Jagran correspondent, Greater Noida. In the first meeting of the AI Clinic held at the Government Institute of Medical Sciences (JIMS) on Tuesday, discussions were held regarding identifying the use of AI in Cancer-TB, Trauma as well as taking direct clinical feedback from doctors to the startups.
Also, how work will be done on the deployment and scalability of AI solutions in government hospitals. The discussion was held keeping in mind the issue of working on strengthening the doctor-startup collaboration model.
The first meeting of AI Clinic was held in JIMS on Tuesday. In this, healthcare policy makers, physicians and AI experts from America, London, IIT Kanpur, AIIMS Delhi and AIIMS Deoghar along with MedTech startups gathered on one platform.
The chief guest of the program, Dr. Sujata Chaudhary, Additional Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, inaugurated the clinic as part of the physical roll-out.
He said that government hospitals should play a leading role in responsible and evidence-based use of AI. He said that in the times to come, this clinic will prove helpful to doctors, startups and also in the treatment of patients.
Guest of Honor is Director and CEO of AIIMS Deoghar, Prof. (Dr.) Nitin M Gangane, special guest was Dr. Abhishek Shankar, oncologist of Delhi AIIMS. Dr. Sarvesh Sonkar, Head of MedTech and AI Center of Excellence at IIT Kanpur participated through online medium. Highlighted the importance of hospital-based validation and clinical feedback. Dr. Nandini Tandon, co-founder of Indus Global Setu Global Foundation, participated in it through online medium.
Innovations can be done with the technology of IIT, NIT and AIIMS
Hospital data will be made available to Artificial Intelligence (AI) based innovations in AI Clinic. By studying this, better treatment facilities can be developed. There is currently no such policy in the country that government hospitals can share their data with startups, but by joining this clinic, hospitals like AIIMS and JIMS will be able to provide data.
Private colleges including IITs, NITs will also join the clinic and help in developing innovations through their technical expertise. The monitoring committee and AI experts will brainstorm the applied innovations and data will be shared only when practical.
JIMS Director Brigadier Dr. Rakesh Kumar Gupta said that under the visionary vision of Uttar Pradesh Government, government institutions like JIMS are providing national leadership in AI and MedTech innovation, which will improve patient safety and quality of treatment. Dr. Rahul Singh, CEO, JIMS CME, said that this townhall is an important step towards making government hospitals the hub of healthcare innovation. AI solutions will be effective only when they work in real clinical environments and reach every citizen.