Headquartered in Faridabad, AIMS is a Super specialty tertiary care hospital that provides preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, palliative and support services.


The question that arises is that with so many benefits in the offering, what is holding back the growth of this sector? Why is it that we have only been able to scratch the surface, where tele radiology's true potential is concerned? Well, it is attributed to varied reasons. The reason for this is 'costing'. “Unless tele radiology is used as an in-house service, there is very little money to be made and the margins are wafer-thin.”

“The main challenge is infrastructure, as it is difficult to set up a critical medical service that has zero tolerance for downtime, in an environment where there are frequent power outages, unreliable net connectivity, traffic issues and bands preventing staff from reaching work in time. These same challenges result in an increased cost of doing business as redundancy measures need to be planned at every stage of a tele radiology operation. Lack of awareness about tele radiology is another constraint to its growth. Finally, a lack of respect for contracts and focus on price as opposed to quality of reporting is an issue that affects the atmosphere in which tele radiology is practiced.” The main benefit that tele radiology offers, namely to provide immediate reporting in the emergency setting, is yet to be realised as emergency medical services in India are yet not matured enough to derive the full benefit of such radiology support services”.

Why tele radiology is not picking up pace in India
“On the infrastructure side, definitely bandwidth and continuous power is needed. On the delivery side, the government needs to play a more active role, at least at the State level, to sponsor the adoption of tele radiology where its needed most.”

“The lack of awareness on availability of such services, lack of standards and the inherent fear of losing their jobs on the part of local radiologists have hindered the progress. The demand for quality radiologists have skyrocketed the cost of hiring them, making their utilisation challenging.”

Drawing inferences from these varied sources, it can be concluded that India has to battle several challenges like lack of awareness, low-quality, pricing, lack of infrastructure, unfavorable regulatory environments and narrow mindsets before tele radiology can become really successful in India. As of now, it has played a very limited role in India's healthcare delivery.

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