My publications and conference presentations in 2022

 

Publications in 2022

1.        John O, Sarbadhikari SN, Prabhu T, Goel A, Thomas A, Shroff S, Allaudin F, Weerbaaddana C, Alhuwail D, Koirala U, Johnrose J, Codyre P, Bleaden A, Singh S, Bajaj S, Implementation Experiences of Telehealth balancing Policies with Practice in some countries of South Asia, Kuwait and the European Union, Interact J Med Res 2022;11(1):e30755 DOI: 10.2196/30755 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/30755 URL: https://www.i-jmr.org/2022/1/e30755
2.        Gudi N, Kamath P, Chakraborty T, Jacob AG, Parsekar SS, Sarbadhikari SN, John O, Regulatory Frameworks for Clinical Trial Data Sharing: Scoping Review, J Med Internet Res, 2022;24(5):e33591, doi: 10.2196/33591
3.   Book Chapter: Sarbadhikari SN & Srinivas M, Health Informatics and Health Information Management, In, Gyani G & Thomas A, Eds, Handbook of Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety, Jaypee, New Delhi, 3^rd ed, 2022, Sec. 4 (Clinical Governance), Ch. 20: 274-286.
4.       Book Chapter: Sarbadhikari SN, Priyadarshini B, Kutikuppala LVS, Jodavula S, Mukherjee S, Krishna GV, Sharma S, Price A and Biswas R, Scholarship of Integration and the future of Medical Education and Research (MER), Ch. 29, In, Adkoli BV and Ray A, Eds, Medical Education Research: Theory, Practice, Publication and Scholarship, Notion Press, Chennai, India, 2022: 353-368.
5.       Book Chapter: Sarbadhikari SN, Chapter 5: Career Prospects in Medical Technology and Research, In, Thomas, A., Raghunath, S., Alexander, D., Bhalla, S. Eds, Technology and the Health Sector, Indus Publishers: Chennai, 2022 [In Press] 

 

Conference Presentations in 2022

 

1.  Sarbadhikari SN, Resource person at 21^st National level Medical Record Conference (MEDRECON-2022), AIIMS Raipur (CG) on 11-12 March, 2022.
2.   Sarbadhikari SN, Resource person at the International Workshop on Health Informatics Curriculum Development, MGUMST, Jaipur on 25-27 March 2022.
3.     Sarbadhikari SN, panel member at its inaugural Health-Tech Masterclass on the Role of Hospital Technology in Patient Experience Management in Eastern India, held on 8^th June, 2022 at Altair Boutique, Kolkata
4.      Sarbadhikari SN, Keynote Speaker on “Digital Public Health” at 62^nd WB IPHACON 2022, 25-26 June 2022, The Stadel, Kolkata
5.    Sarbadhikari SN, Resource person, Eastern India Digital Health Conclave: Opportunities and Challenges, Theme: Digitalization of Healthcare: The Need of the Hour, 6^th August 2022, NASSCOM Initiative, Kolkata

 

 

Digital Health in India on 2022

Welcome to a New Year 2022. I am joining as Professor and Head, Department of Digital Health Research at Santiniketan Digital Research Centre, attached to the Santiniketan Medical College, Bolpur, West Bengal, India. This has been a long journey since I had been involved with the Centre for Digital Health in Amrita Hospitals, Kochi, There we had started the first MSc (Medical Informatics) course in India from 2005. However, as it was way ahead of the times, it had to be discontinued by three years.

Now, with India embracing the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), which aims to develop the backbone necessary to support the nationally integrated digital health infrastructure, it is expected to bridge the existing gap amongst different stakeholders of Healthcare ecosystem through digital highways. The National Resource Centre for EHR standards (NRCeS) at C-DAC, Pune is working very hard to offer practical solutions to the teething problems of adopting EHR Standards and the National Digital Health Blueprint (NDHB). These are all the manifestations of the third edition of the National Health Policy (2017). Apart from the EHR Standards recommended by MoHFW (2nd ed, 2016), NDHB had also recommended HL7 FHIR R4. The FHIR (India) Profiles for ABDM Health Data Interchange Specifications, which are being developed by a very active FHIR India community, are being vetted and maintained by NRCeS.

Another encouraging development has been the enactment of National Commission for Allied and Healthcare. Professions (NCAHP) Act, 2021. Under the National Commission there will be ten National Councils of which the tenth one is the National Council for Health Information Management and Health Informatic Professionals.  Prior to this the erstwhile Medical Council of India had proposed the Competency based Medical Education (CBME) for the Indian Medical Graduate. There one of the goals (2.3.2) of the learner is to be a leader and member of the healthcare team and system with capabilities to collect, analyze, synthesize and communicate health data appropriately.

Therefore, I would like to welcome 2022 as a landmark year that will usher digital health in India in a big way.