Ayushman Bharat : Think Big
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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 :
Digital
Delivery of Drugs [ 3 D ] - 11 Oct 2015
Only
a few days back , Apple
announced launch of its latest 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 / email !
Guess
what will happen next ?
Every
GP ( General Medical Practitioner
– neighborhood 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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