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10
LEADING

HOSPITAL
MANAGEMENT
SOLUTION PROVIDERS

Mr. Thamer Shaker

CEO

OASIS
HMIS
Delivering a Complete Package
of Healthcare Management
 Hospital
Management
Solutions;
Transforming
Society for Good
Editor
Vishal
Anmo
Muktewar
l Preet
Singh A s the human population has exploded, there
has been a massive rise in the number of
patients all over the world. Managing such a
humongous amount of data of patients who suffer
from different illnesses would have been
unimaginable, if not for the introduction of Hospital
Management Solutions.

Hospital Management Solutions are disrupting how

Healthcare services are conducted. It has been
designed to manage all aspects of a hospital’s
operation such as medical, administrative, financial,
and legal issues and the corresponding processing of
services. It assists healthcare providers with the
management of patient registration, demographics
data and keeps these updated while actively
preventing duplication of information.

Today, Medical Practitioners can use e-prescription

software which has increased their efficiency. It helps
practitioners to provide prescriptions according to
their patient’s medical history. It has resulted in better diagnosis for patients and saved a huge amount of care, expenses and
time for both practitioners and their patients.

The Hospital Management tools have empowered patients. They can book their appointment online in advance, so they don’t
have to wait in line. Patients can avail their medical history and their reports to use in the future. They can also get timely
alerts regarding their condition, helping to make informed decisions and become confident.

The diverse range of software developed for Hospital Management helps the staff members to carry out their various
activities such as billing and discharging, allocating employees to different shifts, managing laboratory equipment, etc.,
thereby providing and improving patients’ overall health experience.

Today, these software have helped to incorporate better revenue management for hospitals. It helps them to maintain profits
that subsequently can be used to develop better healthcare technologies and continue to serve humanity.

Hence, while searching for the hospital management service providers, we, at Insightscare, have come across some of the
prominent names who are developing cutting-edge software for hospitals and helping their clients in their endeavor to provide
personalized and patient-centric care. We see it as a privilege to present you ‘The 10 Leading Hospital Management
Solution Providers’. These industry leaders continue to embrace the rapid change in the healthcare industry and develop
solutions to meet its rising demands.

On the Cover, we have OASIS HMIS, which develops one of the largest and comprehensive healthcare management in the
Middle East. Over the last two decades, the company has developed one of the most powerful operating systems used by
large and mid-sized hospitals in the gulf region.

Roa Dawood Khumayyis, CEO of OASIS HMIS has been steering the wheel of this esteemed solution provider towards
excellence. With diverse industry experience, Roa has been developing strategies to deliver exceptional services to OASIS
clients.

In this issue we have enlisted: Helium Health, whose suite of technologies enables healthcare facilities to automate
processes, engage patients, grow their revenue and provide quality care; Aosta Software, its world-class software solutions
enhance patients’ care while conforming to present and emerging standards, regulations and ensuring seamless integration
within various division of healthcare; and JVS Group, which makes one of the most integrated software catering to the needs
of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Electronic Health Record (EHR).

Alongside the above, we also have: DataWENS Technologies Pvt Ltd., Designer Datamart Solutions., DMS, G2
Software Solutions, Technospyre, and Sara Technologies. These solution providers, with their innovative technologies,
continue to uplift the Healthcare industry.

Also, Don’t forget to read the CXO’s written by industry experts and articles penned by our in-house editorial team.

Have an insightful read ahead!

 Editor-in-Chief Pooja M. Bansal
Managing Editor Shruti Jambhale
Publishing Control Team Rahul Niraj
Quality Assurance Team Abhishaj, Sneha, Darshan
Contributing Editor Vishal Muktewar

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OASIS HMIS
Delivering a Complete Package of
Healthcare Management

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HOSPITAL
MANAGEMENT
SOLUTION PROVIDERS

OASIS HMIS
Delivering a Complete Package of
Healthcare Management

H ealthcare has always been one of the primary concerns for every individual.
They focus on paying utmost attention to their health and well-being.
Moreover, today’s age of cut-throat competition and technological innovations
calls for everyone to stay at the top of their game and give their best performance.
Accordingly, they demand for the best healthcare services in order to remain healthy and
deliver their best. This is where the leading companies of the healthcare arena step in.
They focus on attaining better health goals and make sure that no patient is denied of
quality healthcare services.

One such torchbearer in the healthcare sector is OASIS HMIS. It is a Saudi Hospital
Management Information System, which specializes in the operation and management of
hospitals. The system was built for Al-Salamah hospital in mid-1990s. After selling the
hospital to the Government of Saudi Arabia, the founder of the hospital Sheikh. Khalid
bin Mahfouz established OASIS Company to become a part of Al Murjan Holding
Group.

OASIS became one of the largest and most comprehensive systems for healthcare
management in the Middle East, offering a wide range of clinical and non-clinical sub-
systems. It can also run on a modular basis to suit the requirement of varying sizes of
hospitals. Within a span of 24 years, it has established itself as one of the best and most
powerful operating systems in the local and Gulf markets.

Percipient Leadership

OASIS is led by Mr. Thamer Shaker, the CEO of the company. He is a management
professional, organization development, and business expert with more than 24 years of
experience. One of the top-performing CEOs, he is leading strategic plans in change
management and talent identification. Mr. Shaker has worked in several fields including
initiating, planning, and leading to build and implement a significant organization growth
plan, followed by an accurate execution.
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Mr. Thamer Shaker

CEO

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We innovate to provide better
healthcare outcomes at affordable costs
He took over the position of CEO of OASIS in 2018. Mr.
Shaker has successfully developed the new strategic
objectives for the company. His expertise has transformed
the current processes and operation into a modern
management system. Under his leadership, OASIS has
introduced five new products to be launched in the next five
years, the first product is OASIS+.
Emphasis on Attaining Excellence
OASIS believes in standing tall among the competition by
providing the best services, while constantly improving
itself. It remains constantly focused on HIS development.
This enables OASIS to provide a better knowledge and
communication value to the clients. Its strategy is applied to
GCC, which helps it to attain expertise in the region.
OASIS Team states, “All customers have an expectation of
great service and will not put up with waiting in long lines
or receiving poor responses from representatives”.
Accordingly, last year, it invested heavily on enhancing
customer services by providing different communication
channels and deep analysis for the SLA commitment. The
company considers honesty as one of its primary policies. It
is clear with its clients regarding plan scheduling and
improvements, due dates, and product development
roadmap.
OASIS continues to reinvent itself by adopting emerging
technologies and introducing new processes, products, and
solutions. Furthermore, it believes in giving back to the
society and maintains a very good CSR program.
Our focus is to
add value to customer
processes and increase
customer satisfaction
Delivering Superior Services
OASIS offers excellent hospital management services
across 70+ hospitals in governmental, military, and private
sectors. It is a distinguished Saudi Arabian company which
adopts international quality standards taking into
consideration the local needs. OASIS is a comprehensive
system that provides solutions for managing all clinical and
administrative activities in the hospitals such as the master
patient index, electronic medical record, outpatient
management, material management, billing , accounting,
and so on, which transforms hospitals into a coherent and
paper-less environment.
In addition, it enables hospitals to implement decision
support solutions for physicians such as drug databases, and
management decision support programs such as Oracle BI.
The system also has a reliable record of providing
connectivity with systems and devices such as the PACS
System, laboratory analysis devices, and others creating an
effective and coherent work environment with better
information sharing.
OASIS also empowers patient engagement through the
patient portal and mobile applications that allows patients to
access and manage their medical data and bookings with
ease.
Overcoming Various Challenges
The company states that customer expectations are always
very high, and they are expecting the HIS not only to fulfill
the gaps of required software, but also to provide solutions
and enhance the business process. Accordingly, it is
investing in the teams to provide them with the needed
experience and knowledge to add real value to the
customers’ process and increase the customers’ satisfaction.
It believes that market changes include transition to
privatization and demand changes. OASIS enriches its
product portfolio by adding new products such as OASIS
Mini and Tele OASIS. These products aim to increase the
market share of private sector and to facilitate access to the
new sector of polyclinics and clinics, which was not
available for OASIS products before.
Noteworthy Achievements
OASIS is renowned for offering its system across 75
hospitals in the region. The system is operational in more
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results

We put the objective
of enhancing healthcare
experiences at the core
of our operations
than 10,000 beds in the ministry of health with a market
share of 18%. It is widely used in more than 25 private
hospitals. Team OASIS is proud that a local company is
functioning efficiently all over the kingdom. The system has
been popular among senior manager and IT directors in the
ministry of health for a decade. The company is a leading
provider of HMIS in the region, and a strategic partner for
the Ministry of Health.
Industry Outlook
The company states that the public healthcare sector in the
kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) represents approximately
79% of bed capacity. It expects the private sector to grow at
a faster pace than the government sector. “The Saudi
government policy seems to be emerging as a regulator and
facilitator encouraging the private sector to bridge the gap
in the healthcare sector in the KSA”, states team OASIS.
It opines that the demand for private healthcare and the
share of private sector has been increasing gradually. The
company reckons that the public sector’s role is also
gradually transitioning to become more of a regulator rather
than as a provider of healthcare facilities.
OASIS Team further adds, “Increased demand for
Healthcare Quality KSA’s healthcare facilities are observed
to be accredited by JCI, HMIS and ACHSI. These
accreditations are one of the key factors’ patients consider
while choosing a healthcare facility, as these assure high
quality of health standards, and OASIS launched OASIS
Consultation to adapt with this demand”.
The company believes, “the changing age profile increases
the demand of long term care/ rehabilitation, and
encourage us to invest in software to serve elderly needs,
due increase in prevalence of number of lifestyle diseases;
diabetes, obesity, depression, strokes, cardiovascular
diseases, blood pressure, etc”.
The Future Horizon
OASIS aims to expand its market share, target new market
segment, and align with Vision 2030 to improve the quality
and efficiency of health care services. In order to achieve its
strategic objectives for the upcoming five years, the
company is planning to provide a cloud HMIS solution for
small hospitals, clinics, and polyclinics.
The cloud HMIS will be sustainable and affordable for this
segment. In addition, the system will help care provider to
make smarter decision, care plan, and resource planning.
OASIS HMIS has integration with leading company to ease
health care process such as Nuance voice recognition and
Wolters drug interaction system.
Moreover, the company also intends to lead the market in
the telemedicine arena. OASIS will launch a consultation
services to help the clients and others to have an
outstanding experience in the application of HMIS. Team
OASIS states, “Investing in artificial intelligent and
providing affordable solution to a segment that was
neglected for a decade for sure will improve quality and
efficiency of health care services in the region”.
Words of Advice
The company believes that healthcare is not an easy field to
break into as an entrepreneur. Beyond the operations of
business, one must attain knowledge about complex science
and tech. It is of the opinion that this vast amount of
complexities will be solved only by the power of simple
ideas. “Believe in your ability to generate disruptive
solutions. Start building today, and trust that your hard
work will pay off in the future, because it will”, adds team
OASIS. It advises young entrepreneurs to learn from
efficient mentors, knowledgeable peers, and then give their
best. Team OASIS emphasizes on Steve Job’s speech at
Stanford: “you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you
can only connect them looking backwards so you have to
trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future”.
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 Aosta
Revolutionizing Indian
Healthcare Space
with Dynamics of IT
Mr. Aravindan Selvaraj
Director of Sales and Marketing
I T in Health improves the quality of healthcare delivery
which increases patient safety, decreases medical
errors, and strengthens the interaction between patients
and healthcare providers. The purpose of Healthcare IT is to
provide better care for patients. It assists in recording
patient’s data to improve healthcare delivery while
facilitating analysis of this information for both healthcare
practitioners and the ministry of health/government
agencies.
Keeping in mind the importance of IT in the healthcare
sector, this month’s issue of Insights Care showcases an
exclusive Interview with Mr Aravindan, Director – Sales
& Marketing. Aosta Software Technologies India Ltd.
Mr Aravindan is instrumental in setting up the sales org for
Aosta and to his credit has opened up the international
markets for Aosta. He shares some quality information on
how the Indian healthcare domain is fairing with ever-
changing technological advancements and the advent of IT
in its services.
IS: How did Aosta come into existence? Kindly describe
its journey till date.
18| February 2020 |
Aosta: We belong to a large business group in South India
called Dr. NGP Group. This group has many portfolios like
Hospitals, Pharma, Academics, Software, etc. The very
popular hospital chain – KMCH is part of the group and our
journey has started by servicing the internal IT
requirements of our own hospital.
The product ideation has started from there and during that
timeline (the Year 2000-01), there were only a few players
in HIMS space and we thought it would be a good idea to
make a product of the work we did for KMCH. BackBone
HIMS was born and initially, we had only a few modules
like registration, billing, lab, etc. Then a proper technical
team was formed and today we have more than 25 +
modules and BackBone is a very mature product in PLC.
The journey had its own ups and downs with different
teams heading the sales/management portfolio. But during
the last 5 years, Aosta has leapfrogged registering more
than 70% growth increasing to the top line and profitability.
Today we are present in 5 more countries apart from
strengthening our base in the domestic market with more
than 150+ hospitals using our application.

IS: Brief us about the Founder/CEO of the company and
the major contribution of him/her towards the company.
Team Aosta: The founder of the group is Dr. Nalla G
Palanisamy, a visionary businessman with great acumen
and leadership skills. He is instrumental in taking Aosta and
the overall group to greater heights with each unit
functioning in a profitable manner.
He has helped us to leverage the natural synergy we have
had in the clinical and administrative domain, thanks to
KMCH. Aosta has created a niche advantage in the market
due to this and we are able to transcend that advantage to its
customers as well.
Our CEO Dr. Mohan Gounder is based in the USA and
his technical finesse has helped us to adopt the latest
Healthcare IT practices in our application. Platforms like
EMR, Mobile Apps, etc. are developed with his intense
contribution and that proved to be a big differentiator for us.
Besides, he has helped to diversify the company with new
service offerings like KPO but sticking to the core domain
strength of Healthcare and IT.
IS: Kindly share with us in detail about the IT Solutions
that you provide. How this has benefited the user
community?
Aosta: Our flagship offering is the ‘Hospital Information
Management System (HIMS)’. The product name is
BackBone – signifying its importance to the IT system of
any hospital. We are easily the top 5 HIMS vendors in the
country with significant market presence, customer
portfolio and mature technical and support teams.
As mentioned earlier, it is a mature product with the latest
features and benefits. It is completely web-based and
mobile compatible. The product has more than 25 different
modules catering to the various functions and departments
of a mature hospital, built with an aim to be used by any
individual with a decent understanding of IT skills.
With global standards like HIPAA and HL 7 compliance,
the product has outshone its competitors with proven
advantages. With sustained R & D and engineering, Aosta
is able to add more new features like Process Automation,
Reporting functionalities, Data mining, etc. in the
application. This is a big advantage for new generation
CXOs who would like to use the latest software tools for
decision making.
Interview with Insights Care
The very fact that we have more than 95% of customer
retention speaks volumes of the benefits each customer has
got from the product. BackBone really helps to improve
process efficiency, bring better controls, optimize resource
planning and more importantly a silent contributor to the
bottom line. It will be very difficult to quantify the same,
but BackBone has helped every customer by improving the
bottom line anywhere between 20-30% in a span of 2-3
years.
IS: What are the major challenges your company has
faced till date? What strategies did you use to overcome
those issues?
Aosta: The real challenge is managing and retaining the
domain knowledge as unlike traditional software products,
this also calls for a better understanding of the Healthcare
systems and protocols very well. We face major challenges
in retaining the talent for customer support and
implementation as they are like rolling stock and very
difficult to sustain them. Secondly, the hospital customer is
rather slow in embracing IT systems and most of the times
the readiness from the customer side found wanting for an
ERP implementation. For a hospital owner, IT is the last
line of control as the ROI is not pronounced like an
investment in a lab equipment or increasing a seat for a
doctor where the revenues are counted from day one!
So, Indian Hospitals do a big trade-off when it comes to
HIMS and most of the time software companies like us face
challenges in pushing them for a proper IT agenda – which
is more generic than the actual proposition of selling their
own services. The dearth of quality resources at the users’
departments in each hospital pose a major issue for us and
this leads to project delays and cost overrun.
At the market landscape, this HIMS domain is full of
regional players offering their solutions at very low prices
thus creating big anarchy among the Healthcare IT system.
This leads to perceptual imbalances among hospital owners.
Secondly, few bad implementations and processes leading
to overall slowdown for all the players including big names
like us.
IS: What have been your and the company’s major
accomplishments? Please mention any awards or
accolades received so far. (if any)
Aosta: The company has really seen very good growth in
the last 5 years ( more than 100%) thanks to the new sales
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team which used the product and support levers to acquire
new customers in new markets. From a player well known
in South India, today Aosta has staked its claim to be a
global player by improving its customer presence all over
India and overseas. The sustained presence of the core
domain team which is with the company from inception and
the excellent support mechanism helped the company to
retain its customers. We take pride in that achievement. We
have received many awards, to name a few:
• e India Award 2010 – For Successful Implementation at
800 Bedded Tertiary Care Multi-Disciplinary Super
Specialty Hospitals in Tamilnadu.
• e India Award 2013 – For Successful Implementation at
650 Bedded Medical University Hospital in Karnataka.
• Silicon India Award 2014 – Aosta one among the top 10
most promising company across India in Healthcare
Vertical
IS: Kindly brief us about your perspective on the current
healthcare industry scenario.
Aosta: We see lots of opportunities at the state level as
Healthcare is yet to be prioritized at the Central level.
Besides, states like Tamilnadu, Kerala, Karnataka, West
Bengal, etc have excellent Healthcare backbone and further
gives hope for players like us to invest and grow. The
country’s total spending on Healthcare is around 1 % of
GDP which is abysmally low compared to countries like the
USA, UK, etc. Even a couple of percentage points increase
will really stimulate the healthcare ecosystem to a major
extent. Schemes like Ayushman Bharat really has given the
impetus required for Healthcare and the citizens of India. In
particular, the Hospital industry is likely to achieve a
CAGR 0f 16-17% by 2022, surpassing all other industry
verticals on a growth curve.
On the process side, we see more Evidence-based Clinical
Decision Support System (CDSS) to be used in the coming
days coupled with HIMS to reduce medical errors and
improve the quality of diagnosis. This offers good potential
for those who like to get into medical research as a
business. Indirectly IT companies that are going to adapt
the latest technologies like AI, BI and Blockchain will take
advantage of this market’s needs.
IS: Where do you see the company in the coming years?
What actions have you planned for the same?
20| February 2020 |
Aosta: Aosta aims to reach out to newer territories in order
to extend its international presence in countries where the
rate of green-field hospital projects and the IT adoption in
hospitals is raising. For example markets like the Far East,
EMEA, etc.
We are also planning to create BackBone completely in
Open source, doing away with proprietary software
platforms that are required to run the application. We have
already achieved that for client machines (user nodes) and
soon the servers too will be available in the Open platform.
We are also coming with the SAAS model so that even the
small hospitals and clinics can get the benefits of BackBone
with out of box features without customization.
We will continue to stick to our strength in Healthcare IT
and many innovative solutions are on the cards like IoT, AI,
and Business Intelligence. We are using these tools to
facilitate decision-makers – be it doctors, administrators or
a finance person to automate some of the routine and
mundane activities.
IS: What advice would you give for the upcoming
generation of medical science enthusiasts and health-tech
entrepreneurs?
Aosta: With the increasing emphasis on the stringent and
quality selection process for medical education, it is
imperative that medical students understand IT systems
better and learn the nuances of using the same for their
clinical activities. For example one of the clients who run a
medical college has a certification paper in HIS/EMR as
eligibility for PG doctors!. As healthcare is a core and
essential sector for the growth of our economy, the Govt is
pushing its agenda on best practices and unified records
systems. For all this, IT adoption is a must.
Secondly, many startups have come up in recent days and
the majority of them focus only on Healthcare. We intend to
work very closely with such innovative startups who have
unique solutions to address the needs of Healthcare. This
could be in domains like IoT, Analytics, NLP, etc.

Helium Health
Bringing Digital Transformation in Healthcare Sphere
E lectronic Medical Record (EMR) systems are
helping health care service providers to deliver
high-quality services. This system manages almost
everything from tracking patient information to scheduling
appointments, post-visit follow-up, billing and payment.
Such technological advancement has helped the healthcare
ecosystem to improve the complex workflows by providing
real-time information to deliver better patient care. One of
the largest electronic medical records providers in West
Africa, Helium Health launched EMR solution in 2016 to
build a system that eliminates paper records and digitalizes
the medical records. It has moved the whole system from
manual to digital for the storage of medical records.
The company is inspired by a vision of a connected
healthcare ecosystem across Africa to help patients get the
care they need when they need it. And to empower all
healthcare stakeholders with the actionable data and tools
that they require to make informed decisions. Today,
Helium Health provides the tools that over 5,000 medical
professionals use to treat over 150,000 patients monthly.
Easy Solutions
Helium Health provides simple to use solutions that require
little to no training and anyone, regardless of their levels of
computer literacy, can easily use it. With this data-driven
solution, hospital administrators are not only able to
provide care in record time but are also able to get a better
handle on the performance and finances of their practice.
Moreover, the system is developed in a way that enhances
connectivity between its stakeholders.
Helium EMR, the flagship product, is an end-to-end
solution that completely digitizes every stage of a patient’s
visit from check-in to check-out. It drastically reduces
patient wait time as well as the risk of loss or fragmented
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data, and documentation errors by offering electronic data-
driven solutions. It empowers hospital administrators and
public stakeholders with vital clinical and financial data to
notice trends within a specific facility or across different
facilities. The software allows them to monitor performance
over time as well as the effectiveness of the intervention
actions and programs and highlight areas for improvement.
The Helium EMR software can run offline as well as on the
cloud to insulate against the effects of internet downtime.
This ultimately creates healthcare facilities that are more
efficiently run and allows health service providers to
provide better care.
A Glimpse of Achievements
The company has received several esteemed awards and has
been recognized locally and internationally.
Ÿ Helium Health named in the CNBC Upstart 100 list of
top global startups to watch in 2019.
Ÿ The Leadership team was listed in the Forbes 30 under
30 healthcare class of 2019
Ÿ The company was inducted into The 2018 Future
Awards Africa Class for Technology.
Ÿ Helium Health participated in the 5th class of the
Google Launchpad Accelerator. It has also participated
in the Y Combinator 2017 summer batch.
Ÿ It has won the Etisalat (9Mobile) Prize for Innovation
and was recognized by the Nigerian President during the
Aso Villa Demo Day.
An Ardent Spearhead
A group of entrepreneurs, Adegoke Olubusi, Dimeji
Sofowora, Tito Ovia and Ralph Oluwole founded Helium
Health. Adegoke Olubusi is the CEO and Co-founder of
the company. He has earned degrees in Engineering and
 Adegoke Olubusi
CEO

“We provide vital digitized healthcare services such as electronic medical

records, hospital management and insurance, billing, and analytics software for the “
continent’s top medical providers and services

Management from Johns Hopkins University, Morgan State
University and King’s College. He has expert knowledge
and rich experience of more than a decade. Mr. Adegoke
began his career in technology building systems at
Goldman Sachs, eBay and PayPal. He has received several
notable awards across the globe from Chevron, Northrop
Grumman, Lockheed Martin, the State of Maryland, the
Nigerian President and more. He and the other co-founders
set the tone for Helium Health’s organizational objectives
and very welcoming and productive work culture. They are
very proactive in their responsibilities and they lead from
the front by being examples everyone in the organization
emulates.
addressing this challenge by providing training sessions for
all personnel prior to the commencement of deployments.
Future Ahead
The company’s long term aim is to power the data that runs
the African healthcare system. It wants to improve how
healthcare is understood and delivered on the continent. In
the coming years, the company will be launching a suite of
products that are providing solutions tailored to the needs of
the different facets of healthcare. It will be providing tools
for healthcare patients, providers and payers with the end
goal of providing patients with easy access to better care.

Challenges Faced A Piece of Advice

Describing the challenges, the frontrunner asserts -
The African healthcare market, while growing, is still at its
infancy. Therefore, our growth is constrained by the
maturation of the market. Moreover, human capital in this
sector is underfunded and underdeveloped. We are
Adegoke advises, “It is important to get as much
information as you can before you go into any venture.
Learn from the thought leaders of the industry; learn about
the trends pushing the industry. Count the cost before you
jump and then jump.”

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 Vipul Jain
CEO

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separate into any cell of a living being and have the capacity of
self-replenishing. Undifferentiated cells exist both in embryos
and grown-up cells. There are a few stages of specialization.
Formative strength is decreased with each progression, which implies
Vipul Jain, CEO, Advancells, is a that a unipotent cell cannot separate into several types of cells as a
serial entrepreneur who specializes in pluripotent one.”
spotting business opportunities in the
For thirty years, scientists and researchers have studied the origin,
inchoate stages. An M BA from potential, and other aspects of stem cells. While some believe that all
Rochester Institute of Technology, the hard work is not going to reap some benefits, for others it is just the
New York, Vipul established beginning as regenerative medicine can do much more.
Advancells in 2013. The research-
In 2006 when adult stem cells were discovered, no one could have
based company focuses on providing thought how these could be reprogrammed to work like embryonic
cutting-edge Stem Cell Therapies for stem cells and give solutions to several chronic illnesses around the
patients with life-threatening world. It is an achievement that scientists have been able to regularly
treat concerns like Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, cardiovascular
diseases and also targets lifestyle diseases, retinopathy, hair loss, and more.
diseases with anti-aging technology.
Stem cells have several features. To start with, the self-renewing
capability is the trademark property of stem cells in regular and
diseased tissues. Second, the cells that keep on partitioning over
extensive periods are substantially more prone to gather changes that lead to neoplasia and
different ailments. Third, the self-renewal of stem cells is constrained by flagging pathways in
various tissues. Every one of the characters of stem cells advance leads to new research. In
particular, undifferentiated cells can be utilized in new drug tests. Each analysis of living tissue
can be performed securely on explicitly separated cells from pluripotent cells. In the event that
any unfortunate impact shows up, ingredients can be changed until they arrive at an adequate
degree of viability. The medication can enter the pharmacological market without hurting any
living being. Notwithstanding, to test the medications appropriately, the conditions must be
equivalent when looking at the impacts of two medications. To accomplish this objective,
specialists need to oversee the differentiation procedure to create unadulterated differentiated
cells.

In any case, the way to progression isn’t as smooth as it ought to be. Among the disadvantages,
one of the primary points is that this kind of research requires gathering embryonic stem cells.

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Embryonic stem cells are obtained by destroying an unborn
organism when collected, which to some is an immediate
choice to end a human life. No measure of medicinal
research should come at the cost of human life regardless of
the number of individuals who could be possibly treated
from procedures created from this exploration.
Some disadvantages that need experts’ attention are:
• The medications created from stem cells are experimental
in nature. The best treatment presently is hematopoietic
stem cell transplantation (HSCtx). They are 90%
compelling and around 50,000 transplants happen every
year.
• The expense of a single stem cell treatment in the United
States is normally about $10,000. A few facilities have
discovered approaches to decrease this expense by up to
20%. Outside of the United States, the expenses can be as
high as $100,000. The expense of producing an embryonic
cell is up to $2,000 per occasion. Administrations rendered
to take undifferentiated stem cells may not be incorporated
into the treatment cost and could be a few thousand dollars.
What’s more, since stem cell medications are experiments
in many cases, medical coverage plans, and government-
offered advantages don’t go for the most part give access to
them.
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• The ethics of undifferentiated stem cell research will
consistently put constraints on the medicinal capability of
this examination. People must settle on their own how they
will react to the morals of this examination. Is it allowed to
modify adult stem cells or embryonic stem cells? What are
the outcomes of destroying a developing life to get
undifferentiated cells, regardless of whether that embryo
would have been disposed of? A few people will feel the
whole procedure is dishonest and that can keep creating
obstacles in the research.
Although the demonstrated advantages of adult stem cell
research are to some degree restricted by current scientific
technologies, the future capability of this procedure keeps
on motivating many scientists and doctors across the world.
Numerous chronic ailments, for example, birth defects or
disease, are brought about by inappropriate differentiation
or cell division. As of now, a few undifferentiated organism
treatments are conceivable, among which are medicines for
spinal cord damage, cardiovascular breakdown, retinal and
macular degeneration, ligament cracks, and diabetes type 1.
Undifferentiated cell research can further help in a better
understanding of stem cell physiology. This may bring
about discovering better approaches for treating chronic
ailments.

JVS Group
Elevating the Healthcare Industry with Comprehensive Solutions
T he healthcare industry is steadily advancing, being
more effective and efficient while maintaining the
highest level of quality and security. Today, patients
have become the center for healthcare services in the
industry. Organizations, across the industry, are striving to
adopt a patient-centric approach to satisfy their needs.
Among them, healthcare management software has
emerged to play a vital role in the improvement of a
patient’s journey.
The healthcare management software assists medical
providers to enter and track patient’s information and
process respective data accordingly. It helps to increase the
productivity and efficiency of a patient’s care. One
company that pioneered this clinical software market by
developing one of the most integrated healthcare
management software is JVS Group.
Over the last 18 years, JVS has established itself as a global
leader in the Electronic Medical Records/Electronic Health
Records and Hospital Information System market. Today,
more than 18,000 physicians are using JVS products and
have over 4.5 million registered patients across 45
countries.
A Diverse Range of Solution
Equipped with business intelligence is JVS’s flagship
product SoftClinic. It is a scalable electronic health records
software (EHRs), which caters to the entire healthcare
delivery eco-system with modules for primary care, general
practice, group practice, day-care centers, small to large
corporate hospitals, laboratories, radiology centers, and
pharmacies. The product helps JVS’ customers to share
their data seamlessly.
The company’s medical software solutions have a range of
cloud-hosted clinical data management software for
interventional cardiology like SoftCath, CardioHealth, and
JVS-DiComPlus; OncoSoft for oncology and advance
clinical modules in SoftClinic for various specialties like
endocrinology, neurology, gastroenterology, infertility,
ayurveda, etc.
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The company makes one of the most integrated software
catering to the needs of Electronic Medical Records (EMR)
and Electronic Health Records (EHR). These are cloud-
ready and integrated with doctor portal and patient portal
apps. They streamline the transmission of health data
between physicians and patients. This ultimately results in
better patient care and decision-making.
An Ingenious Mind
Behind JVS’s successful endeavors is its Founder and
Managing Director, Mr. Saket Singhi. Saket has a strong
ability to incubate and develop new business solutions with
big results and minimal investments.
With broad-based experience in IT product development
and marketing, he has coupled his love for technology to
his extensive experience running a product-based IT
company. Understanding and empathy for the business are
the reasons why he stands among other emerging leaders in
current times.
When asked about the company’s steady growth in the IT
healthcare industry, Saket asserted, “We regularly
participate in various international events that discuss the
future of healthcare IT to stay relevant and keep us ready
for the future. It is a continuous process and we are happy
that we have healthcare domain expertise in the DNA of our
company.”
Overcoming the Challenges
To reach the height of success where JVS is today, it wasn’t
without any hurdles. The biggest challenge the company
faced was the fast penetration into the market with its
distinctive products and ideas. Taking the lonely path for
more than 10 years, to amass quick growth, the company
has continued to work towards the development of the
market through the provision of innovative and scalable
solutions.
Another one of the biggest challenges of JVS was the
unregularized market of Healthcare IT in India. As 90% of
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Founder & Managing Director
“ We aggressively leverage our unique
set of assets to provide exceptional value for our
shareholders and clients
the global Healthcare IT spending is targeted towards the
US, initially its SoftClinic product grew at a slower pace.
However, in the past three years, its growth has catapulted
off the charts and by the end of 2020, the company expects
to double its customer base.
Achieving Milestones along the Way
JVS is proud to be one of the pioneers for developing a
market for clinical software in India. Today, the company is
considered among the leading product-based IT companies
in the Healthcare space. Its established products are helping
clients in more than 45 countries every day.
Since 2007, the company has been an official partner of the
Cardiological Society of India. It enables them to
successfully run the National Interventional Council (NIC)
- Clinical Data Registry. To provide its services for
cardiologists, the solution provider has launched its world
pioneering plug and play software with a storage device for
interventional cardiology.
Getting Ready for Future
JVS is currently working on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and
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trying to integrate it to make its software more insightful.
This will not only ease the process for physicians but also
allow them in decision-making through the elimination of
medical errors.
In the coming years, the company plans to focus more on
the expansion of e-consultation using patient-centric
applications and doctors’ portals making healthcare
available for everyone who owns a smartphone. JVS is also
planning to expand its reach in other parts of Southeast
Asia, Europe, Australia, Canada, etc. with internationally
compliant EMR software.
Words of Wisdom
When asked about advice for emerging entrepreneurs, Saket
with his valuable words concluded, “The best advice for
any health-tech entrepreneur would be to know your
interest area first. If you love healthcare and IT, then only
you should get into the healthcare-tech industry. However,
if you Dare to Dream, then you can certainly observe your
surroundings and pursue your dreams. With consistency,
you are surely going to become successful.”
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 FINDING THE PERFECT
IVF CLINIC
R eproductive medicine is growing rapidly, providing
options for people who face infertility challenges
IVF is usually effective, though not always immediately for
all women, research suggests that if you’re considering
assisted reproductive technologies to help you conceive, it
is suggested that you chose your fertility clinic well and that
can improve your odds of a good outcome. But with so
many clinics out there to choose from deciding which one
best meets your needs can feel a bit overwhelming. You can
use the following pointers to help you chose a clinic that
meets your needs.
• Do some research: All fertility clinic may apparently
look the same, but they are not, and it does not hurt to do
your homework.
You may want to consider inquiring about the success rate
of the clinic. While inquiring about the success rates it is
advisable to compare oranges to oranges so compare the
success rates for your age group and also the kind of
treatment that you plan to do. Once you are convinced
about the success rates it’s a good idea to have a look at
their accreditation you can either look for ISO, ISAR or a
NABH accreditation in the Indian subcontinent. Also make
sure that the clinic is registered with the ICMR (Indian
Council of Medical Research)
• Ask Questions: Before you commit to an IVF clinic its
always best to ask all the questions that come to mind even
if you think they are silly. It’s your treatment and you need
to be at peace at what you are proceeding with and it’s your
right to know every pro and con about the treatment or any
other question that may come to mind. Some of the
questions you may consider asking
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• The process of IVF per se
• How many embryos do they transfer?
• What is their embryo freezing program like? What is
their contract time period? What will be renewal clause
be?
• Do they prefer a day 3 or a day 5 transfer?
• The technique of fertilization --- ICSI for all or IVF for
selected cases?
• Do they have an identification system in place for the
Gametes?
• How are donors screened and allotted?
• Will you need genetic screening?
• Will you need sperm selection techniques?
• What will happen when you get pregnant? who will you
follow up with?
• What will happen if you don’t get pregnant?
• If attempting genetic screening – you may want to ask
which lab they are associated with for the analysis?
• Do they have a in house full time andrologist and
embryologist?
• Is it an all under one roof facility?
• Find out if they have a psychological counselor or a
patient support group: It is important for a fertility clinic
to offer indicated medical treatment to help you conceive
but it’s also important that there is enough emotional
support available while you are embarking on one of the
most emotional journeys of your life. Also, if the sessions
with the psychologist are chargeable or are free of cost.
• Consider the Monitory factors: Always take your
financial counseling in written from the clinic. Consider
have they given you all the inclusion and exclusion
criteria’s in written. The inclusion criteria you may want to
look for are gonadotropins, blastocyst transfer and luteal
support medicine till Bhcg. Always gauge how transparent
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they are attempting to be in their pricing.
• Trust your instincts: When you’re considering a
fertility clinic, always trust your gut feeling. I think
patients’ gut feelings are usually pretty good. “Your
gametes are one of life’s most precious commodities take
time to get a sense of the people who are going to be
handling them for you. Consider how the clinic’s staff talk
to you, what they say – how professional does the care feel?
Use all of your senses. Is the care personalized and
professional enough, so you feel comfortable?”
• If applicable to you may want to find out more about
the special program the center has:
- Who is the andrologist attached with the center if you are
going to need testicular sperm extraction?
- If you are looking for social fertility preservation: then
you may want to know about their oocyte freezing
facilities. Find out how many times you may need to do
egg retrievals to freeze the optimal number of oocytes.
What is the payment structure? How long will the
oocytes be cryopreserved according to the initial
contract; how will the renewal clauses be.
- Fertility preservation program for cancer patients
Even after all the above pointers only you can know
which clinic suits you best and always remember A
great fertility clinic isn’t just one that can give you
effective treatment, it’s one with compassionate staff,
clear pricing, seamless administrative processes and
exceptional emotional support.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Ritu Hinduja, MD, MRM (UK), DRM

(Germany), Fellowship in Reproductive
Medicine (India, Spain, Israel), and
Certificate in Genetic Counseling, is a
well-known medical practitioner. She
specializes in Reproductive medicine
and Infertility treatment and has an
experience of more than a decade in it.
For her dedication and contribution to
the field, she has been honored with
various prominent awards like FOGSI
Chorion Award for best
research,FOGSI- Kumud Tamaskar
Award for best research in infertility ,
FOGSI- Dr Shanti Yadav Award for
Infertility

MOGS - Dr. Shantabai Gulabchand

Traveling Fellowship Award, Dr. Pramila
Bhatia-Young Scientist Award and Dr H
S Palep Award for the best research in
Recurrent Pregnancy Loss. Dr. Ritu Hinduja
MD, MRM (UK), DRM (Germany)

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