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The Indian healthcare system, which is grappled with increasing patient volumes, now scouts for faster and efficient diagnostic tools. Here, multi-parameter health devices along with point of care (PoC) diagnostics, non-invasive testing, artificial intelligence in modern cardiac screening are emerging as critical solutions, monitoring multiple health indicators simultaneously, such as heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen levels, and more. These compact, portable devices enable real-time diagnostics, ensure timely interventions, improving patient outcomes and relieving pressure on healthcare facilities.
Ashissh Raichura, founder & CEO, Scanbo, a MedTech and AI company, noted that PoC platforms are bringing laboratory-grade testing to rural and semi-urban India, moving us closer to genuine universal health coverage and equitable outcomes. PoCs have become indispensable in modern medicine, especially in India, which faces massive patient volumes and uneven laboratory infrastructure. Delivering accurate results for blood chemistry, cardiac markers, and infectious diseases under 15 minutes directly at the bedside or in small clinics reduces diagnostic delays from days to minutes and drastically cuts unnecessary referrals.
Even Non-Invasive Testing is shaping the future of medical monitoring. The biggest barrier to regular testing is pain and inconvenience. Using light-based optics and advanced biosensors, we can now track glucose, haemoglobin, oxygen saturation, heart-rate variability and early cardiac strain continuously and painlessly. In India, where diabetes and cardiovascular disease burden is among the highest globally, patients using non-invasive devices test 6–10 times more often than with traditional finger-prick methods. This dramatic increase in real-world data enables earlier detection of silent complications, far better disease control, and ultimately keeps millions out of hospitals. Non-invasive technology is turning chronic disease management from sporadic to proactive, Raichura told Pharmabiz in an email.
India reports over two million cardiovascular fatalities annually, many preventable with earlier detection. The role of AI in modern cardiac screening has the potential to become an impactful public-health intervention in the coming decade, he said.
AI algorithms trained on millions of Indian ECGs now identify subtle arrhythmias, ischemic changes and conduction abnormalities with sensitivity exceeding 95% which is a performance comparable to senior cardiologists. The real game-changer is democratisation as the same AI runs on low-cost handheld devices in primary health centres without on-site specialists delivering super-specialist interpretation to the last mile at near-zero marginal cost, said Raichura.
“Isolated vital signs rarely tell the full story because body functions are an interconnected system. Here large-scale Indian corporate wellness programmes using integrated multi-parameter monitoring have reported reductions in acute cardiac events of up to 70%. As India shifts from reactive sick-care to genuine prevention, multi-parameter devices are becoming the cornerstone of personalised, predictive healthcare,” he said.
Importance of secure digital health records in connected care cannot be overlooked. With the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, India is building one of the world’s largest connected health ecosystems. Seamless, secure and interoperable digital records are its backbone. Secure, portable health data is no longer an administrative infrastructure but a foundation for coordinated, predictive and patient-centred care, said Raichura.
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