Speaking at a conference here, Dr Paul highlighted that transformative changes are taking place across the Indian healthcare sector.
"We should create new technologies like robotics and artificial intelligence, but in a way that they do not widen the digital divide and can be easily used by those who are not digitally literate," he told the meeting.
"We must also ensure that digital solutions are within the scope of rights and promote inclusion, protection of human rights and greater democratization," he emphasized.
Digital solutions should promote or create an ecosystem of ease of life and not make it more complex for people. According to Dr. Paul, these should improve quality of life, encompass well-being, include traditional knowledge and accelerate our healthcare actions.
Health Secretary Apurva Chandra said one of the objectives of the national digital mission is to increase the reach of health services and reduce the disparity between rural and urban areas.
She highlighted the success of the CoWIN app and Aarogya Setu, which helped administer over 220 crore vaccines across the country.
"The government wants to replicate the same model through the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, a flagship scheme of the government," Chandra said, informing about the upcoming launch of the U-Win portal later this month, which will maintain a permanent digital record of vaccination and medications to more than 3 million pregnant women and mothers and almost 2.7 million children born annually.
Bharat Lal, General Secretary, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), said healthcare is a basic human right and without good health the full potential of a human being cannot be realized.
He highlighted that the reach of the NHRC has increased from the economic to the socio-cultural sphere and since the health sector affects everyone, it is currently involved in this sector as well.
"We should create new technologies like robotics and artificial intelligence, but in a way that they do not widen the digital divide and can be easily used by those who are not digitally literate," he told the meeting.
"We must also ensure that digital solutions are within the scope of rights and promote inclusion, protection of human rights and greater democratization," he emphasized.
Digital solutions should promote or create an ecosystem of ease of life and not make it more complex for people. According to Dr. Paul, these should improve quality of life, encompass well-being, include traditional knowledge and accelerate our healthcare actions.
Health Secretary Apurva Chandra said one of the objectives of the national digital mission is to increase the reach of health services and reduce the disparity between rural and urban areas.
She highlighted the success of the CoWIN app and Aarogya Setu, which helped administer over 220 crore vaccines across the country.
"The government wants to replicate the same model through the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, a flagship scheme of the government," Chandra said, informing about the upcoming launch of the U-Win portal later this month, which will maintain a permanent digital record of vaccination and medications to more than 3 million pregnant women and mothers and almost 2.7 million children born annually.
Bharat Lal, General Secretary, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), said healthcare is a basic human right and without good health the full potential of a human being cannot be realized.
He highlighted that the reach of the NHRC has increased from the economic to the socio-cultural sphere and since the health sector affects everyone, it is currently involved in this sector as well.
