Disruption caused by COVID-19 must be seen as opportunity to radically reform health sector: Vice President
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- Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has said that the disruption caused by the pandemic must be seen as an opportunity to radically reform our health sector by effectively harnessing the power of digital technology and Artificial Intelligence powered tools.
- Mr Naidu was addressing the 38th Annual Convocation of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) through video conferencing.
- Calling for the digitization of the health records and creation of a national platform to facilitate collection of comprehensive health care data across the country, Mr Naidu said, this will ensure that all the stakeholders in the health sector are digitally connected.
- He added that the analysis of data thus collected can produce valuable information, which can be used to improve the effectiveness of our health system.
Source: AIR
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American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin
- The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin is a professional association for Indian American physicians.
- The association is based in Chicago and was founded in 1984.
- As of 2019, it claims a membership of 80,000 physicians.