IMPACT OF VOICE AI ON INDIA'S HEALTHCARE

WITH THE INDIAN HEALTHCARE INFRASTRUCTURE EMBRACING DIGITIZATION AND OPENING UP TO NEWER INNOVATIONS, PATIENT CARE IS ALL SET TO RECEIVE A MUCH-NEEDED SHOT IN THE ARM. RUSTOM, LAWYER, COFOUNDER AND CEO, AUGNITO SHARES HOW VOICE AI PLAYS A ROLE IN ENHANCING THE INDIAN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.

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In 2020-21, India spent only 1.8% of its GDP on healthcare. It's an alarming figure, especially when the patient is at the heart of healthcare.

To that effect, the World Medical Innovation Forum says that Voice AI is one of the top 12 disruptive healthcare AI technologies. Healthcare professionals spend approximately one-third of their time on paperwork. Through speech recognition and natural language processing, Voice AI has the ability to reduce the time spent by clinicians to review documentation and save them more than two hours every day, shows a recent white paper by Augnito, India's 1st medical speech-to-text tool for the healthcare Industry.

While Voice AI can be leveraged to aid diagnosis, predict propensities and more, the essence of digitization of the healthcare systems lies in the adoption of the Electronic Medical Records (EMR).

This will pave the way towards efficient Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in the future, whether it's improving patient coordination, participation, research, or reduction in healthcare expenses.