Bonded By Generations and Separated By Decades

Aug 26
15:48

2011

Sharad Gaikwad

Sharad Gaikwad

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The world continues to get smaller day by day thanks to the increasing velocity of breakthrough technology through intelligent inventions & investments. Technology is the backbone of today’s day and age and it didn’t leave me far behind.

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In the year 1999 I established a medical transcriptions firm seeking to provide my physician community with much-needed and timely solutions.

When I started my career as an Anesthesiologist in the early seventies,Bonded By Generations and Separated By Decades Articles I didn’t have the support of any tools of convenience like the computers. Later, when the need for the tools like the computers, text processors and other automated machines were met by their introduction, the sheer cost of ownership and the size of the innovation eluded many seekers of the same. Communication was still trending with the daily mails being sent through the Royal mail facility which used to take more than a couple of weeks to get delivered. Establishing telephonic chats a communications was beyond the affordability levels of a registrar under the NHS. The patient diagnosis and treatment notes would take very long to write which meant a complete abolishment of the concept of “free time”. As the result the junior associates would spend hours together to record the same and perpetually be intimidated by the voluminous nature of the patient files. Bleep was the mobile phone of those times which was used for establishing communication between us and the staff in view of any pressing concern.

Today, the work environment is dominated by smart phones, E-mail and VOIP services, Tablets and other advanced gismos. Communicating has become more real-time. The development of computers and the expansive growth and adoption of the internet allowed me to launch my own medical transcriptions firm. My sole objective still remains to serve the physicians across the US, UK, Canada and Australia.

The whole discussion and debate between the developed and developing countries reflects in the lopsided structure within the healthcare arena as well. As a medical professional my prime lookout is to seek enhanced cooperation between the countries of the world to facilitate optimum care on affordable scales. The present day and age is of combining the ability of conducting advanced research and experiments of the western countries and the enormous talent pool consisting of culturally diverse and skills-driven capital of the east. In fact a lot of Indian doctors continue to occupy senior positions in the NHS hospitals and the healthcare institutions of America. India is also on the global map, carving a niche for its esteemed doctors across specialties and the massive improvement in the field of healthcare infrastructure and equipments.

The healthcare system itself has come a long way in the countries like the US and UK and India is not that far behind. The doctors practicing in India bring with themselves decades of international experience post their degrees from the UK and US. The quality of healthcare is matching the critical need of the hour which happens to be the fact of “affordability.”  The healthcare system is driven by the NHS in the UK and is driven by the insurance companies in the US with an associated backing of the hospitals. I believe if the insurance companies in the US and the NHS in the UK manage to chalk out a policy by which they can cover the patients/native residents for the treatments they undertake in India, we can have a situation where we can live up to the motive of “quality care at affordable rates.” This would not only benefit the economies of the advanced countries like the US and UK by enhancing the growth of the different associated industries, but also end up promoting cultural exchange to a great extent.

Alongside improving one’s livelihood, one also needs to focus on one’s living conditions and the associated challenges. Countries of the world are already cooperating with regards to enhancing food security and improved sanitation. With this at the backend and the flourishing healthcare system on the frontend we’re here to witness a level playing field driven by competition, opportunities and global shrinking of latitudes and longitudes.