Braithwaite's Health ATMs: Catalyzing the Growth Momentum of India's Healthcare Sector

A glimpse into the colonial past is enough to reinforce the fact that India has marched a long way towards progress. From 1947 to 2023, the expeditiously developing nation has swiftly navigated through the test of times by developing and implementing strategic solutions and ensuring progress in diverse fields such as agriculture, infrastructure, healthcare, education, transportation, space, defense, technology, etc.

Witnessing India lay the foundation of its triumphs is Braithwaite & Co. Ltd., an engineering firm established in 1913 as a subsidiary of a British company. It would not be inaccurate to articulate that Braithwaite has evolved with India. Post its nationalization in 1976, the company laboriously tilted the scales in its favor and contributed to the nation's unabated progress through its multitudinous commodities and services. Braithwaite's journey from being a British subsidiary to becoming a fully owned Govt. of India undertaking is a testament to its dedication and devotion towards India's progress.

After having served the nation by delivering state-of-the-art Railway commodities, Braithwaite has taken significant strides and diversified its operations into diverse verticals. As a part of its expansion initiative, the Railway PSU, conferred with Miniratna-I category status, has ventured into the healthcare sector by becoming a channel partner for Lords Sehat Kiosk, an exclusive digital healthcare initiative anticipated to boost the healthcare scenario and catalyze the momentum of India's healthcare system.

Braithwaite's Health ATMs: Making healthcare accessible to everyone

Due to a gigantic cleft between the supply and demand of healthcare essentials, rural India has suffered from a lack of quality healthcare atmosphere. From diagnosing common diseases to identifying areas with high-level emergencies, rural and semi-urban India looks toward metropolitan cities to access high-quality healthcare services. To combat this crisis, Braithwaite’s all-pervasive health ATMs are designed to reduce the dependency on physician-patient interaction, provide periodic surveillance, lower the burden on city hospitals, bring specialists’ access to people with financial limitations, monitor patients' health consistently, and raze their travel time. Hence, by establishing Health ATMs, Braithwaite & Co. Ltd. is contributing to realizing India's Universal Health Coverage (UHC) goal, which equates to providing health-related assistance to people from all walks of life.

Features that make Braithwaite's Health ATMs stand out

A walk-in health kiosk staffed by an attendant, Braithwaite's Health ATM is integrated with the latest medical devices to help people undergo rapid health checkups, manage and track up to 30 health parameters, and take charge of their health requirements. A touch screen kiosk, these walk-in Health ATMs find their utility in basic vitals & laboratory testing, on-the-spot reports, and virtual consultations. Backed by cloud-based storage, this digital healthcare initiative allows people to preserve and access health-related information for future reference.

To manage medical information, Braithwaite's Health ATMs provide Health Cards, which are QR code-based verified documents of clinical information. This feature enables people to store a copy of their test records, such as vaccination history, blood tests, etc., on the cloud and efficiently share this information with their medical representatives. In addition, the Comprehensive Patient Health Profile, which includes information about lifestyle, vitals, medical history, etc., will assist people in understanding the status of their overall wellness.

Moreover, these Health ATMs are provisioned to manage bulk tests on a single machine to combat the ever-increasing need for medical testing and the scarcity of medical equipment in rural and semi-urban areas. This portable medical infrastructure is staffed by an attendant and equipped to check as many as 30 health parameters, for instance, blood glucose, body mass index, Complete Blood Count (CBC), blood pressure, oxygen saturation, etc., in 5 minutes. It also provides instant reports and health prescriptions upon automated health screening completion. As a consequence of a cloud-connected platform, this MedTech innovation also allows medical experts to bring telemedicine into practice to monitor the report of patients who lack the facility to visit in person, enhance healthcare access to a wider range of people, reduce illness outbreaks, and achieve better healthcare outcomes

Some additional benefits of Braithwaite's Health ATMs that make self-management of health easy and convenient are the feasibility of local language, offline data backup facility, voice-enabled guidance to the operator, high portability, minimal set-up space requirements, instant reports and prescription through SMS and email, etc. With an aggregation of CE/ FDA/ medical grade devices and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPPA) compliant back-end technology, the touchscreen MedTech innovation will leverage the power of artificial Intelligence and machine learning to provide diagnostic services in every nook and corner of the country.

Takeaway

The implementation of Braithwaite’s MedTech Health kiosk will facilitate timely and convenient diagnosis of ailments and enable healthcare professionals to take timely actions to improve patient outcomes. Especially in rural and semi-urban areas, these cost-effective 'Sehat Kiosks' will reshape the healthcare ecosystem. Moreover, features such as telemedicine and prompt reports can overcome the barriers to healthcare access, bridge the gap between patients and healthcare specialists, and solve the ever-persisting problem of shortage and unavailability of qualified healthcare providers. With the advent of technology, it is vital for medical trends, such as virtual consultations, to penetrate the rural parts of India. Hence, with a path breaking MedTech technology like this, Braithwaite is keen on revolutionizing the digital healthcare infrastructure in rural, semi-urban, and urban parts of the nation and paving the way for India to become the global healthcare destination for the world.