Covid is big stimulus for health tech start-ups
April 28, 2021
Companies see huge surge in demand for telemedicine from patients and doctors
Health-tech startups are witnessing a huge surge in demand for telemedicine, video consultation and remote patient monitoring services as a growing number of patients and doctors are opting for virtual consultations over physical visits, fearing risk of infection in pandemic times, and to avoid overcrowding at hospitals.
“In the last 25-30 days alone, we have seen the number of tele-consultation and video consultations on the platform grow about 500 per cent from what they were earlier,” said Gaurav Gupta, Co-founder of Delhi-based digital health start-up, Navia Life Care.
What Indian Tech Sector Wants From Budget 2021
24/01/2021
Sangeet Kumar, CEO & Co-Founder, Addverb said he expects the government to ease the legal processes and regulations involved in setting up manufacturing facilities in India under its ‘Make in India’ initiative.
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India is looking forward to one of its crucial budgets since independence as the country’s still grappling with the economic slowdown precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite unexceptional circumstances and slackening in the economy, the adoption of AI across industries has been quite exceptional due to the increased push towards digital transformation. Nearly 70% of decision-makers across major industries said AI was critical to their businesses operations during 2020, in terms of efficiency, costs, and productivity.
‘Cyberspace will make human life inclusive’ – 30 quotes of the week on digital transformation
From digital change to Digital India, these quotes from the week of December 7-13 capture tech impacts sweeping across the world.
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In 2021, we expect 5G to open doors for faster, and smarter, connected smart devices. - Anku Jain, MediaTek
The boom in artificial intelligence has led to predictions that it is likely to be on the corporate board of directors by the year 2026. - Alok Bansal, Visionet