Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Sunday 23 September 2018

Ayushman Bharat : Think Big






During last Central Budget [ Jan 2018 ] , Shri Jaitley announced Ayushman Bharat ( National Health Scheme – NHS ) to provide healthcare to 10 crore families ( 50 crore individuals ) for Rs 5 lakh / year , each


Yesterday [ 23 Sept 2018 ] , PM Shri Modi launched this scheme officially


Much before these events , I sent following email to our Policy Makers :





Only a few days back , Apple announced launch of itslatest iWatch , which can take a cardiogram ( though , a low level ) of the wearer and transmit it to the mobile phone ( of course an iPhone ! ) lying in the pocket of that wearer .


In turn , that phone will relay that graph / report to the cardiologist of that human patient  ( assuming mobile number of that cardiologist is in his contact list )


Here , we have a first glimpse of what I had envisaged in 3D – Digital Delivery of Drugs



I guess, Tim Cook managed to read my blog 

  

Guess what will happen next ?


Every GP ( General Medical Practitionerneighborhood doctor ) carries a thermometer , a stethoscope and a blood pressure measurement device ( at the minimum )


A few years back , these medical devices were “ analog “


Today , these have become “ digital “


Tomorrow, each will be embedded with sensors / transmitters and be Internet connected ( IoT ) to relay their readings to the Central Health Server of Ayushman Bharat


Government will make it mandatory for the device manufacturers to embed such sensors


And , day after tomorrow , these devices will become nano-size and get printed as electronic tattoos on our skins or become integral parts of our bodies , like contact lenses or stents


   
What is in it for Ayushman Bharat  ?



Consider this :


·         Doctor takes the readings of the patient using these internet connected devices


·         Devices transmit these data to the smart phones of both , the doctor and the patient


·         These phones transmit these data to the Central Health Care Server of Ayushman Bharat and update the LIFE TIME MEDICAL HISTORY of that person


·         This history can be accessed only by the “ Authorised “ health centres / hospitals / nursing homes , which are official partners of the Ayushman Bharat scheme


Imagine all the Medical Devices ( including ECG / EEG / PET Scan ,  located in private clinics / health centers / hospitals / nursing homes / Path labs / Diagnostic centers  etc ), transmitting to a Central Server ,


·         medical diagnosis

·         treatment


·         administered drugs

·         surgical procedures  



for all 50 crore citizens covered by this scheme


And imagine such petabytes of health data being subjected to BIG DATA analysis using AI  !



Ayushman Bharat has the potential to usher this Health-care Revolution


When that happens , expect the AI to do the following :




·         guide your family doctor to prescribe the best-suited medicine for each member of your family

·         recommend some “ preventive “ medicines before a disease manifests itself !


I urge our Policy Makers to ignore the protests of those “ Privacy Advocates “ , who cannot think beyond their very own narrow interests

Why talk of “ donating “ your organs when you are already dead and have no use for those organs anyway ?

Why not “ donate “ some personal health data while you are still alive ?

Ayushman will never reveal your identity to any “ unauthorized “ person

It will only use “ anonymized / aggregated “ data of the citizens for benefit of all

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References :

Saving 1.2 million Kids  ………………………………..[  29  June  2016  ]

A Mobile App named " BANMALI " ………………. [  15  Sept  2016  ]


BANMALI is the TOTAL SOLUTION ………………. [  14  Nov  2016  ]


Health Care through Mobile ?  ………………………..[  24  Nov  2016  ]

 

Can Akshay Patra Banish Malnutrition ? ………… [  05  June  2017  ]

 

 

Modicare : A Game Changer  …………………………..[  18  Feb  2018  ]

 

Personal Health History : NHS ……………………….. [  11  Aug  2018  ]

 

 



24  Sept  2018


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