Introduction
AI
is being used by the Indian government to track epidemics across the country.
The National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) is working with a private
company to establish a program that would scan all media items connected to 33
disease outbreaks. Diseases with the potential to become epidemics are referred
to as monitors in an integrated disease surveillance program (IDSP). Most
hospitals and organizations creating AI solutions for use in healthcare
settings began their journey around four years ago, largely with radiology.
Face recognition is a feature that everyone is familiar with.
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Usage of AI
AI
is used to identify images and then collaborates with businesses to validate
the results. During the Covid pandemic, particularly during the second wave, AI
was employed in Max Healthcare, Delhi, to analyze CT images to determine the
degree of lung infection. Much research is being conducted on the use of AI for
TB detection, and several healthcare start-ups are also investigating the use
of AI to detect psychiatric illnesses and cognitive abnormalities of the brain.
Another business working in the healthcare sector is qure.ai, which is now
working at about 600 sites on initiatives such as TB screening, early lung
cancer identification, and assisting stroke patients in receiving early
interventions.
Projects
and AI-Start-ups Bringing Glory to the Healthcare
qER, an AI-based solution for neurological patients, may detect key abnormalities such as brain bleed, cranial fractures, and stroke, allowing doctors to prioritize immediate care in an emergency. Wadhwani AI is working on various TB projects with the Government of India, including not only radiological tools but also risk prediction for 'Loss to Follow Up' (those who do not show up for follow-up visits). This is critical for tuberculosis therapy because it is a lengthy process that might last 6-9 months, and many people encounter adverse effects that cause them to discontinue treatment.
This firm is creating a smartphone-based solution that provides accurate, fast, geo-tagged, and tamper-proof weight estimation to help frontline health workers identify underweight neonates and monitor their growth. In 2019, 2.4 million children perished in their first month of life worldwide. That equates to nearly 6700 newborn deaths every day. These deaths are avoidable if the baby's weight can be determined during the first week following birth, which is a challenge in countries such as India, where many births still take place at home. This startup also created an AI-based cough sound analysis system during the pandemic to help identify at-risk Covid patients before conducting lab-based tests, even if they were asymptomatic.
HealthifyMe
Tushar Vashisht, Sachin Shenoy, and Mathew Cherian created HealthifyMe, Bengaluru-based digital health, and wellness firm, in 2012 to bring digital healthcare to Indians. The startup offers an app that employs the world's first AI nutritionist, 'Ria,' as a virtual assistant to answer users' questions about fitness, nutrition, and health in ten different languages. Furthermore, the app provides food suggestions and tracks calorie intake using artificial intelligence.
PharmEasy
PharmEasy
is a prominent AI healthcare start-up in India that provides an app that
connects users with pharmacies. Dharmil Sheth, Mikhil Innani, and Dhaval Shah
started PharmEasy in Mumbai in 2015. The smartphone app connects consumers with
these pharmacies to provide seamless medicine deliveries as well as services
like teleconsultation and diagnostic test sample collecting. Tensorflow,
Hadoop, Spark, and Hive are among the machine learning and big data tools used
by the PharmEasy app. It also employs several data crunching and analytics
tools.
Perfint
Healthcare
AI
healthcare startup based in Chennai Perfint Healthcare offers image-guided
interventional therapies, with a focus on oncology and pain management.
Perfint's robotic solutions are used by radiologists all over the world for
biopsy, drug delivery, ablation, drainage, tiny needle aspiration, and a variety
of pain treatment procedures for both cancerous and non-cancerous pain. Robio
EX, Maxio, and Navios are some of the company's products. Robio EX is a CT and
PET-CT-guided robotic positioning device, whereas Maxio offers intraoperative
guiding and post-procedure verification assistance. Navios is a
software-assisted workflow system for CT-guided percutaneous ablation
operations.
HealthKart
Healthkart,
headquartered in Gurgaon, is one of the leading AI healthcare start-ups in
India. Through its e-health store, it provides a wide range of health products
and services to help customers achieve their fitness goals. Healthkart also
offers on-demand healthcare and fitness counseling with traditional AI. It is
one of India's largest healthcare e-commerce sites.
DocTalk
DocTalk
is a Mumbai-based artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare start-up that offers
a software application that maintains track of medical reports and
prescriptions and allows customers to effortlessly share them with doctors. The
firm, founded in 2016 by Akshat Goenka and Vamsee Chamakura, focuses on an
AI-based virtual assistant program to improve India's healthcare industry.
Niramai
Niramai
Health Analytix, situated in Bengaluru, is one of India's first AI healthcare
start-ups. Geetha Manjunath and Nidhi Mathur founded Thermalytix in 2016 to
create a unique software-based medical device that uses an AI-based
high-resolution thermal sensing device for the early detection of breast
cancer.
Dozee
Dozee, a Bangalore-based AI healthcare firm founded in 2015, delivers contactless health monitors that silently detect heart, respiration, sleep patterns, stress levels, cardiac contractions, apnea, and other vital signs while sleeping. Its artificial intelligence systems detect any health worsening early.
Conclusion
AI is a great field to be explored. More and more innovations are coming into the picture to make our life easier.AI has a great impact in revolutionizing the Healthcare system.
Written by Anagha S
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