Trends
in the Healthcare Sector
The
Indian Healthcare business is estimated to be around Rs. 73,000/-
crores, growing at the rate of 13% annually; and with health care
insurance opening up, these numbers are expected to balloon.
The delivery of Healthcare today is undergoing revolutionary changes
and information technology is emerging as an important tool responsible
for major changes in this industry:
-
Large corporate hospitals are integrating IT into their processes
and systems, thus enabling their hospitals to gain a competitive
advantage.
- Pharma
companies, cosmetic surgery clinics, and weight loss institutes
and gyms have also set up IT embedded health sites to promote
their products and services
- E-commerce
in the medical sector in the Western countries has established
itself as a viable business model .
- Increasing
desire of younger Indian medical and IT professionals to use modern
technology to improve performance.
- Increased
accessibility in India to a wider population with the advent of
the internet and declining cost of computers
Rise
in Health Informatics
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