Apollo Hospitals using AI to manage health care of 50,000 employees

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May 4, 2020 6:23 pm
Dr Hari Prasad, President, Apollo Hospitals Group.

It has been observed that 80% of deaths in most countries occur through non-communicable diseases. In an endeavor to combat this threat, Apollo Hospitals has introduced a first of its kind preventive health management programme powered by personalised Health Risk assessment and enabled by artificial intelligence called ProHealth.

This is a three-year programme that empowers individuals and corporate with health analytics to predict and work towards preventing health risks for a healthier lifestyle. This programme empowers individuals and corporate with health analytics to predict, prevent and overcome lifestyle diseases for a healthier living.

While the programme has been launched, Apollo Hospitals is looking at collaborating with international partners to help fight the burden of non-communicable diseases globally and reduce the overall expenditure on healthcare.

As the first proactive preventive health management program, ProHealth has been developed based on the experience of over 20 million health checks conducted at the Apollo network of hospitals. The database is huge and has not been done by any other institution across the globe. With health being monitored by a health mentor and risks being controlled at every stage of the programme through lifestyle modifications in diet, exercise and other elements, we expect to have a positive outcome within three years.

Currently, the programme is being used for 50,000 employees at Apollo Hospitals and nearly 10,000 patients are on it. A total of 60,000 individuals are using it currently, with numbers to double soon.

ProHealth can be used once an individual enrolls with the service, which is provided by the hospitals. An Individual can book an appointment for a health check with Apollo or a partnered hospital. Once completed, the tests results are integrated with the Apollo ProHealth System. The system uses the AI analytics and predicts health concerns. 

A health mentor is assigned that guides and provides care before and after the health checks which includes but is not limited to appointments, home sample collections, telemedicine consultations, personalised health tips, others. 

The continuous care is a critical feature of this program.  The patient then approaches the physicians with personalised reports and is given recommendations in terms of clinical or lifestyle interventions. The programme also alerts individual on noncompliance or abnormal values. 

On the end of third year, the individual is provided with trend analytics and progress report on the impact of this programme. Having said this, the programme will be customised depending on the geographical region and its regulatory environment. The ultimate aim is for the individual to have a healthy and happy living.

The launch of this programme has been well accepted well and Apollo Group is looking forward to tie ups with hospitals in GCC for this programme in 2020.

Key takeaways

  • ProHealth has been developed based on the experience of over 20 million health checks conducted at Apollo hospitals. 
  • The database is huge and has not been done by any other institution across the globe. 
  • With health being mentored and risks being controlled, a positive outcome is expected within three years.

By Dr Hari Prasad, President, Apollo Hospitals Group.

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