Opinion

Modern Medicine Whither to? Over the last three decades, I have witnessed bewildering progress in medical science.  While some diseases have been eradicated, others have cropped up, or remained as they have for ages. Scientific discoveries, innovations and genomic medicine have transformed the way we approach a patient. From the moment a patient enters a […]

In India, there is considerable potential to leverage mHealth (mobile health) as an alternative healthcare delivery channel. According to the knowledge paper titled “How mHealth can revolutionise the Indian healthcare industry,” jointly launched by PwC and the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) at the 14th India Health Summit, access to even basic healthcare is a […]

Should the government dial back its recent policies on healthcare delivery? How can the burden on hospital administration be eased without compromising the patients? Dr  Ashish Banerji, Head Hospital Administration for Symbiosis University Hospital, and Associate Professor at Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences The Indian private healthcare sector is undergoing momentous changes, and the pace […]

By : Viren Shetty, Director and SVP of Strategy at Narayana Hrudayalaya Ltd In 1936, Columbia sociology Professor Robert K Merton published a seminal paper entitled, “The Unanticipated Consequences of Purposive Social Action”. He wrote about the ‘imperious immediacy of interest’, in which government legislation that desperately seeks one outcome, wilfully ignores the unintended consequences […]

Guest Author: Ramesh Bhat, Expert: Healthcare Finance, New Delhi An alumnus of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the University of Delhi. Researched and taught corporate finance and health finance for 37 years at IIM Ahmedabad, University of North Carolina at Chapel-Hill, IIM Udaipur, IMI New Delhi, NMIMS Mumbai, Institute of Chartered Accounts […]