siliconindia | | December 20188IN MY OPINIONoung Adults or Millennials, who have grown-up in a connected world, perceive, view and have expectations quite differently from the previous generations. Their comfort level and acceptability of technology in their day-to-day life is nearly seamless, their ability to process vast information through various technology-enabled platforms at their fingertips, their adaptability to change and quick gravitation to something new is well known. This independent minded generation, if not already, will soon be at the helm of affairs for major decision-making and will be the driving force for change for businesses as well. Healthcare, the way it is practiced and provided, is not going to be an exception. Therefore, the questions that begs an answer is, what we foresee the expectations from them and how some of them can be met?Modern Medicine or Allopathy, as it is practiced today, has been reliant primarily on pharmaceutical drugs or some form of surgical interventions, which brought phenomenal improvement on quality of life and outcomes. This form of medicine will continue to serve well for the patients in times to come as well. However, a Pill for Every Ill has some proven limitations. In the past couple of decades, new approaches to healing have come in play, such as cell & gene therapy, and are showing real promise now. After decades of research, the human genome was first sequenced in the year 2003 and in the year 2007, one could have their genome sequenced for a cost of $350,000. Today, it can be done with the necessary analysis at $1000 only. With personal gene sequencing, it is now possible to know genetic disorders even before the onset of a disease/condition and even in foetal stage. One can find the pre-disposition of certain diseases like autism, heart disease, diabetes, and some form of cancers, to name a few, along with ability to correctly choose drugs to manage disease based on the individual's DNA profile. The next related exciting progress made more recently in the genome field is CRISPR or more YHeadquartered in Mumbai, Wockhardt Hospitals is one of India's leading healthcare & hospital chain offering services mainly in the areas of Aesthetic Surgery, Bloodless Surgery, Interventional Radiology, Rheumatology, Brain & Spine Care, Bone & Joint Care, and many others.By Sumit Singh, CIO & Business Head - Digital, Wockhardt HospitalsSumit SinghHEALTHCARE IN THE OFFERING: FROM EARLY DETECTION TO A POSSIBLE CURE
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