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Evolution of MedTech

Exciting new technologies are touching our lives every day and promise to transform the way patients are treated and new cures developed in the near future. Artificial intelligence, robotics, big data, blockchain and connected devices are continuing to ensure that clinical diagnosis and even surgeries can be performed from remote locations. Mobile technology and convergence have enabled consumers to track personal health indicators on the go while Big data analytics, cloud technology and proliferating data capture devices have shown the potential to streamline the management of massive patient records and statistics. Cheaper storage, smaller processing chipsets and longer battery lives are behind much of this explosion of disruptive scenarios. Indeed, the IT worker is the person best placed to take advantage and benefit her career. Given below are some of the commonest roles IT professionals can play in healthcare system operations and delivery.

Healthcare informatics

The role of the clinical informatics specialist is to analyze data and information and gather sense of collective records — trends, outcomes of particular therapies and drugs, financial accounting for managerial inputs and so on. Information must be mined to put it into actionable deliverables for service at the frontline of clinical engagement. A course in Big Data Analytics and basic statistics is a must for this professional. Although, there are practical obstacles to the implementation and interoperability of Electronic Health Records in India due to deficient internet penetration and availability of 24 x 7 power in semi-urban and rural townships and expenses involved, the Government has been working towards uniform adoption of ICT (Health Informatics using the Aadhaar as the universal identifier) in public hospitals and private hospitals are likely to follow suit, especially when faced with the prospect of increased efficiency and reduced overhead.

Interface analyst/developer

Different healthcare organizations need to be able to interpret each other’s health records and for this, interoperable systems need a standard protocol to converse with each other. The Health Level-7 (HL7), Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine — Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT) and Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) are the standard used in healthcare. With the rise in digitalization and e-health records, the role of the analyst will be to troubleshoot, monitor and maintain of all organization interface, while developers will be required to resolve different data algorithms to interact with each other.

Clinical application analyst

This professional oversees all levels of operation and workflow in a healthcare organization — from the patient to doctors, clinicians and supporting specialists such as physiotherapists and outpatient care providers. The analyst will usually oversee the transformation of work processes from one entity to another and form the translation bridge between clinical workflow and application functionality.

Healthcare app trainers

Analysts and developers need to be constantly on their toes to match changes in technology that affect their business. They will typically need to be walked through medical processes and workflows while conducting their daily operations. Hence, application trainers are in great demand to maintain efficient healthcare IT systems.

Health data scientist

The role of data scientist is to analyze and interpret the trends or pattern in complex data using statistical, machine learning, deep learning techniques. According to a World Bank report, there will be a shortage of 80.2 million workers in healthcare by 2030 and a study by CII and the Boston Consulting Group concludes that 40 million new jobs in this sector, in India, would be up for grabs by 2020. IT systems are indispensable to healthcare even now. Big names such as Oracle Corporation, Allscripts, Cognizant, Dell, GE Healthcare, IBM and Syntel have invested heavily in Enterprise Resource Planning systems customized for healthcare. Randstad Insights reports that the average annual CTC of pharma and healthcare professionals across all levels and functions in India is ₹9.6 lakh a year. To cope with the changing trends and to bridge the gap between the demand and availability of skilled healthcare professionals in the industry, many institutes have been providing healthcare management education with a touch of information technology and digital knowledge for students to efficiently manage and succeed in the changing trends in healthcare.

With the healthcare sector witnessing great growth and expansion at the moment, graduates are open to pursuing a variety of career paths in the segment and management institutes are at the responsibility of offering programs that address the growing need and demand for well-trained efficient personnel. Overall, a career in the healthcare sector today looks very promising for students as the modern advancements have increased the employment possibilities to an entirely new level. But what is required is that the healthcare professionals should be well-prepared with the digital knowledge to increase the efficiency of the healthcare solutions, which can be done by means of attaining high-quality health management education with a cutting-edge curriculum that meets the current trends. – Daily Pioneer

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