Waiting at the doctor’s clinic for hours, just to get a diagnosis, even when you’re only plagued with minor flu? Rambling through documents to find the right medical records that you need for a specific treatment?
Tiresome activities, aren’t they? Alankit believes that the digitization of medical records can prove to be of great benefit to our country.

Digital India is a phrase that everyone is talking about but it’s used in a limited manner in the healthcare segment. A report by techARC (Market Research Firm) suggests that India has 50 crore smartphone users as of December 2019, but are we utilising this digital reach to its potential in healthcare?
Imagine having a system in place that takes care of all your medical records and allows easy access to them, to you, and to your doctors. Wouldn’t it prove beneficial in solving major problems that plague our healthcare system?
Alankit Limited already provides health insurance services, wouldn’t it be great if that insurance could be linked to your records for easy accessibility?
Let us understand why Digitalization of Healthcare in India is important:
The dearth of Doctors: India has one doctor for 1500 people, which is 50% fewer doctors than the ratio recommended by the WHO. If we were to digitize our healthcare system, it would be easier for doctors to diagnose and treat more patients.
Rural Areas: Healthcare in rural areas is next to negligible. Hospitals and clinics are non-existent and even if they are present, they are really far off from villages, and not every individual has access to them. If we can bring doctors to mobile phones, and connect them to patients through phone calls and the internet, it would be easier for our countrymen to access healthcare facilities.
Record Integration: We don’t have an integrated system where the medical records of every patient are stored. This system, if created digitally, can solve a host of problems like easy identification of high-risk patients, administration of proper drugs during emergencies, better support to accident victims and tourists. The doctor will simply be able to pull the data and treat the patient. Alankit recognizes this problem and our health insurance makes sure that your records are kept safe.
Population Growth: We are growing at a constant rate, and while that poses a lot of health hazards on its own, it also brings out the problem highlighted in the first point. The number of doctors in our country might not increase as starkly as the number of people. The only way to solve this is to create digital access to healthcare, so it gets easier for everybody to get diagnosed and treated remotely.
Traffic Situation: The average speed in most metro cities is below 25km/h, so a dying patient could take anywhere from 1 to 3 hours to reach a hospital that is 20kms away. During medical emergencies, time is of the essence and a digital system that can provide guidelines or step-by-step directions to keep the patient stable can help save a lot of lives.
We are a nation of young people and with technological advances happening at a stunning rate, the idea of a truly digitized healthcare system in India is not a far fetched possibility. We at Alankit have been doing our bit by providing healthcare facilities like health insurance to our customers digitally. Get associated with us today.