Indian Healthcare Providers are Fastly Adopting AI-Based Tools: IDC

Artificial intelligence (AI)-based solutions are expected to increase more than 50 percent during and after the novel coronavirus pandemic in the Asia-Pacific region, and India has joined the bandwagon in a big way, reports IDC.

The healthcare organizations in India must drive human-machine collaboration and AI-driven interfaces to address the country's future care needs.

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"Moving ahead, healthcare providers in India are set to reprioritize the selection of electronic medical records (EMRs)," stated Manoj Vallikkat, Research Manager for IDC Asia/Pacific Healthcare.

"CIOs will have to look past technology, while deploying AI solutions by confirming strict adherence to regulatory compliance, with data governance and ethics, to secure public trust and scalability," Vallikkat added.

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EMR and AI-based imaging solution tools were already used by healthcare providers as they were quick in deploying AI to tackle COVID-19.

"Lack of skilled personnel, the trustworthiness of data, and the cost of the solution are areas that need to be discussed by healthcare organizations in the country for the seamless adoption of AI solutions," the report suggested.

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CIOs of care providers will start prioritizing trusted data as their institutions migrate from a fee-for-service model (FFS) to value-based care, according to the report.

This will also tend to produce an increased number of digital assets, leading to improved AI-based solutions to increase physician efficiency in the Indian healthcare system, the IDC report said.

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Source-Medindia