“Though COVID has been a disaster to the world, in a way it has been a small blessing to mankind because it has given people a chance to retrospect, reflect and adapt, though humans are such adaptive creatures, they're very resistant to change, till the whole mass movement happens” Dr. Chytra Anand, CEO, Kosmoderma Clinics.
Jan 19, 2021
“One thing is that after this pandemic, health care, community, wellness, hygiene, which were not taken as seriously in India as they will be now is immunity,” says Arjun Vaidya, CEO, Dr. Vaidya’s: New Age Ayurveda.
Jan 19, 2021
“There are numerous studies that link obesity with excessive body fat or being overweight to heart disease which may start affecting your kidney, so there is a direct impact of fitness and health,” says Shreeharsh Deshmukh, Trainer, and Nutritionist, The Fit problem
Jan 19, 2021
“We have three Babas on our mobile, one is Google Baba, second is WhatsApp baba and third is YouTube baba,” says Parag Patil, Founder, LetzRun India, and MaxFit India
Jan 19, 2021
“Fitness and health cannot be achieved without patience. Anything that is claiming to give drastic results within a matter of days is a sham!,” says Mohammad Faheem, Personal Trainer, Just Healthy Life – JHL.
Jan 18, 2021
“Portea with the support of the Delhi Government started a home isolation program and handled 2,50,000 patients for COVID support during the peak of lockdown,” says Vaibhav Tewari, Co-founder and COO, Portea Medical.
Jan 16, 2021
“Digital medium can be used to reach out to the masses but the quality will be definitely a compromised one. Physical ones will always have an upper hand as far as the results are concerned,” says Binny Sreedharan, Fitness trainer and Owner, Peak Performanz.
Jan 15, 2021
“People who exercise regularly have a lower risk of developing many long-term (chronic) conditions, such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, and also cancer,” says Mith Tajne, Fitness Professional.
Jan 13, 2021
“As per Census 2011, there are 5.4 million blind people in India. WHO puts the count to approximately 63 million and it's growing with 20% of the global population residing in India,” says Shruti Pushkarna, Director- Programmes and Communications, Score Foundation.
Jan 12, 2021
“Where there is accessibility, there is no disability. So if we can make the world accessible, the digital and the physical world then we can help the visually impaired,” says Ramakrishna Raju, Founder, and Executive Director, Vision-Aid
Jan 11, 2021
"Select a trainer who is certified and has a couple of years of experience in the industry and avoid who has no proven work record in the past," says Konrad Szczepanik, Corporate Fitness Trainer
Jan 11, 2021
“Without people's health, the country can go into a lockdown for so many days and you need to have that insurance that everybody whenever they need healthcare, whether they are poor, middle class or rich doesn't matter, it has to be provided,” says Dr. Parveez Ubed, Founder and CEO, ERC – Eye Care.
Jan 04, 2021
“Wherever we work, our credibility is always at stake because it's not about taking any assignment, it's about delivering that assignment. So it makes me feel more responsible that way,” says Dr. V.K Sharma, Chief Enabling Officer, Dezin Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
Jan 02, 2021
“A patient doesn't remember the fancy hospital, the clean rooms that we embed, the only thing he remembers was how nicely he was treated by everybody in the hospital,” says Dr. Aloke Mullick, Group CEO, Omni Hospitals
Dec 29, 2020
“Prevention is a way when we collaborate together with AI and technology and all these companies that come up with such amazing solutions for the future of healthcare,” says Naama O. Pozniak, Founder, and CEO, A+ Insurance Service.
Dec 23, 2020
“Government is charging a nominal fee but the facility is not good there, people have no bed, many doctors are not good, and facilities are not good so they have to go to the private sector as they do not have any choice,” says Ashish Kumar Jha, Preventive Healthcare and Fitness coach, Witty Consultancy Services.
Dec 23, 2020
“So a medication error due to a lack of staff, or maybe an inappropriate technique used to inject the dose to the patient, which may be a life-saving drug, we might actually lose the patient's life or even cause a potential disability,” says Kruti Kadakia, Manager – Quality, Safety and Risk Management, Covance.
Dec 21, 2020
“There's a whole continuum of care to the patient and whole continuum of healthcare service delivery within a hospital and is a standard factually requires hospitals to put a lot of policies and procedures in place,” says Dr. Bhupendra Kumar Rana, Founding CEO, Quality Accreditation Institute (QAI).
Dec 21, 2020
“Safety policy should aim at mitigating preventable harm and minimizing unnecessary harm to a patient during delivery of care,” says Dr. Abhik Banerjee, Chief of Quality – Senior Consultant – Pathology, Suraksha Diagnostic Pvt. Ltd.
Dec 17, 2020
“WHO has stated that aviation and nuclear industries have better safety records than healthcare,” says Dr. Chethana Hosur, Consultant and Advisor- Healthcare Operations, Quality and Audits, Motherhood Group of Hospitals.
Dec 12, 2020
“I think we're going to see more examples where technology, especially medical devices, are going to play a bigger role in drug delivery and mechanism for treating chronic diseases,” says Dr. William A. Soliman, Founder, and CEO, ACMA.
Dec 12, 2020
“We are moving towards a digital health ecosystem that will deliver personalized, hyperlocal healthcare delivery for all in the comfort and safety of their homes at an affordable cost,” says Sharmila Devadoss, Founder and Managing Director, MedIoTek Health Systems.
Dec 12, 2020
“The statistics tell us is that around 83 percent of Indians do not even get their minimum daily requirement of nutrition. I believe we can all do better than that,” says Avnish Chhabria, Founder, Wellbeing Nutrition.
Dec 12, 2020
“There are other stakeholders, who are also influential and have a certain vision for the business. So it's really important to be aligned to the founder’s vision,” says Amrit Mann, AVP - Early stage investments, Inflection Point Ventures (IPV).
Dec 10, 2020
“When patients come to the emergency; we triage the patients into three categories - mild, moderate, and severe. So, then it is easy to handle patients,” says Jagan Mohan Reddy, Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer, GE Healthcare.
Dec 10, 2020
“I believe that the COVID situation is a milestone event to make us aware about how much patient safety is important and how well it shall be handled,” says Pratyesh Somani,Associate Manager, QA & RA, Nano Therapeutics Private limited.
Dec 10, 2020
“Being aware of possible hazards can increase productive, prevent illness, reduce day-off and save lives following guidelines, various methods of minimizing and preventing potential hazards which could help in ensuring healthcare workers safety,” says Surbhi Kala, Quality Assurance Healthcare.
Dec 10, 2020
“Today, we have developed AI technology for digital-electronic and other devices which gives us speed as well as accuracy to serve the patients,” says Sarvshreshth Gaurav, Quality engineer, Vitromed Healthcare.
Dec 09, 2020
“We're just beginning the journey of mankind; humankind is beginning a journey to explore everything. It's a great time to be a startup,” says Gary Fowler, CEO - President and Co-Founder, GSD Venture Studios.
Dec 09, 2020
“Around 10% of people who receive health care in industrialized countries will suffer because of preventable harm and adverse events,” says Dr. Shubham Painoli, Quality Manager – Clinical Operations, DayToDay Health.
Dec 09, 2020
“India simply does not have enough health facilities to cater to all its population, even without a pandemic,” says Nilesh Kanani, Head- Quality Assurance Specialist, NHB Pharma
Dec 09, 2020
“Patient safety can be ensured only when you have access to: safe infrastructure, technologies and medical devices, and their safe use by patients,” says Vikram Pradhan, Quality Lead, Manipal Health Enterprises Pvt. Ltd.
Dec 09, 2020
“Healthcare workers are more important than the army who are posted on the borders for us. Because if we don't survive, there is no country and they are helping us to make us survive, and they are putting all their lives,” says Kunal Chatterjee, VP – Quality Assurance, Omega Healthcare Management Services Pvt. Ltd
Dec 09, 2020
“The COVID-19 pandemic has provided some short-term benefits in key areas that could be a catalyst for subsequent improvement strategies,” says Dr. Aparna Ghosh, General Manager Quality, Woodlands Multispeciality Hospital Ltd.
Dec 09, 2020
“A key aspect of patient safety is continually reviewing and monitoring, and then taking steps to reduce risk and errors that would negatively affect the patient,” says Dr. Rahul Kamble, Consultant Microbiologist and Infection Control Nodal Officer, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre
Dec 09, 2020
“In India, healthcare technology is in a primitive state. We need a workforce trained in usage of healthcare technology,” says Dr. Prateek Singh, Quality Manager, Nayati Healthcare.
Dec 09, 2020
“Globally, as many as 4 in 10 patients are harmed in primary and outpatient health care. Up to 80% of harm is preventable,” says Mohammad Muntaz Ali, Founder, and Director, Quality crest group
Dec 09, 2020
“We have to take that sense that a patient is not at our mercy, we are at the mercy of the patient. That should be the motto,” Syed S Perveez, General Manager, East Africa Emergency Services
Dec 09, 2020
“Now the entire world is following the guidelines. So this proves that patient safety is now the Global Health priority,” says Nafeesa Ali Kotwala, Director, Elite Hospiconsult LLP.
Dec 09, 2020
“New drug development and discovery are helped in a great way to having promising results. So this Digital age and Technology trends ultimately results in patient safety,” says Hardik Mistry, Quality Assurance, Hester Biosciences Limited.
Dec 09, 2020
“Being a health care quality professional, it's my responsibility to reiterate the importance of safety precautions to be followed,” says Nidhi Thacker, Quality Manager, Kiran Hospitals and Research Pvt. Ltd.
Dec 09, 2020
“I'm not just talking about Arogya Setu, it's a very good app owned by the Government of India, but we are talking about more and more definitive answer towards the diagnosis and not just that you are at high risk, but telling them how important it is for them to go and get a check done,” says Dr. Vivek Kaser, Associate Medical Data Review Manager, IQVIA
Dec 09, 2020
“Patient Safety definitely was the first priority when we had to divide our non-contagious patient with our contagious patient and we have to treat them,” says Shayantani Datta, Manager Operations and Quality Assurance Head, Jagannath Gupta Institute of Medical Science
Dec 08, 2020
“There are different masks for different purposes, People who have facial hair, difficulty in breathing, and kids should wear quarter masks or they should go for cotton masks,” says Vasudev Gupta, Co-founder and Director, Oxyguard Ventures.
Dec 08, 2020
“We need to keep improving our process and mistakes should be looked at as opportunities for improvement,” says Prof. Ashok Rattan, Advisor for Quality R&D, PathKind Labs.
Dec 08, 2020
“77% of the population in the UAE belongs to the people who earn less than 7000 Dirhams, there are more so which you call it a lower middle-end population,” says Vikas Katoch, COO, Right Health.
Dec 04, 2020
“I call it a COVID-19 obsession and it has actually killed the healthcare foundation and it has changed the healthcare scenario in the country,” says Saurabh Bajpayee, Founder, Oxygenta Healthcare.
Dec 03, 2020
“Playing cricket shaped me as an individual to play hard but fair, play to win, stay calm under stress, put the team ahead of oneself,” says Srinivas Prasad M R, Member, CII National Committee on Technology and R&D.
Dec 03, 2020
“Bring in the age-old wisdom of Ayurveda, the recipes that have been there, the science behind it, and try and package it into a format, which is more relevant to the modern consumer,” says Indraneel Chitale, Partner, Chitale Group and Co-Founder, Herbea and Dr. Chinmay S. Bhosale, Partner, Herbea.
Nov 21, 2020
“The population in India for newborn every year is 18 million, so we have given the observation power of detecting the child's growth, especially on autism features to artificial intelligence base model,” Manu Kohli, CEO, CogniAble.
Nov 19, 2020
“We have one of the largest liver ICU facilities in the world, which has been again recorded in Guinness Book of World Records, and to maintain that we have qualified doctors, paramedics, and staff,” says Ronald May, National Head, Dr. Rela Institute and Medical Centre.
Nov 16, 2020
“RespirAID, which is a portable mechanical ventilation device, which is a safe, reliable, affordable alternative for prolonged manual ventilation, such that it can save the lives of patients who need immediate ventilation, are intubated, are sedated, who have to be transported and need ventilation in ambulances during emergency till the ICU’s,” say
Nov 13, 2020
“The buying behavior in which people are buying healthcare services is constantly changing. This is one of the reasons I say that the industry is nowhere near steady state,” says Ramesh Krishnan, Board Member, Sahyadri Hospitals and Dr. Rela Institute and Medical centre and Managing Partner at MEDAGG VENTURES LLP.
Nov 11, 2020
“Integrative healthcare is a promising trend worldwide, not just in India but worldwide. AyuRythm has built the digital glue which it believes will play a critical part in this future,” Ramanath Padmanabhan, Abhilesh Gupta, and Sandeep Acharya - Directors and Co-founders, AyuRythm.
Nov 11, 2020
“Research has shown that close to 70% of the medical conditions do not even require the person to actually travel to the doctor for a physical examination. And that is where CureAssist plays a part,” says Saurabh Satija, Founder and CEO of CureAssist.
Nov 09, 2020
“Instead of paying 2.5 lakhs for an IVF, couples are getting pregnant by using at-home IUI device in just Rs. 4500/- which is really great,” says Vikram Rajput, CEO, Subhag HealthTech and Aldott Tech solution.
Nov 09, 2020
“I would say that India definitely is very innovative. The ecosystem and environment here will push anybody to innovate and come up with new ideas, look at the likes of Flipkart, Ola,” says Naveen Kulkarni, CEO, Quantumzyme.
Nov 06, 2020
“It has grown to be a national charity working across 450 locations with a team of over 6000 people and we are helping to give over 4000 people support in their lives whether they have dementia, autism, epilepsy or just learning disabilities,” says Mark Adams, CEO, Community Integrated Care.
Nov 04, 2020
“When I hear testimonials and feedback from the patient or a physician that his patient is better, it really gives me joy and pleasure that I did something good,” says Dr. Nader Khedr, Chairman of the Board, ConsuMed and President and CEO of NovoSci, and President & CEO of Promo Pharma marketing.
Nov 02, 2020
“That person who can execute deeper and faster is the guy who wins. So I think that story still holds true and that's where we are,” says Mayur Sirdesai, Partner/ Founder, Somerset Indus Capital Partners.
Oct 31, 2020
“And since we are continuously monitoring the EEG signals we are also able to predict the emotions, the moves, give you feedback on your mental health and overall on anxiety and depression levels of the day to day life,” say Siddhant Dangi, President, CortexBCI Inc., and Deepansh Goyal, Treasurer and CTO, CortexBCI Inc.
Oct 30, 2020
“It is not far away that I get diagnosed for my illness and there is a medicine which is made specifically for me and shipped directly to me in the future. So data is the key,” says Milind Ghyar, Co-founder and Managing Director, TRIARQ Health.
Oct 28, 2020
“Compared to 2 years back, the situation has changed tremendously as compared to now. People are becoming more active; students are moving in t startup roles and not looking out for jobs as in the previous decades where nobody thought of starting something of their own,” says Aparna Mishra, Founder, Women Shine, and Cafebiz Women Entrepreneurs Hub.
Oct 27, 2020
“I had saved a company in 7 days with a BPRM model. It just took me 3 days to make them profitable, next 3 days they were making money and next 4 days they were much more confident,” says Shailender Ahuja, Founder, Babusuite.
Oct 22, 2020
“Employees are the most important resources in any organization thus Xoxoday Empuls, helps organizations to strategically design programs that not only measure and analyze how employees feel about the work environment and culture but also help in creating and maintaining a productive, safe and friendly working environment,” says Vivek Parihar, VP Engineering, Xoxoday
Oct 22, 2020
“Whatever we build has to be of the highest quality. It needs to be thought local but act global. 87% of the medical devices market exists outside India and I truly believe that India needs to make in India for the world,” says Gaurav Agarw
Oct 21, 2020
“Vyom means progress in Sanskrit and U and S stands for us and our customers – so Vyomus means the progress of our customers,” says C. Omprakash Ph.D., Technical Director & Partner, Vyomus Consulting.
Oct 20, 2020
“The greatest joy comes when you create something as an entrepreneur because you have created something, rather than working on somebody’s shadows,” says Varad Rajan Krishna, Managing Director, Induct AS Asia & MENA.
Oct 20, 2020
“India is a land of ‘Jugaad’ and the land of opportunities with real good people. I believe every corner in India has unique ideas and that is why I feel it has great potential,” says Kunal Soni, Founder, SaYourIdeas & Idya.
Oct 14, 2020
“Where there are challenges, there are opportunities but as I said we need to stay optimistic and look for a bright future,” says Vivek Shukla, Partner Healthcare, RSM Healthcare AE.
Oct 09, 2020
“Machines will provide a range of products like COVID-related products, personal care products like shoulder pads, sanitary pads, FMCG snacking, basically all that we need on a daily basis,” says Virendra Sharma and Vikas Soni, Co-founders,
Oct 08, 2020
“Being Innovative and able to Pivot, Being proactive to customer outreach, adapt to the dynamic environment, managing the finances effectively are some of the few things I would suggest that startups adopt for being Calm under pressure,” advises Chethan to startups on maintaining calm during the COVID situation.
Oct 07, 2020
“In terms of numbers in India, between March and May we have seen more than 5 crores teleconsultations in India on various platforms which are a huge increase,” says Aamod, Founder and CEO of Tiger tech on the use of telemedicine being the new normal now.
Oct 05, 2020
“‘We prescribe productivity’ as our tagline, and we are quite committed towards it. Productivity is the core mantra, and the organization propagates it through stupefying services,” says Sandeep Tathe, Founder ProRx Consultants LLP & Prisme
Oct 01, 2020
Meet Harddik K Patel, Founder and CEO, Quali55Care and Consulting Private Limited, on their vision of Quali55care delivering highly durable and affordable medical equipment on rent or sale to people.
Sep 28, 2020
“Whether you are based in Mumbai or a remote tribal village in Madhya Pradesh, ideally the quality of care should be exactly same and continuous and this is something that AI has been able to pull off already,” Rohit says, on Artificial Intelligence (AI) being the key in ensuring that healthcare practitioners can focus on cases that truly matter, letting machines diagnose or treat the easier ones.
Sep 26, 2020
“I understand that the basic requirement of having a mobile phone is convenience, so why not have a single app to address all aspects of health? A good healthcare app should address all aspects of healthcare,” says Vinayak Venaktesh, COO, GraphMyHealth, on GraphMyHealth app which helps patients in making informed decisions from the comfort of their home and this app intends to bridge the gap by ensuring that best health care services reach the patients in time and at affordable costs.
Sep 13, 2020
“Technology should be to provide solutions and not make it complicated,” says Ganesh, Founder, MD, and CEO, GenWorks Health on using the technology to bring in early diagnostic techniques for tier 2 and 3 areas which was not available earlier.
Aug 05, 2020
“Since we work in close proximity with patients so the fear is not just in patients but among dentists also. But we are taking all precautions to ensure a safe treatment in our clinics,” says Dr. Salil on managing dental health during this pandemic.
Aug 05, 2020
“Imagine, if instead of your freedom to travel, it was the internet that went off - You would not have the choice to adapt. You are being given a choice - Be grateful, embrace the Change and move forward,” says Pia on embracing the new normal.
Jul 29, 2020
“Breed next generation innovators by taking your children to science exhibitions and innovation fairs,” says A. S. Rao on gearing India up to innovate so then the public will respond better in deeds.
Jul 24, 2020
“No two situations can be similar, therefore each one requires customised solution, that is given by corporate recipes,” says Ajit, on how he mentors start-ups to overcome challenges and succeed.
Jul 19, 2020
“It is important that you don’t push employees more right now, rather do the opposite and keep the environment light,” advises Dr. Ashwin to entrepreneurs, to help manage resources better due to the pandemic in this COVID situation.
Jun 15, 2020
Neha is passionate about women fashion and she immensely believes in ‘by the women, of the women and for the women’. “It has been like being hit with a tsunami,” she says on pandemic & lock-down.
Jun 15, 2020
“Ketto stands for Key for tomorrow & is currently working 24*7 to raise funds. Having Kunal Kapoor as a co-founder has contributed immensely to Ketto” says Varun.
Jun 14, 2020
"The economic pain of the pandemic will be felt far and business activity recovery is expected to take time in the uncertainties of The New Normal", says Mr. Nair about this difficult economic situation due to COVID-19.
Jun 08, 2020
"Focus on One C – Collaboration and not the other one – Competition," says Dr. Singh to help early-stage startups to raise capital through its wide network of angel investors & family offices.
Jun 08, 2020
"To ensure survival start-ups will have to reduce their scale of operations. The worst part about the pandemic is that you cannot really predict what’s going to happen," says Manas on survival tactics for startups.
Jun 08, 2020
"Once you have the destination in mind, just dont stop" says Ninad Karpe, Partner at 100x VC while talking about the economic slowdown due to lockdown and how being resilient in this situation can help entrepreneurs succeed going forward!
Jun 04, 2020
“Though it’s not often that we associate Health so closely with the Economy, in reality, they are more connected to each other,” says Khushboo Jain on relation between health and economy.
May 29, 2020
“Lead by example & protect your staff and work,” says Mr. Ramesh on how the startups can manage their blood & sweat put into their companies during this pandemic situation worldwide & reach the other side of the tunnel.
Apr 30, 2020
“The startups prioritize employee safety, business continuity and liquidity. COVID–19 is an unprecedented event that is leaving a deep impact on the overall mental health across all levels of employees,” says Siddharth on plans to help businesses to scale quickly post lockdown ends.
Apr 30, 2020
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