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A boost for medical imaging AI in India: India-Israel innovation fund (I 4 F) greenlights new initiative

Press releases may be edited for formatting or style | March 14, 2019 Artificial Intelligence Health IT

“We are excited to partner with the leading healthcare services provider in India and to help bring AI to India at such a scale,” noted Eyal Gura, Co-founder and CEO of Zebra-Med. “When we met the Indian team for the first time few years ago we found common ground and similar dream of scaling healthcare from millions to billions of patients. We are honored that the two governments have placed their trust in us and we are committed to utilize this opportunity to impact millions of lives.”

The grant will aid the partners to focus on development of India specific algorithms tool which would be of immense benefit to patients across India and other emerging nations. The project will also modify existing algorithms to make them suitable for the Indian population. The final product will assist provide high quality radiology access to remote locations by alerting the presence of critical findings immediately. This will help provide timely, cost-effective, quality care to patients in remote and rural locations.

“This is an exciting time for AI in medicine,” said Vikram Thaploo, CEO of HNG. “As these systems increase in accuracy, so will the viability of using AI to extend the reach of Chest X-Ray interpretation, improve reporting efficiency and save lives. We believe in the impact that technology can have in helping provide timely, cost-effective, quality care to patients in remote locations and our partnership with Zebra-Med is a step in this journey.”

“We believe that this project will be a very important milestone in the introduction of AI in Indian healthcare. We are excited to provide clinical leadership and expertise to this initiative,” said Dr. Sreenivasa Raju Kalidindi, CEO and Medical Director of Apollo Radiology International.

This announcement was made at the 2019 OurCrowd Global Investor Summit in Jerusalem, the largest technology showcase in Israel with over 170 startups and 18,000 registered attendees.


About HealthNet Global Ltd. (HNG)
HealthNet Global, a part of the Apollo Hospitals Group, provides integrated solutions and services for connected health and continuum of care through Remote healthcare services. HNG is a pioneer company in India for integrated telemedicine solutions with connected devices, connected software for tele consultations. HNG provides services to help governments to enhance the quality of Public Health, Operations of Healthcare Systems (PPP) and Emergency and Healthcare Management services.


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