

The healthcare AI scene in India is poised for growth. Recently Telerad Tech inked a deal with Israel based Zebra Medical Vision to enhance its teleradiology abilities by using Zebra’s AI platform. IBM is making inroads into hospitals with its AI platform Watson. And there are more than 20 AI startups in healthcare trying to solve varied healthcare problems in India. However, the speed at which AI is being embraced in India has got the financial planners thinking of balance (sheets and budgets alike). High cost of technology has pushed people to weigh the cost/benefits/manpower availability/paying capacity etc and keep away from technology that did not fit the bill. This is where the Indian tech start-ups have a chance and they should look to capitalize. Glancing across the board we have SigTuple ; utilizing AI to build artificially intelligent diagnostics and Aindra develops AI based algorithms to detect cervical cancer whereas QorQl uses AI and big data to enhance the productivity of doctors. Let us hope that these deep learning techniques ultimately bring the much needed equality (that we love to talk about so much) in availability, accessibility and affordability to Indian healthcare.Here’s hoping that AI would mimic the telecom industry growth pattern and reduced implementation cost would allow more people to benefit from it