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27/08/22 15:35 PM IST

National Cancer Grid

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  • The National Cancer Grid (NCG) has established the Koita Centre for Digital Oncology (KCDO) to promote use of digital technologies and tools to improve cancer care across India.
About National Cancer Grid (NCG)
  • The National Cancer Grid (NCG) is an initiative of the Department of Atomic Energy and Tata Memorial Centre, to create a network of cancer centres, research institutes, patient groups and charitable institutions across India for uniformity in standards, training and facilities.
About KCDO 
  • KCDO will play an important role in driving digital transformation across the cancer care continuum.
  • KCDO will support NCG  hospitals in sharing best practices in digital health, adopting digital health tools, and driving many common technology initiatives including EMR adoption, healthcare data interoperability, reporting and analytics.
  • KCDO will also enable NCG and NCG hospitals pilot and adopt new technologies – including AI, machine learning, big data, automation, cloud, mobile – which will benefit hospitals, doctors, patients and consumers. Embracing digital tools like tele-medicine and remote patient monitoring will help make care more accessible especially in semi-urban and rural areas.
  • AI-assisted clinical decision support tools will help improve doctors’ ability to provide better care, and mobile patient  engagement apps will help patients with medication management and better compliance with care guidelines.
Source- PIB 

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