<p>Healthcare provider Manipal Hospitals will partner with Google Cloud to leverage technology in offering 24/7 virtual care services in the country, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. The hospital chain will use the Amwell telehealth platform to offer virtual visits and remote monitoring as part of the initiative.</p>.<p>In a conversation with <em><span class="italic">DH</span></em>, the firm’s chief operating officer Karthik Rajagopal expected better patient convenience & triaging and geographical expansion using the virtual services. </p>.<p>This comes after the company announced a strategic partnership with ConnectedLife built with Google Cloud earlier in March this year to use wearable technology to monitor patient progress after high-risk surgeries.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/new-norms-on-cards-for-mental-health-establishments-in-karnataka-1160289.html" target="_blank">New norms on cards for mental health establishments in Karnataka</a></strong></p>.<p>A pilot programme is currently ongoing in the hospital chain’s flagship facility in Bengaluru, offering remote monitoring for patients who have undergone angioplasty and joint replacement surgeries.</p>.<p>The medical group hopes to expand the services across multiple specialities and other centres within the Manipal ecosystem by January 2023, Rajagopal highlighted.</p>.<p>“Right now it will remain a ‘phygital’ model, and I think that’s the way it will be until the surgeons and the patients get extremely comfortable with going ahead and getting all their complete consultation online,” he added.</p>.<p>Manipal will also launch an e-pharmacy platform as part of the initiative, to enable patients to order medicines directly from the hospital, it said in the statement.</p>
<p>Healthcare provider Manipal Hospitals will partner with Google Cloud to leverage technology in offering 24/7 virtual care services in the country, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. The hospital chain will use the Amwell telehealth platform to offer virtual visits and remote monitoring as part of the initiative.</p>.<p>In a conversation with <em><span class="italic">DH</span></em>, the firm’s chief operating officer Karthik Rajagopal expected better patient convenience & triaging and geographical expansion using the virtual services. </p>.<p>This comes after the company announced a strategic partnership with ConnectedLife built with Google Cloud earlier in March this year to use wearable technology to monitor patient progress after high-risk surgeries.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/new-norms-on-cards-for-mental-health-establishments-in-karnataka-1160289.html" target="_blank">New norms on cards for mental health establishments in Karnataka</a></strong></p>.<p>A pilot programme is currently ongoing in the hospital chain’s flagship facility in Bengaluru, offering remote monitoring for patients who have undergone angioplasty and joint replacement surgeries.</p>.<p>The medical group hopes to expand the services across multiple specialities and other centres within the Manipal ecosystem by January 2023, Rajagopal highlighted.</p>.<p>“Right now it will remain a ‘phygital’ model, and I think that’s the way it will be until the surgeons and the patients get extremely comfortable with going ahead and getting all their complete consultation online,” he added.</p>.<p>Manipal will also launch an e-pharmacy platform as part of the initiative, to enable patients to order medicines directly from the hospital, it said in the statement.</p>