Sixteenth International Conference of Telemedicine Society of India: Experiences and Lessons Learnt for Evolving Transformation at a Global Level

Abstract

[...]a global telemedicine ecosystem will incorporate three prongs: people in proximity to the patient, such as primary care doctor, nurse, technician, or family member;domain experts in different medical specialties who are at a distance from the patient and located in a different suburb, city, district, state, country, or continent;and advanced computer and communication technologies. The second paper ‘The AmbuPod Project: Learnings of a Government-certified, Telemedicine-enabled, Rural Healthcare Startup in India’ by Lavanian Dorairaj and the third paper ‘The Mobile Tele-Ophthalmology Unit in Rural and Underserved Areas of South India’ by Lavanya Allimuthu, Ranjitha Kannan, Ramesh BabuSekar, Martin Manoj Mathiyazahan, Padmavathy Appasamy, Sangeetha Srinivasan, and Sheila John reveal examples of new rural efforts that can be gradually replicated in other states and nations using a bottom-up approach to foster transformation and improvement of healthcare services in terms of quality of healthcare services, the speed at which it is provided, and the number of patients who receive care. The sixth paper ‘Telepsychiatry During the COVID-Pandemic: Reflections from India’ by Harihara Suchandra, Dinakaran Damodaran, Barikar C. Malathesh, Lakshmi Nirisha, Narayana Manjunatha, C. Naveen Kumar, Gopi Gajera, Sujai Ramachandraiah, Chethan Basavarajappa, Rajendra Gowda, and Suresh Bada Math and the seventh paper ‘Tele-Mentoring and Monitoring of National Mental Health Program: A Bird’s-eye View of Initiatives from India’ by Gopi Gajera, Barikar C Malathesh, Lakshmi Nirisha, C. Naveen Kumar, Narayana Manjunatha, Harihara Suchandra, Sujai Ramachandraiah, Chethan Basavarajappa, Rajendra Gowda, and Suresh Bada Math focus on addressing mental health issues in a vast country.