KCDO Digital Oncology Framework

KCDO’s vision is to help NCG and NCG hospitals leverage Digital Health technologies to meaningfully improve cancer care across India. To achieve its vision, KCDO has a broad set of focus areas to help NCG, NCG Hospitals and other key ecosystem partners. Click links below to learn more.

Support Digital Health Initiatives within NCG Hospitals and across Patient Journey

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 (RIS)
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

Hospital EMR & Care Management

In-patient EMR / EHR solution
HMIS / Patient Accounting
Medical Oncology
Radiation Oncology
Surgical Oncology
Clinical Decision support
Patient portal
Reporting, BI & Analytics
Clinical Trials & Cancer Research

Cancer Care Enablers

Tumor Board management
Physician engagement & education

Outpatient & Ancillary Cancer Treatment

Clinic EMR & Care Management

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

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

Patient Engagement

Patient education
Medication adherence
Care pathways and patient navigation systems
Automated follow up / scheduling

Support Digital Health Initiatives of NCG (across 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 Best Practices

Identify Digital Health best practices and disseminate them across NCG hospitals
Conduct webinars, symposiums and other digital health events for sharing learnings and outcomes

Healthcare Data Management

Data storage standards incl. security, encryption, access
Data sharing / interoperability standards incl. ABDM compliance
Patient & disease registries

Healthcare Analytics and AI/ML

Clinical quality measures / KPIs, e.g., treatment efficacy, adverse drug reactions, mortality
Financial & operational metrics e.g., length of stay, treatment costs
Patient reported outcomes (PROs)

Digital Health Infrastructure

Core IT infrastructure, e.g., internet, security, backup, DRP
Cloud storage / management
Tele-medicine / Remote monitoring
IT & Digital Health manpower and technical capabilities

Training & Capacity Building

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

Support Digital engagement and collaboration with Ecosystem Partners

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 Companies

Academic & Research institutions

Pharma / Life Science Companies

Ancillary Care Providers (Labs, Physio, Home health)

Government, Health Insurance & Consumers

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KCDO Near-term Priority Areas

Establish overall KCDO organization and Digital Health teams
Engage closely to NCG hospitals to develop joint Digital Health priority areas
Partner with EMR companies to promote use of Electronic Medical Records in NCG Hospitals
Support roll-out of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM)
Learn and document best practices in Digital Health across NCG network and global best practices
Conduct knowledge session, webinars, and other events to spread aware in Digital Health
Develop capacity building programs in Digital Health for front-line NCG healthcare provider and hospital administration
Initiative collaborations with ecosystems partners

Key Focus Areas