India Is Using Technology To Give 1.4+ Billion People Access To Healthcare

I write about clinical medicine, innovation in healthcare, and health policy.

India’s vast population of more than 1.4 billion people continues to grow significantly, bringing with it immense opportunity for innovation and disruption. In this regard, world leaders, corporations, regulators, and investors are slowly realizing that India’s prowess in the next 50 years will be unmatched. In fact, Goldman Sachs released a report earlier this month indicating that India is soon likely to become the world’s second largest economy.

With this growth in population, one of the paramount areas of investment which the government has focused on is embracing technology to increase access to quality healthcare.

Providing healthcare services in an affordable, effective and efficient manner is a concept that has become increasingly challenging for most nations across the globe, especially as the cost of care continues to rise and holistic population health continues to decline. India is no different, especially as it grapples with providing cost effective care to a population that is nearly 5 times the size of the U.S.— the majority of which is not even located in large, metropolitan city centers.