Created on 2017-10-01 19:04 Published on 2017-10-01 19:11 This post is part of a series on The Healthcare Gamechangers. Read all the stories in this series here. The story of Nalini Saligram and Arogya World Healthcare has been developing along one line for centuries. We look to help people far too late in the process to have […]
The story of Rushika Fernandopulle & Iora Health LOOKING AT THE WAY THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE past only, has limited use for the future. We have worked on models of health for centuries that were right for their time, their technology and the knowledge of the health practitioners. But times have changed significantly. […]
The story of Rushika Fernandopulle & Iora Health Created on 2017-09-27 17:08 Published on 2017-09-27 17:10 LOOKING AT THE WAY THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE past only, has limited use for the future. We have worked on models of health for centuries that were right for their time, their technology and the knowledge of the health […]
Hospitals are going to disappear. Atleast in the way we know them today, they will disapear. They are great for sick-care. But, no way are they central to healthcare. If indeed the goal of the healthcare system is to keep people healthy, what is the need of a hospital? If the goal is to treat […]
Created on 2017-09-26 17:35 Published on 2017-09-26 17:38 Hospitals are going to disappear. Atleast in the way we know them today, they will disapear. They are great for sick-care. But, no way are they central to healthcare. If indeed the goal of the healthcare system is to keep people healthy, what is the need of […]
Created on 2017-07-16 18:04 Published on 2017-07-16 18:06 A collection of stories, narratives, essays, poems, sketches and paintings by the clients and therapists at Seraniti. In India, mental illness is still considered taboo and many people refuse to acknowledge it as a valid and serious condition. Retold & Reclaimed is about making a hidden population […]
Created on 2017-04-28 04:55 Published on 2017-04-28 05:04 No healthcare discussion is complete without all of us tom-tom-ing the importance of primary healthcare and then we go back doing business as usual – ie specialized secondary and tertiary care. What gives? Increased focus on specialization in medical education and employment A classic chicken or egg […]
Does this ancient Chinese system hold the secret to the future of managed care? Modern medicine is going through somewhat of a crisis of identity in the modern world. As the population ages, the need for medicine changes and the budgets and margins for the profession look tighter all the time. So much of modern […]
Created on 2017-03-03 02:48 Published on 2017-03-03 03:09 Does this ancient Chinese system hold the secret to the future of managed care? Modern medicine is going through somewhat of a crisis of identity in the modern world. As the population ages, the need for medicine changes and the budgets and margins for the profession look […]
Created on 2017-02-14 16:07 Published on 2017-02-14 16:15 Most modern institutions have been optimised for efficiency, leading to increasing specialisation and focus on repetition. But institutions of the future are at risk of obsolescence if they rely on repetition and increasing the silo-ed approach to improve efficiency. One such institution is a “Hospital”. How did […]