Webinar on "Digital Technology: The Next Frontier in Healthcare Delivery in Post-Covid India
09-Jul-2021
Dept. of Business Administration in Association with 'Association of British Scholars', Mumbai organized a Webinar on the topic "Digital Technology: The Next Frontier in Healthcare Delivery in Post-Covid India" on 8th Jul 2021.
Ms. Pompy Sridhar- India Director, MSD For Mothers, (Subsidiary of Merck & Co Inc) was the resource person and the session was moderated by Mr. Raman Madhok, Managing Director, Kahani Design Works and advisor to Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management.
Ms. Pompy began the session with giving insight into how Covid lockdown impacted the health service especially the maternal health care. She explained as to how with the introduction of digital innovation in medical health care services, we can achieve universal health coverage in India. In her address she spoke about the challenges faced by the country to achieve the universal health care goal that is Availability, Accessibility, Affordability and Quality.
Ms. Pompy shared her 2 decade long experience being in insurance and healthcare sector. She informed the participants as to how Govt. of India is taking efforts to digitize health care services with the introduction of Telemedicine, National Digital Health Mission, Digital India Mission and Aadhar. Ms. Pompy urged students’ to participate in these community initiatives to address the healthcare need of the society at large.
Mr. Raman Madhok, the moderator of the session along with resource person addressed the queries raised by the participants and appreciated the effort taken up by Sahyadri in terms of Social Innovation Programme to address some of these issues.
