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Healthcare IndiaHealthcare India Podcast: Season 2: Episode 8Welcome to episode 8 Season 2 of the healthcare India Podcast. Let's look at some key figures from the registrar general of India, on the Maternal Mortality Rate in India.
The recent figures out in November 2022 show that the numbers have dropped to 97 per 1,00,000 live births. States like Kerala have come down to less than 30 per 1,00,000 live births, while the southern states are going strong, there are still states like Assam where the MMR is close to 200. Refer to this link for more details.
Also do refer to my book Own Your Health, I have shared the...2022-12-1111 min
Healthcare IndiaHealthcare India Podcast Season 2: Episode 7: The Physician King JeevikaWelcome to episode 7 Season 2 of the healthcare India Podcast today we take a trip back in history to talk about Jeevika, the ‘Physician King’ born in Rajgir in the 5th century BCE, Jeevika rose to become the physician of King Bimbisara of Magadha and had Gautam Buddha as one of his patients. We also get a small glimpse of the medical education system in those days rendered by the great Taxashila University. Learn more about his life in this episode.
Also do refer to my book Own Your Health, I have shared the link to the book on Am...2022-12-0418 minHealthcare IndiaHealthcare India Podcast: Season 2: Episode 6In episode 6, Season 2 of the Healthcare India Podcast, I look at the recent study by Lancet which shows that 75% of India with Hypertension is not able to control it. This has serious implications for conditions like cardiovascular diseases that are caused mostly due to increased blood pressure.
The link of the study is here- http://bit.ly/3gL7sQU
Also do refer my book Own Your Health, I have shared the link of book on Amazon.in. Do read it for more insights on how to manage your health- https://amzn.to/3f5LjcS
2022-11-2910 minHealthcare IndiaHealthcare India Podcast: Season 2 : Episode 5 : Diabetes in IndiaIn episode 5, Season 2 of the Healthcare India Podcast, I look at the post covid 19 growth in Diabetes. In a recent study involving 65000 subjects in Bangalore, the percentage of diabetics, as well as pre-diabetic, significantly went up. The study was conducted by Neuberg Diagnostics. The link to that report is here- http://bit.ly/3E1cUGZ
Also in 2017, I had covered an interview with renowned Diabetologist Dr. Mohan, the link to the article is here as well.- http://bit.ly/3A75Ib5
Also do refer my book Own Your Health, I have shared the link...2022-11-1311 minHealthcare IndiaHealthcare India Podcast : Season 2 : Episode 4 : Social Engineering in HealthcareI look at two topics in episode 4, Season 2 of the Healthcare India Podcast. The first is Social Engineering, which is getting information out for malicious intent through human and social interactions.
The other key topic is blood sugar monitoring why is it key to monitor the HbAIc levels rather than checking random blood sugar?
Also do refer to my book Own Your Health, I have shared the link to the book on Amazon. in. Do read it for more insights on how to manage your health- https://amzn.to/3f5LjcS
As always, I...2022-11-0613 minHealthcare IndiaHealthcare India Podcast: Episode 3 Season 2 : Why disruptive technologies are not able to impact the healthcare IndustryIn episode 3, Season 2 of the Healthcare India Podcast, I look at two topics. One is the Global Hunger Index that ranks India at 107. This ranking is done on 4 parameters
1) Child Wasting
2) Child Stunting
3) Under 5 Mortality
4) Undernourishment
The rankings were met with their usual skepticism by the Indian government and rightfully so.
The link to the report is here.
The second area I look at is disruptive technologies in healthcare. Why do so many technologies fail to make a mark? The main reason I believe is...2022-10-2520 minHealthcare IndiaHealthcare India Podcast : Season 2: Episode 2: Digital Twins in HealthcareIn episode 2 season 2 of the Healthcare India Podcast, I look at digital twins and the impact they can have on healthcare.
One correction by mistake I referred to TPG as TPI. Apologies for the same.
Here are some of the links that I mentioned in my podcast
How moderate stress can be good for the immune systems - https://scitechdaily.com/not-always-bad-could-stress-actually-protect-your-body/
The link to the Digital Twins article - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6987213392394543104/
Link to a report on Digital Twins - https://healthcare-in-india.n...2022-10-1613 min
Healthcare IndiaHealthcare India Podcast: Season 2 : Episode 1 : Health CrowdsourcingIn season 2 of the Healthcare India Podcast, we look at changing to a new format. We will be diving into the podcast in 3 segments; one part of a look at the latest health news in India. The second part discusses key issues that have been making headlines this week and the final part discusses a health fad.
In this episode, I look at healthcare crowdsourcing. Do read this article that I covered some time ago and do let me know your opinion on the same.
The link of the article is here- https://healthcare-in-india.net/u...2022-10-0519 minHealthcare IndiaHealthcare India Podcast : Episode 15 : Indian Healthcare @75 YearsIn episode 15 of the healthcare India Podcast, I look at our healthcare achievements in the last 75 years. Often my grandmother would regale me with stories on how her brothers or uncles had super human strength. A closer examination of the family revealed that while she had 5 siblings, she almost had a few who had died young under 5 years mostly. We call this infant mortality or under 5 mortalities.
Today we stand at infant mortality, number of deaths for every 1000 live births as 27, way lower than during independence but much higher than we want to be. So, while those...2022-08-1613 minHealthcare IndiaHealthcare India Podcast: Episode 14: StressIn episode 14 of the Healthcare India Podcast, I am looking at stress. Stress is a normal reaction of the body to any change. The body reacts to the change in various ways that could be physical, psychological or emotional.
But continuous and chronic stress after a while leads to life threatening conditions like hypertension, heart diseases and diabetes. Do listen to this episode and think about all the reasons you have chronic stress in your life.
Also do refer my book Own Your Health, I have shared the link of book on Amazon.in. Do...2022-08-1112 minHealthcare IndiaHealthcare India Podcast: Episode 13: Predictive Analytics in HealthcareIn episode 13 of the Healthcare India Podcast, I look at Predicitve Analytics and the role it can play in the growth of healthcare in India. In 2015, Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie created a stir in the medical industry when she went public with her double-mastectomy (breast removal). She was carrying a mutated gene BRCA1 which increases the chances of breast and ovarian cancer, a condition that killed her mother some years ago and also impacted her grandmother. It is believed that this condition impacts the Ashkenazi Jewish Women, where 1 in 40 has this mutation and have a higher precedence of both...2022-08-0109 minHealthcare IndiaHealthcare India Podcast Episode 12: Why are hospitalisation rates and costs rising in India?In episode 12 of the Healthcare India Podcast I look at hospitalisation rates in India. How it has changed from 1995-2014 and we look at a study done by Anshul Kastor and Sanjay K Mohanty on this topic and published in Pub Med. The link of the study is here - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5786114/
Also do refer my book Own Your Health, I have shared the link of book on Amazon.in. Do read it for more insights on how to manage your health- https://amzn.to/3f5LjcS
As...2022-07-2509 minHealthcare IndiaHealthcare India Podcast : Episode 11: Vitamin DHealthcare India Podcast is now 11 episodes strong and, in this journey, we have covered a lot of ground. In today’s episode, I want to discuss Vitamin D Deficiency which has become a silent epidemic in India. Globally it is believed that almost a billion people are Vitamin D deficient.
In this episode, I discuss the importance of Vitamin D, the key symptoms of Vitamin D Deficiency, and what are the key steps you can take to manage your health.
Also do refer to my book Own Your Health, I have shared the link to th...2022-07-1713 minHealthcare IndiaHealthcare India Podcast: Episode 10: Digital Disease Surveillance Pilot UpdateHealthcare India Podcast is now 10 episodes strong and, in this journey, we have covered a lot of ground. In this Tenth episode, I want to give some more details about our disease surveillance program pilot with IET.
India started the IDSP, Integrated Disease Surveillance Program with funding from the World Bank in 2004. This was a 10-year program to track 33 disease conditions in India. The key drivers for this program were the Cholera outbreak in Delhi in 1988 and the Plague outbreak in Surat in 1994
IET’s disease surveillance project is a very radical and ambitious approach to...2022-07-1110 min
Healthcare IndiaHealthcare India Podcast : Episode 9: Apollo Hospitals Awarded HIMSS Stage 6Fantastic news this week as Apollo Hospitals was Awarded HIMSS Tage 6 award for Our Patient- EMR, Digital Imaging, and Infrasturue, This makes Apollo only the second hospital to be awarded Stage 6 for digital imaging and one of first in Asia. Congratulations to Group CIO Arvind Sivaramakrishnan and hopefully this will inspire others to push for excellence in digital health.
As always, I would be happy to hear from you, do write to me on my website www.Healthcare-in-india.net, or give me a shout on Twitter at www.twitter.com/@drvikram, Email me at drvikram@healthcare-in-india.net2022-07-0309 minHealthcare IndiaHealthcare India Podcast Episode 8: What we can learn about patient experience from Disney?Did you read that right Disney? Yes of course Disney.
The Disney Corporation does run hospitals which are one of the best runs in the US. Fred Lee also wrote a wonderful book called "If Disney Ran Your Hospital" a must-read if you are a health leader or just an interested individual. There are three key areas for patient experience, they are
1) Admission
2) Key interactions before and after the procedure
3) Discharge
From a patient experience point of view, all these three have to be managed. I also discuss my ex...2022-06-2611 minHealthcare IndiaHealthcare India Podcast : Episode 7: Digital Disease SurveillanceIn episode 7 of the Healthcare India, Podcast Dr Vikram Venkateswaran talks about the Digital Disease Surveillance pilot working with IET, CHRI, and Siemens Healthineers. The pilot looks at 3 critical disease conditions, Dengue, Malaria, and Chikungunya.
The project will focus on developing a predictive model that can be replicated across the country. This will feed into the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme. The objectives of the project, which will be completed in two phases over the next year, include:
To use publicly available disease-related data;
To collect social and digital ins...2022-06-1905 minHealthcare IndiaHealthcare India Podcast : Episode 6: Cyber Security in HealthcareIn episode 6 of the Healthcare India, Podcast Dr. Vikram Venkateswaran reflects on the growing Cyber Security threat that confronts healthcare organizations in India. It is believed that Indian healthcare institutions like hospitals, pharma companies, and vaccine manufacturers faced almost 7 million cyber incidents in August-November 2020. Globally it is believed that 68% of healthcare organizations faced cyber incidents that disrupted non-critical clinical processes and 28% had disruptions in critical areas like ICU.
Most hackers use the ransomware attacks in India, locking in critical files and data and ensuring that the ransom is paid. In other instances, they remove the data from...2022-06-1209 minHealthcare IndiaHealthcare India Podcast : Episode 5 : What are you doing with your data ?In episode 5 of the Healthcare India Podcast, Dr Vikram asks a fundamental question, what are healthcare organisations doing with their data? He draws an analogy to the Energy industry and how the fractional distillation of crude is helping create products for various sectors. A similar approach needs to be taken for healthcare data. As always we would be happy to hear from you, do write to us on our website Healthcare-in-india.net, or give us a shout on Twitter @drvikram 2022-06-0507 minHealthcare IndiaHealthcare India Episode 4: How customer centric health innovation is evolving in IndiaIn this episode of the Healthcare India Podcast, Dr Vikram Venkateswaran talks about how customer-centric healthcare is driving innovation in India. He talks about his article that was featured on Economic Time Health World, where a woman was alerted of an increased heart rate by her Apple Watch and she immediately got it checked at a hospital, this helped her prevent a heart attack. It is episodes like this that drive the growth and innovation in a field of healthcare and a lot of this drive in India is coming from the consumer. Enjoy this episode.
Read t...2022-05-2907 minHealthcare IndiaHealthcare India Episode 3 : How AI can be a game changer in HealthcareIn episode 3 of the Healthcare India Podcast, Dr. Vikram Venkateswaran shares information on how consumer behavior has shifted on health information. He also discusses an interesting case that he happened to participate in while helping a neighbor with medical attention and explains the gap that exists between the health information available and the ability of the users to use that information to make decisions in India2022-05-2206 minHealthcare IndiaHealthcare India Episode 2 : Demand Side Health Economics in India- Ayushman BharatIn the second episode of the healthcare India podcast, Dr Vikram Venkateswaran explores the demand-side economics in healthcare as brought about by the Ayushman Bharat program. He looks at the implications of this mega initiative, and its impact on patients and caregivers. 2022-05-1505 min
Healthcare IndiaHealthcare India Podcast Episode 1- Why healthcare is on the cusp of transformationHealth impacts all of us. There is a universal acceptance that the health and wellness of an individual is the a matter of strategic importance. There are many key macro economic factors that are leading the growth of health services in India. In this episode I uncover three key parameters and how it can impact health services of the future in India. 2022-05-1006 min
UrdunamaHow India's Frank Sinatra, Talat Mahmood, Became The Voice Of Dilip Kumar in the 50sIf it wasn't for Talat Mahmood's soulful voice, Dilip Kumar wouldn't have become the undisputed 'King of Tragedy'. From 'Arzoo', 'Tarana' to 'Sangdil', and 'Babul', Talat Mahmood used to be the first choice of the directors for the voice of Dilip Kumar.
If it wasn't for Talat Mahmood, Mehdi Hasan would not have become the ghazal great of the subcontinent.
Also, referred to as the 'Frank Sinatra' of India, Talat Mahmood with his velvety voice became the first heartthrob of ghazal lovers, and ruled the Hindi film music industry in the 40s and the 50s.
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UrdunamaSahir Ludhianvi: A Poet Who Sought Closure In Love With A ‘Khubsoorat Mod’A poet, lyricist, thinker - Sahir, is not a man of a few words. His vast vocabulary not only borrows references from nature when he writes intimate love songs but also when he hopes for a better world, social justice, and equality:
Hazaar barq gire, laakh andhiyan utthein
Vo phool khil ke rahenge jo khilne wale hain.
The magic of Sahir’s poetry is such that it traverses across the Urdu-Hindi barrier and across a range of complex human emotions. His nazms like Khoon phir khoon hai, Gandhi ho ya Ghalib ho, Wo subh kabhi to aayegi, are com...2020-03-0719 min