| | December 20178IN MY OPINIONDigital Revolution Changing the Perspective to our HealthBy Mukesh Garg, Director IT, AstraZenecaW hen we talk of an ecosystem, it encompasses everything, from the physical to the biological environment with which we interact. Centuries ago, diseases were diagnosed by checking a person's pulse and then treated accordingly. As medical science advanced, numerous devices were invented to look into internal body systems and diagnose diseases to the exact cell where they impact the body, allowing us to perform more targeted treatments. With the rapid progress we are making in healthcare, science and technology, it is quite likely that the world will be very different tomorrow from what it is today. For example, wearable technology is the new age pulse diagnostic system moving very far away from the old method of checking the pulse to diagnose disease. Wearables have already become a fashion accessory available in different designs, colours, and patterns. There is a lot of technology embedded into these seemingly small wearables, and I will not go into the details here since a simple internet search can provide all the information you need on these.Today, the use of wearables combined with big data is creating a Digital Revolution that is going to change the way we view our health. Data collected through these devices can and will completely change how we live our lives­ from birth to death. Right at birth, the baby can be digitally tagged to monitor the breathing pattern, heart rate, crying pattern, cell structure, DNA and blood group. We can call this the child's "digital print". All this data can be fed into a server and stored for life. This can then be augmented with more and more data captured as the child grows and becomes a young adult, moving into old age. To this "digital print" we can add lifestyle parameters such as food habits, exercise, rest, sleeping patterns, social interactions, vacations and a pattern can be established to evaluate the risk of different diseases for that individual. Now imagine that this individual contracts a disease which needs a particular cell therapy that is rare to find as only 0.0001 percent of the world population has it. In today's world, it is virtually impossible to find that person. Tomorrow when all children have a "digital print" and their data stored centrally, we would have a data ecosystem, making it easy to match the cells of different individuals in different geographies who are complete strangers to each other. Think of how many valuable lives can be saved with this digital data revolution in the medical field!This digital ecosystem can make the big difference between Reactive and Proactive healthcare. Today, we visit With 18+ years of rich experience in Program & Project Management, Functional Consultancy, Delivery Management, Service Delivery Models, ERP Solutions, Customer & Vendor Management, IT Support & Training with well-known organizations, Mukesh has demonstrated excellence in setting up organisations from the ground up and new IT environment under Global Shared Services Center and Global Technology Centers; in-sourcing and transitioning IT support from scattered support model to a central in-house support model.
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