AIIMS and IIIT-Delhi sign MoU to advance digital health technologies, Health News, ET HealthWorld
New Delhi: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIIT-Delhi) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work on various aspects of digital health areas jointly. Under the MoU, both institutions will work together in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and computational genomics for advancing clinical medicine, public health, and biomedical research.
The collaboration aims at improving patient care, outcomes, and healthcare delivery through the development of innovative technologies. The two institutions will also engage in joint research and training, the exchange of faculty and students, and the organisation of workshops and seminars to promote collaboration in the field of digital health.
Welcoming this joint initiative and finding it to be extremely promising for promoting translational research, Prof Srinivas, Director, AIIMS, said, “This was a platform for getting together faculties with diverse domains from two top-notch institutions and facilitating them to converge towards attaining objectives that may have a direct impact on patient health care and research in multiple areas. This would be an exciting opportunity for AI based algorithms and digital solutions, for which AIIMS can provide the big data and IIIT can work on algorithms. This endeavour would also ignite young minds in both institutes and inspire them to come up with out of the box solutions for day-to-day health care.”
As per the statement issued by the IIIT-Delhi, solving the major health challenges India is facing, such as access to healthcare in remote and underserved areas, by building technology innovations in m-Health, artificial intelligence, interoperability, cybersecurity, and allied areas will be the focus of this joint collaboration.
Highlighting that this MoU will enable joint research related to digital health, developing technology solutions for secure digital health applications, and jointly applying for external research funding, among other joint research and developmental activities, Prof Ranjan Bose, Director, IIIT-Delhi, said, “There are several points of common interests, including AI and ML for healthcare, therapeutic design using computational techniques, m-Health, digital solutions for sustainable development goals, patient data safety, cybersecurity, computational genomics, and a universal health coverage framework. There is also provision for identifying and supporting intramural funding for co-funded projects and developing joint courses under this MoU. We hope to leverage each other’s strengths to create a larger impact in the healthcare space.”
The MoU also outlines the commitment of both institutions to work together on computational genomics research, which will be used to advance the understanding of the genomic basis of human diseases and inform the development of personalised treatments. The collaboration will also focus on developing a universal health coverage framework under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, which will help ensure that all citizens have access to quality and affordable healthcare services, the statement informed further.
