IIIT-D of Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology in Delhi held and co-organized InnoHEALTH 2022 in collaboration with InnovatioCuris (IC) on December 9th and 10th, 2022. The theme of the gathering was focused on digital Health, in keeping with the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission.
Policy makers, medical experts, providers, academics, and innovators all gathered at the event to talk about healthcare delivery, health research and development, cost-effective care, and digital health technology in the nation.
The event discussed a range of topics, including digital health, universal health coverage, AI, healthcare data, ethics, and the digital training of healthcare professionals. These topics correlate with the objectives of the National Health Policy (NHP) 2017, National Education Policy 2020, and the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, which are all aimed at building a digital infrastructure to deliver healthcare services across India.
At a conference, IIIT-Delhi entered into a partnership with ScanBalt in order to cultivate collaboration in digital healthcare. Through this collaboration, both entities are able to share their knowledge and have virtual conferences between India and the European Union.
The InnoHEALTH 2022 conference featured a diverse range of speakers and panelists over the course of two days. In eight separate sessions, they discussed topics such as digital health implementation and case studies, AI and SaMD implementation issues and possibilities, InnovateHER’s role in inspiring female leaders in digital health, digital health services for non-communicable diseases and preventive healthcare, getting healthcare data right, incorporating effective communication in wellness counseling, preparing Indian healthcare workers for digital services, and the code of medical ethics.
InnovatioCuris and the Arvind Lal Vandana Lal (ALVL) Foundation recently held the Young Innovator Award, which received 102 nominations from across India. The projects included MyLyt, a clip-on light tracker for real-time light exposure monitoring, an embedded device to detect harmful gases and dangerous conditions in coal mines, a Micro ECG machine, diets to lower the glycemic index, machine learning and neural networks to detect diabetic complications, a water pot with a natural fluorine filter to reduce fluorine levels in drinking water, and an IoT-based device to track leg motion activities of normal and orthotic people, as well as suggest exercises based on gait analysis.
At the event, Ranjan Bose, director of IIIT-Delhi, highlighted the importance of utilizing modern technology to increase healthcare efficiency and patient satisfaction. He also mentioned the Centre of Excellence on Healthcare, established two years ago by IIIT-Delhi, and the WashKaro app developed by the centre during the pandemic. Moreover, two faculty members from the Institute were part of the team that created the Delhi Government’s official Delhi Corona App.
