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CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES AND INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE WITH REFERENCE TO HEALTHCARE AND WELLBEING
Dr. Meghana Raikar
Assistant Professor, St. Paul Institute of Professional Studies, Indore
Abstract- We are globally developed, socially accepted and culturally sound citizens who prefer to choose safe and healthy atmosphere to live. As we know population rate is increasing with the huge demand of primary necessities which are somehow difficult to be fulfilled by the majority of the society. If today we face scarcity of food, water and shelter along with unhygienic living conditions, then how our future generations will meet their own needs. It is time to think and take some innovative steps to ensure sustainable future with reference to healthcare and wellbeing. There are certain NGOs and welfare organizations working for basic needs and enhancing natural resources using advanced technologies. Our own choices, actions and decisions cast a massive effect on future generations. If the line of action is futuristic blended with new technological inventions and oriented towards mental and physical wellbeing, we can expect safe and healthy liveable future to everyone.
Keywords: Challenges, Opportunities, Innovation, Healthcare, Wellbeing, tech-savvy apps, Futuristic Approach etc.
1 INTRODUCTION
The famous ideology of „Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam‟ i.e. the entire universe is like a one family where opportunities and innovations tend to be eco-friendly and aiming towards universal wellbeing but the present scenario has totally been changed into challenges, unrest and hatred. Heated battles between the countries, states and families affect not only your mental health but leave you unhappy as well. The prevailing situation, like a slow poisondemits the society and its mental health. Fear, anxiety and uncertainty will definitely lead us towards the reactive future. During the time of Covid 19 Pandemic, everyone was so scared off as if humanity is standing on the verge of complete destruction.
The only way to fight for sustainable future is to keep ourselves mentally and physically healthy and strong. To bring forth the world from individualism to community is like a stepping forward for the sake ofoverall welfare of the humanity. The bright future will always be in the hands of harbinger of the new. Sometimes newness breeds challenging situations which are hard to tackle but your choices can change the situationif taken in the light of wisdom.Always use your mindin such a way thatcan promote your healing and wellness.
2 CHALLENGES
Being an active citizen of our country, if you start taking initiative steps most of the challenges can be recovered. However there are so many obvious challenges which come across your ways to hinder you, like health awareness. If you raise question, “Why is the level of health awareness low in the Indian population? The answers may lie in low educational status, poor functional literacy, low accent on education within the healthcare system, and low priority for health in the population, among others.” (Kasthuri 141-143)
In continuation to this if you are health cautious then to how one can access the healthcare facilitiesare a matter of awareness. A 2002 paper speaks of access being a complex concept and speaks of aspects of availability, supply, and utilization of healthcare services as being factors in determining access. Barriers to access in the financial, organizational, social, and cultural domains can limit the utilization of services, even in places where they are “available.”
India is densely populated country where optimum utilization of healthcare services can be possible through the channelized delegation of human resource. Every healthcare worker wants to provide services in urban areas and where as rural or remote places is still struggling with human power crisis in healthcare thus equal distribution of healthcare and well being is questionable.
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People belong to rural area really require good medical facility in affordable prices.
But it sounds little harsh that life saving drugs and essential equipments are not even costly but beyond their approach.This ignominious picture of healthcare facilities raised a voice for futuristic wellness of our society, “Is there a way to try to bring us back over the bridge of self destruction into a positive focused Reality of the now?” (Watson 110) Yes, indeed.
This toilsome situation in each part of re-emergent India open ups new opportunities providing a much-needed respite for the sustainable future.A new resurgent India has made up its mind to move forward with determination.
3 OPPORTUNITIES
Particularly in this sector, India is trying to entice remote health workers by implementing new policies, schemes and opening health science pathways.
A) Diagnostic Services provides timely cost effective clinical services of pathology and laboratory medicines, radiology and nuclear medicines. It finds out the patients suffering from a specific condition like HIV tests.
B) Health Informatics deals with resources, devices and methods essential for the acquisition and use of information in health and biomedicine to improve the life of patients at large. For example patient portals, healthcare apps, various data reporting tools and electronic medical records etc.
C) Therapeutic Services include drug therapy, medical devices, nutrition therapy and specifically stem-cell therapy. It is used to treat an illness not to prevent in illness.
Mainly therapeutic service providers are nurses, pathologists, surgical technicians, anaesthesiologists.
D) Biotechnology Research & Developmentpathwayincludes occupations to discover new treatments and invent medical devices and equipments to assist patients. It helps in developing vaccines to treat viral and genetic diseases which are worldwide prevalent like Covid-19. It solves the problems and makes useful medicines and vaccines to save environment, agriculture and humanity.The last couple of years have made individuals throughout the world to become self-aware about the significance of wellbeing and health.
4 INNOVATION
Innovative ideas in good blend of pristine ones can be the best way to keep you healthy and more energetic.Lots of innovations in the field of medical science have saved the world at the crucial time.
The use of ‘Artificial Intelligence’in healthcare helps rapid solutions for diagnosis, remotely accessible treatment and in disease prevention. More overit provides powered autonomous patient monitoring platform which increases safety of the patient. It reduces medical and technical errors and prevents falls, tremors and other risks.
‘Telemedicine’ „Tele-counselling‟ and „Doctor‟s advice on telephone‟ are yet another innovative step during the COvid-19 Pandemic. It accelerated the healthcare system as medical officerscontacted their patients via telephones and reduced the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).New immerged start-ups like „Ceiba’, a Turkish start-up, provides a tele-ICU platform, Estonian start-up „Viveo Health’ offers a fully working, end-to-end tele-healthcare platform that bridge insurance and healthcare.
Immersive Technologies such as AR/VR (Actual Reality/ Virtual Reality) plays an important role in medical education and in surgeries for instance in the preoperative projection of patient information, holographic images, and scans. VRSANO is a US- based Med Tech start-up that develops a brain – computer interface which helps patients to keep themselves mentally fit and recognizing peculiar symptoms quickly thus lowering down the healthcare costs.
Another innovative step in healthcare and well being field is 3 D Printing Technologywhich not only reduces cost but developing patient specific models of
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organs and surgical tools by using patients‟ own medical images. Some of the names of 3 D Printing start-ups are Exiom, Graft3Detc.
Blockchain technology is ready to lend a hand in the healthcare field. It collects electronic media records, helps in monitoring patients, located in remote areas.
Blockchain tackles drug counterfeiting, storing, sharing and retrieving the collected biomedical data.
Cloud Computing is the on-demand availability of computer services like servers or networking databases that provide systematic data access, backup and recovery.“The biggest benefit of cloud computing in health care is its telemedicine capabilities” in which complete medical history of the patients will be available through a telemedicine mobile app. (“How Cloud Computing is Changing healthcare Industry”)
Genomics, the study of genes, is making it possible to predict, diagnose, and treat diseases more precisely and personally than ever. It is helpful to study the complex diseases like heart disease, asthma, diabetes and cancer.“The new arena of personalized medicine is possible due to the advent of innovations in genomics.
Gene therapy and gene-based therapy solutions have revolutionized clinical medicine and specialty care for several unmet clinical needs.” Some examples are
„Allelica‟ an Italian start-up that predicts human traits and diseases based on genomics data and ‘Phosphorous’ a US based start-up‟s genetic test that uses saliva as a sample to detect multiple genetic diseases.(“Discover the Top 10 Healthcare Industry Trends & Innovations in 2022”)
The greatest freedom fighter Shaheed Bhagat singh once said, “I am a man and all that affects mankind concerns me.” Similarlywhen entire world was struggling to save humanity that time onwards our scientists and technically sound people have been working day and night to invent several new inventions and techno savvy applications so that without wasting a single minute people must get maximum benefit of health care and well being. Several health care Apps have been accepted and sanctioned by the developed countries and downloaded by their health practitioners. In America and Europe, these Health Apps not only monitor the case history of the patients but also suggest suitable treatments to them. (Dainik Bhaskar 16/5/22)The government of India hand in hand with all the state governments took remarkable action plans to find solutions for the health care challenges and at some great extent got the success. Few examples are- The state govt. of Madhya Pradesh reconstitutes panel for checking narcotics and other drugs trafficking.
(Free Express, May 12, 2022) 5 CONCLUSION
“Good health is now a commodity and is something you have to haggle over rather than enjoy.” (Brown 5) It is the most vital responsibility you face today and in future. For sustainable future in health care is like a big challenge for us because every day we are in connect with or exposed to new virus, bacteria and varied fungi that may cause severe illness for which we are not at all prepared. It is the need of the hour to have necessary safety measures which can make us aware and alert to combat the situation. These above mentioned apps can do the same and help us to preserve for a healthy strong future.
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