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Healthcare

Data, ‘before and beyond’ medicine

Medical knowledge is critical to saving lives. In 1950, the global information around healthcare doubled every 50 years or more, but come 2021, it takes less than 3 months. Keeping up with this change is not possible without leveraging modern technology that requires storing and analysing of this data, and providing analytical implications. COVID 19 pandemic has made healthcare institutions realise the need to transform quickly. Use cases like track and trace, automated patient scheduling, and vaccine certifications all required an ecosystem of healthcare organisations

leveraging technology with fool proof integration. Some recent examples include, Flatiron Health contribute to cancer research and better patient care by analysing billions of data points, enabling deeper insights for doctors and researchers, Google Health and DeepMind developed an AI prodigy that can diagnose cancer at early stages. Digitopia's Digital Maturity Index (DMI) as a tool provides an organisation wide assessment opportunity. This can help healthcare companies to identify the gaps in serving their customers better and staying relevant in this digitally transformed realm of healthcare.

Medical services outside reality

The global AR/VR/MR market size in the healthcare industry is expected to reach USD 9.5 billion by 2028, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. The World Health Organization (WHO) is utilizing AR technology and smartphones to train staff in COVID-19 protocols, surgeons are using VR to deliver medical training, and device manufacturers are using MR to assemble surgical tools.

Medical organisations, supported by the giants like Meta and Microsoft, are making giant leaps in research and delivery of healthcare services – examples include Medtronic acquiring the company Digital Surgery and Zimmer Biomet announcing OptiVuTM Mixed Reality which leverages the Microsoft HoloLens to merge the real and virtual worlds, Veyond Metaverse which brings global healthcare professionals together for simultaneous education, training and planning as well as collaborative medical procedures.

Use of AR/VR/MR in delivering healthcare services has made the Metaverse a parallel reality for medical organisations, doctors and medical staff, as well as service consumers. Digitopia is a pioneer in this space, helping healthcare and medical companies become Metaverse-ready through its proprietary Metaverse Readiness Index (MRI).

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Delivering patient and environment healthcare

The healthcare industry is responsible for ~ 5% of the total carbon footprint of all developed nations. This carbon footprint is spread across different aspects of health services including global, national and private health systems. Hospital buildings, medical devices and procedure consumables all lead to an increased environmental impact due to greenhouse gases and inorganic landfills.

UN guidelines and charters such as Health 2020 have led to increased sensitivity in improving these conditions, and major players and government bodies are developing downstream initiatives. The UK recently announced its commitment for the National Health Service (NHS) in England to become carbon “net zero” by 2040, and multiple initiatives like green surgery and green hospitals have been given the green light. Pharma giant GSK has also slashed operational greenhouse gas emissions and plans are being implemented to reduce its water use by 30 per cent at high-risk sites by 2030 and Australia’s Sunshine Coast University Hospital was awarded a 6-Star commendation for its low carbon footprint.

Digitopia with its Sustainability Maturity Index (SMI) helps healthcare and pharma firms to identify greener and more sustainable ways to deliver medical services, and thereby develop a better ESG reputation.

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The Toolset

At Digitopia, we support organisations through their transformation and get them future-ready. Whether technology, sustainability, or business evolution, our Business Impact Platform (BIP) provides the necessary toolset to accelerate the journey.

Business Impact Platform includes various indices and much more:

Digital Maturity Index (DMI)
Sustainability Maturity Index (SMI)
Metaverse Readiness Index (MRI)
Dashboards to navigate your way around initiatives
Downloadable reports to focus on your priorities
Benchmarks to establish where you stand among your peers

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