Focus & Impact

Focus & Impact

KCDO Digital Transformation Framework For Oncology

1

Digital Health needs at NCG Hospitals

Identify digital best practice and digital tools across the cancer care continuum - from cancer prevention, screening & diagnostics, in-patient care, outpatient & ancillary care, to survivorship care.

Cancer
Prevention

Preventive care models
  • Patient engagement tools for awareness and education
  • Vaccination / immunization tracking
  • Population health analytics
  • Disease registries
Early Screening & Detection
  • Downstaging & preventive screening
  • Tools for risk assessment
  • New technologies (incl. AI/ML) for early detection

Screening
& Diagnosis

Radiology
  • Radiology Information System
  • PACS Systems
  • Image analytics, diagnosis and clinical decision support
  • Equipment utilization & device monitoring
Diagnostic Pathology
  • Workload optimization
  • Prognosis & prediction
  • Point-of-care diagnostics
  • Image analytics & clinical decision support

In-patient
Cancer Treatment

Therapies & Care Management
  • In-patient EMR / EHR solution
  • HMIS / Patient Accounting
  • Care protocols / clinical workflows
  • Evidence-based guidelines
  • Care coordination
  • Drug selection & dosage mgmt.
  • Personalized care (genomics, disease progression)
Cancer Care Enablers
  • Tumor Board management
  • Physician engagement & education

Outpatient & Ancillary Cancer Treatment

Doctor Clinics
  • Clinic EMR / HMIS solution
  • Care pathways and patient navigation systems
  • Survivorship care plans
  • Traditional, Complimentary and Integrative Medicine
  • Patient education tools
Ancillary Care Setting
  • Care coordination with ancillary care providers e.g., labs, home care agencies, physiotherapist

Home care, Palliative & Survivorship Care

Patient Engagement
  • Patient education
  • Medication adherence
  • Care pathways and patient navigation systems
  • Automated follow up / scheduling
Home and Hospice Care
  • Tele-medicine e.g., audio, video
  • Remote patient monitoring e.g., health devices, IoT
  • Stakeholder engagement – patient, caregivers, relatives, social circles
2

Digital Health needs across NCG hospitals

Develop solutions and capabilities which can be used across various NCG hospitals. Such areas will include data management, analytics and consumer health/telemedicine and training & capacity building.

Digital Health Infrastructure

Digital Health
Infrastructure

  • Core IT infrastructure, e.g., internet, security, backup, DRP
  • Cloud storage / management
  • IT & Digital Health manpower and technical capabilities
Healthcare Data Management

Healthcare Data Management

  • Data storage standards incl. security, encryption, access
  • Data sharing / interoperability standards incl. ABDM compliance
  • Patient & disease registries
Healthcare Analytics & AI/ML

Healthcare Analytics
& AI/ML

  • Clinical quality measures / KPIs, e.g., treatment efficacy, adverse drug reactions, mortality
  • Financial & operational metrics
  • Patient reported outcomes (PROs)
Consumer Health & Telemedicine

Consumer Health
& Telemedicine

  • Consumer Health tools & platforms e.g., cancer care, medication mgmt.
  • Tele-medicine (video, audio)
  • Remote patient monitoring e.g., consumer health devices, IoT
Training & Capacity Building

Training &
Capacity Building

  • Online / hybrid clinical training
  • Online collaboration platform / tools for doctors, nurses
  • Foundational training in IT & Digital Health
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Digital Health for collaborators

Develop Digital Health solutions to better collaborate with partners involved in cancer care. Such partner organisations include Digital Health Companies, Health Insurance Companies, Pharma/Life Sciences, Labs, Home Health, as well as Government and Regulatory Agencies.

Digital Health and Technology Companies

Digital Health
Companies

  • Framework for collaboration e.g., data sharing, joint IP development
  • Piloting new solutions e.g., patient solutions, clinical decision support
  • Scaleup new digital solutions
Health Insurance Companies

Health Insurance Companies

  • Integrated claims / reimbursement workflow
  • Cost analytics for new treatment / protocols
  • Risk management for patients
Pharma / Life Science Companies

Pharma / Life Science Companies

  • Digital clinical trials incl. HCP and patient engagement
  • Sharing clinical & diagnostic data
  • Health Effectiveness and Outcomes Research (HEOR)
Ancillary Providers (Labs, Physio, Home health)

Ancillary Providers (Labs, Physio, Home health)

  • Care Coordination/ integrated care
  • Tele-medicine
  • Remote patient monitoring
Government / Regulatory Agencies

Government / Regulatory Agencies

  • Compliance for new technologies e.g., AI/ML tools, cloud, IoT, Big Data, data sharing
  • National initiatives participation e.g., ABDM, PM-JAY
Share Your Digital Health Idea

Share Your Digital Health Idea

At NCG KCDO, we believe the most practical digital solutions will come from the oncologists, radiologists, pathologists and other practitioners who are on the frontlines of patient care. We are inviting everyone in the oncology space to share their ideas or ongoing technology initiatives, to help us develop transformative digital health solutions. Together, we can build tools that address real world needs in oncology.

As oncologists or clinical practitioners, your deep understanding of the realities of patient care often reveals practical solutions to everyday challenges. Share your insights with us whether it’s a gap in current workflows or an area that you have identified for digitization and help guide the development of scalable technology solutions. Your expertise is invaluable in shaping tools that address the real needs of oncology care in India.

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