Academia- Its role in Health/

Medical Informatics Education

Dr Anandhi Ramachandran
Associate Professor
International Institute of Health Management Research
Delhi
Digital Health & Wellness

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Digital Healthcare
 Digital health is the convergence of digitaltechnologies with
health, healthcare, living, and society to enhance the efficiency
of healthcaredelivery and make medicines more personalized
and precise.
 Healthcare Delivery is currently undergoing a global
transformation – with Digital Healthcare Technologies leading the
way. Companies such as Microsoft, Google, Kaiser Permanate,
Microsoft, Telefonica Digital and Rockhealth - are all shaping
novel and emerging Digital Healthcare Technologies - bringing
new and innovative business propositions to market

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 Digital Hospital
Digital hospital. In a digital hospital, processes are
streamlined to create paperless automated digital workflows.
The aim is for processes to seamlessly unite patients, doctors,
staff, assets and information throughout the hospital. 4
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Health 4.0

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 Health , Safety and
Environment (HSE) : Operator
4.0

Source : TOWARDS AN OPERATOR 4.0 TYPOLOGY:A HUMAN-CENTRIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE

FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION TECHNOLOGIES David Romero et.al
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Domains
 Signal Processing
 Database Design
 Decision Making
 Modelling and Simulation
 Human Interface Design
 Analytics
 Knowledge Representation
 Workflow Integration
 Security
Informatics Disciplines
 Nursing Informatics
 Public Health Informatics
 Genome Informatics
 Clinical Informatics
 Consumer Informatics
 Population Informatics
 Image Informatics
 Health Informatics
 …….. more
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 Why academics?
 Exposure to current developments in field
 Apprenticeship (internships) and Experiential training a path to
advancement
 Interdisciplinary training and skill sets
 Framework for design, implementation and evaluation
 Though on the job training and experience may be available there are
still challenges in connecting right skills to right positions
 Based on the training needs and job requirements various programs are
available to set the career path
 Fertile ground from basic scientific discovery and research to practical
applications and implementation
 Opportunities on the increase through government initiatives like
National Health Digital Mission, Ayushman Bharat, Health Stack etc
 Advances in technologies like artificial intelligence, block chain,
wearable sensors
Why should we bother?

What? When? Which? Where? Why? How?

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OWN YOUR DAY OWN YOUR LIFE

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