Wolters Kluwer Health, a global provider of information, business intelligence, and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, participated in 'The Digital India Healthcare Summit-2015,' the first HIMSS summit held in India. During the summit, company executives spoke about the rising use of Actionable Mobile Health Applications in India where mobile phone ownership exceeds 278 million, a critical mass that signifies an immense opportunity for the healthcare community to leverage mobile tools to provide quality care.
According to Corinne Saunders, CEO of Emerging and Developing Markets at Wolters Kluwer, the rapid spread of information technology and the power of information in our hands, are fundamentally going to change the way India accesses real-time, actionable healthcare information. Actionable mobile health applications will experience a significant surge in the near future as the impact of the Digital India program rollout becomes visible, supported by the rapid spread in internet penetration.
HIMSS is a global, cause-based, not-for-profit organization focused on better health through information technology. During the organization's inaugural India conference in Gurgaon on August 5-6, 2015, Shireesh Sahai, CEO of Wolters Kluwer India, participated in a panel discussion on big data and predictive analytics, during which he discussed how the advent of new technologies is changing the dynamics of the healthcare industry.
The HIMSS summit was attended by a galaxy of luminaries from the healthcare industry representing both the government and private sectors.
