From Bedside to Bytes: Apollo’s Kamineni Bets Big on AI in Healthcare

Artificial intelligence will revolutionize India's healthcare sector, asserts Shobana Kamineni, Executive Chairperson, Apollo HealthCo. She believes AI will address the urgent issues of doctor scarcity, poor infrastructure, and accessibility, and render healthcare more efficient and inclusive than ever.

 

Key Points:

 

Bridging Gaps: AI can fill the gaps in India's dearth of doctors and nurses by allowing technology-enabled solutions, upskilling back-office staff, and automated execution of repetitive tasks.

 

Enhancing Productivity: Apollo's GenAI offerings already support 7,000 doctors in realizing a productivity boost of up to 85%, diagnosing over one million patients daily with smart diagnostics and streamlined workflows.

 

Inclusive Access: As 80% of Indians own basic phones, remote diagnostics and telemedicine using AI are introducing quality care into even rural and underserved regions.

 

Ethical & Localized AI: Kamineni is built around ethical use of AI, improved data stewardship, and models developed based on Indian genomic and disease profiles instead of Western data sets.

 

Collaborative Push: She calls on public-private partnerships to build a national AI-health data backbone, making it private and driving innovation at scale.

 

Prospects

 

As Apollo and other entrepreneurs invest in AI, India is already well on its way to becoming a digital health global leader. The emphasis on ethical, inclusive, and locally appropriate AI solutions has the potential to revolutionize healthcare delivery to bring world-class care to millions.

 

Source: Economic Times