CardioNet app alerts heart patient prior to attack
Bivek Mathur
JAMMU, Apr 30: Until now, the Radiologists at the Government hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir would take hours to prepare the X-ray reports and other imagery of the body to diagnose various diseases due to heavy rush of the patients and limited available equipment particularly in the health institutions in the remote areas.
But the recent use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by the medical staff has revolutionized the health care system in such hospitals across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
According to Dr Parveen Yograj, Medical Superintendent, Gandhi Nagar Hospital Jammu, certain medically-approved AI apps such as Qure.ai, which is in use in the radio diagnosis department at the Government Gandhi Nagar Hospital, Jammu, District Tuberculosis Centre (DTC), Jammu and other Government health care institutions in Reasi and Poonch districts, can provide a patient with the X-ray report within two minutes only. The accuracy of this app is also 99% as it has been prepared by the owner company after studying the data using a collage of 4.3 million X-rays already conducted.
At the Gandhi Nagar Hospital, Dr Yograj said, “last month we conducted a survey and got to know that until March 15, our radio diagnosis staff conducted 1700 X-rays using Qure.ai app, out of which reports of 700 patients came out to be abnormal, 199 patients had nodules of TB and other diseases while two patients were diagnosed with severe cancer disease.”
“So, we referred the cancer patients to the Oncology Department for further treatment. With AI apps, we don’t need consultation through specialists particularly in the remote hospitals of Jammu and Kashmir where we face shortage of the specialised staff. In such areas, these apps could be of great use,” he said, adding that the workload on the health staff can also be reduced using such apps across in other hospitals of the UT.
Thus far, Dr Yograj said, X-rays of only the chest are being conducted at the Gandhi Nagar Hospital using the AI app but in the days to come, other X-rays would also be performed using the Qure.ai app. According to him, the cost of one X-ray chest is just Rs 20 using the AI app.
Similarly, Dr Yograj said, CardioNet app, which is also being used in 3-4 health institutions in the region, can provide the ECG report within seconds “and alert a patient prior to a heart attack”.
“This app, downloaded in a mobile phone connected with a computer, actually alerts the healthcare provider with a red signal on his mobile phone, which signifies that the heart patient requires immediate attention. After getting the alert signal, we recommend thrombolysis for the patient to break down his clots using certain medicines and then we recommend the angiography,” he said.
Alveofit is another digital respiratory health care platform for asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPDs), and lung care which is being used in CD Hospital Jammu and some other health institutions.
For this app to be used, Dr Yograj said, all a patient needs to do is to exhale into a small spirometer, which, through the use of AI, provides the patient with all the results related to his respiratory health.
This app also alerts the patients timely by providing them the complete details related to their respiratory health so that they are given a timely medical attention.
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