A series of panel discussions were held, which were appreciated by the audience
The second day of Healthcare Senate 2016, the National Private Healthcare Business Summit, saw industry leaders deliberate and discuss on crucial issues in Indian healthcare and the ways to tackle them.
The first session of the day was a panel discussion on ‘Recent Practices in Accreditation and in Good Hospital Pharmacy Practices.’ The panel was moderated by Dr Suresh Saravdekar, Director, The Rural Centre, Krishnamurti Foundation India, Varanasi – UP. The session focused on quality issues in healthcare and pharmacy practices and the role of accreditation to mitigate these issues. The panelists, Dr Arun Palaniswami, Director – Quality Systems, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital and Dr Harish Nadkarni, Consultant for NABH, CEO and MD, Quality Care, gave valuable insights from their experiences in ensuring that practices are implemented and adopted at all levels in their organisations.
Healthcare delivery is a complex process and how often seemingly simple glitches can cause irreversible situations. For instance, in the next session at Healthcare Senate, Suraj Kumar Sing, Head I – UPS Co-ordinator South, Exide Industries spoke on how crucial it is to ensure uninterrupted power supply in hospitals and the role of batteries offered by his company in doing so.
It was followed by a panel discussion which highlighted a challenge faced by all modern day healthcare organisations, ‘Medico-legal tangles and cost burden arising out of them’. It was moderated by Mahendra Bajpai, Advocate, Supreme Court of India. The panel for this discussion were Manpreet Singh Sohal, CEO, Global Hospitals, Mumbai & Hyderabad; Dr Vivek Jawali, Director, Fortis Hospitals, Bengaluru; Dr Suganthi Iyer, Deputy Director, Legal & Medical, PD Hinduja Hospital & MRI, Mumbai; Dr Alexander Thomas, Executive Director, AHPI; Dr Nikhil Datar, Founder President, Patient Safety Alliance & Medical Director, Cloudnine Hospital, Mumbai. The eminent panel offered their recommendations to deal with medico-legal tangles effectively. The panelists advised that the medical fraternity to be more legally literate; introduce a grievance redressal cell; ensure that their practice is based on the values of integrity, compassion and effective communication as it would prevent medico-legal issues considerably; and regularly train healthcare workers in hospitals to minimise errors. The audience appreciated the session immensely.
The participants of Healthcare Senate 2016 assembled after a tea break for a session on the topic, ‘Industrial Association with Startups: The Kerala scenario’, given by Ashok Kurian Panjikaran, Manager – I, Kerala Start Up Mission. Dr Biswarup Ghosh, Head of Sales, Healthcare, Linde India; gave a presentation on LIV, a new package on medical oxygen offered by his company.
The last session for the day was another panel discussion on an interesting topic which has huge relevance in the current times, ‘Patient-driven Innovation in Healthcare’. The panelists of this session were Lalit Pai, CEO, Nightingales Home Health Services; Dr Aniruddha Malpani, Director and Values Custodian at Solidarity Advisors; Dr Nagarjuna Mishra, Chief Officer – Business & Strategy & Co- founder, Purple Health; and Suresh Satyamurthy, Founder, Tarnea Technologies.
Some of the key takeaways from the session were, patient first is the basis for all patient-driven innovation, technology plays an important role in the growth of this trend which can enhance healthcare delivery but there is an equal need to implement standards to ensure quality.
Power discussions, networking opportunities and meetings were also part of the second day’s event.
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