

Banking on affordability and digital technologies, India will make a larger impact on the healthcare sector globally, said Medwell Ventures Chairman Vishal Bali at the Philips Digital Healthcare Conclave 2015 on Friday. Bali said the burgeoning Indian startup ecosystem will disrupt the traditional business models.

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Philips Innovation Campus (PIC) CEO M R Srinivas Prasad said a vast country like india should use its digital power to cater to the demands of the healthcare sector. “Philips has embarked to apply mobile, digital and cloud technologies to improve patient outcomes through care co-ordination and patient empowerment across the health space,” he said.

As part of the programme, PIC unveiled mobile obstetrical monitoring, an application which remotely monitors pregnant women for early high-risk identification via a new tele-health solution.

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