| | May 20188CIOReviewBIG-BANG DIGITAL DISRUPTIONS IN HEALTHCAREBy Ambati Venu, MD, Abbott India Limitedhe healthcare industry in India as well as globally has seen an accelerated wave of growth. As the spending on healthcare increases year-on-year, there is considerable pressure among healthcare players to meet the expectations of the rising challenges.With the core focus for innovation and growth in the industry centered on patients, it is not surprising that for the last few years our effort at Abbott has been to tackle the same challenges ­ the dominant A's of Accessibility, Affordability, Availability, and Adherence.It is time that we see a big bang disruption that may change the way we radically approach these challenges. Recently, transformations in various industries have been driven by digital technologies ­ and healthcare will be no different. The industry stands at a cusp of a digital revolution ­ and, in India, we see a considerable focus on creating a value-based system, where the effort is on improving quality and efficiency of services. Amid such a scenario, the future of healthcare will largely depend on how T IN MY OPINIONWhile disruption from predictive analysis will bring in a change to the way we approach healthcare, it is currently seen in pockets and the overall view would be visible only once ecosystems form across the value chain
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