(This article is based on a case study by Prof Sarang Deo and MIHM analyst Hemanshu Das.) As India opens up the world’s most stringent #lockdown, is it prepared to handle continual COVID19 outbreaks? India is planning to open up after the lockdown but testing is still low – India tests 0.7 per 1000 in [...]
The entire world is facing a social, medical, economic and political crisis of proportions greater than that of the Great Depression, 1930-39. What are the skills and qualities that can help each of us tide over the prevailing crises? In a webinar organised as part of the Covid-19 preparedness series by Max Institute of Healthcare Management at the Indian [...]
(This article is based on a case study by Prof Sarang Deo and MIHM analysts Aman Kabra and Hemanshu Das) The Covid-19 infection is spreading at an unparalleled pace. In India, as on May 1, 45 persons were being tested per million population, a significantly low rate as against the world median of 397 [...]
Indian Council of Medical Research has, over the past few days, increased the Covid-19 testing capacity in India massively. Starting with 3,700 tests in March to scaling them up to over 18,000 tests (as on April 11), the testing capacity is all set to increase further. Much of this is attributed to increased procurement of kits, 24*7 labs, [...]
By Alekhya Chaparala, Research Assistant, MIHM On a cool day last December, I visited the Kopaganj Community Center in Uttar Pradesh’s Mau district. Implementation of an MIHM costing study on family planning was about to begin, and I was in the field to finalize operations and brief local officials before data collection commenced the following week. My [...]
By Naireet Ghosh, Analyst, MIHM Historically, the healthcare industry has been relatively reluctant in adopting technology for non-clinical processes. Only recently, care providers seem to have realized the value of enhancing patient experience by the use of technology in order to improve healthcare outcomes. This is evident from the recent boom of the patient engagement solutions [...]
By Preeti Singh, Analyst, MIHM Point of Care (PoC) technologies refers to bringing care closer to the first point of contact in both temporal and organizational dimensions through the use of technology. Over the years, the health sector has seen interdisciplinary PoC technology innovations, such as smartphone health applications, biosensors, lab-on-a-chip, and wearable devices, across healthcare [...]
Preeti Singh, Analyst, Max Institute of Healthcare Management, ISB Mohali Point of Care (PoC) technologies refers to bringing care closer to the first point of contact in both temporal and organizational dimensions through use of technology. Over the years, health sector has seen interdisciplinary PoC technology innovations, such as smartphone health applications, biosensors, lab-on-a-chip, and [...]
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