Following are the a few points which came from a discussion
with a friend regarding telemedicine. Although, there are many proposers for
telemedicine today in India as a commercial exercise, it is still to come into
mainstream, while Teleradiology has gradually matured into a viable business
even for India operations. Our own firm (TeleRad Providers) being a prime example, when we started
to say in 2007 that India will generate good amount of teleradiology work, no
one believed us and it was and is still an uphill task, but key thing, for me
is to be able to create a viable, self sustaining system with this kind of
business model. And i have a feeling the tipping point for teleradiology in
India is not far away. But you need to think out of the box. But i somehow don’t share the same enthusiasm
for telemedicine. For me Phase for Telemedicine in India-should focus on
Tele-imageology-- Radiology, Pathology, Dermatology, ECG,etc. Wherein we are
able to deliver the final product. Most of patients never meet the radiologist
even if he is in the hospital, so it hardly makes a difference to him when
radiologist is located remotely, but somehow i dont get the same feeling with
physician and hence the gap between tele-imageology and telemedicine. Will a
patient or insurance company be willing to reimburse for a remote
consultation? Further we feel in times
to come Government and telecom majors will play a part in major development of
Telemedicine in India, but to make a viable option people should realise, each
task we do should fill a lacuna and it will work. And Doctors not just planners
should be integral to this development.
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