Science and Technology AI_in_Healthcare The article discusses the integration of AI in healthcare, emphasizing its potential to enhance patient care and system efficiency. It highlights AI's role in diagnostics, reducing administrative tasks, and expanding access to care in India, while noting the need for careful implementation and validation. Syllabus: GS2/Health; GS3/Science and Technology
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It highlights AI's role in diagnostics, reducing administrative tasks, and expanding access to care in India, while noting the need for careful implementation and validation.
India’s healthcare delivery system is categorised into two major components – public and private.
Medical Tourism: India ranks 10th in Medical Tourism Index (MTI) for 2020-2021 out of 46 destinations in the world.
India has 69,364 hospitals (43,486 private hospitals, and 25,778 public hospitals) with 1.2 million registered doctors, achieving WHO recommended doctor population ratio.
Syllabus: GS2/Health; GS3/Science and Technology
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be optimised for better healthcare where delays can be reduced, clinicians can make better-informed decisions, and more patients can receive appropriate care.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized more than 1,000 **AI-**enabled medical devices.
These include tools used in radiology, cardiology, and other areas of diagnosis.
K., the NHS issued a guidance in 2025 for the use of **AI-**enabled ambient scribing.
By 2026, the country was developing a national programme to support wider adoption.
These point to a wider change, AI is moving out of innovation teams and into consultations, diagnostic workflows, and hospital operations.
Science and Technology AI_in_Healthcare The article discusses the integration of AI in healthcare, emphasizing its potential to enhance patient care and system efficiency.
Medical Tourism: India ranks 10th in Medical Tourism Index (MTI) for 2020-2021 out of 46 destinations in the world.
12th among the world’s top 20 wellness tourism markets.
5th among the top 10 wellness destinations in the Asia-Pacific region.
It highlights AI's role in diagnostics, reducing administrative tasks, and expanding access to care in India, while noting the need for careful implementation and validation.
Distinguish the immediate development from the permanent mandate or structure of the institution concerned.
Revise exact names, dates, locations and legal or institutional terms from the source points; do not infer facts not stated there.
Examine the significance of “AI Can Be Optimised for Better Healthcare”. Discuss its key implications and the way forward.
Begin with the immediate development and identify the central institution or policy issue.
End with a balanced, institutionally feasible way forward without making claims beyond the available evidence.