The National Cancer Grid (NCG) has set up the Koita Center for Digital Oncology (KCDO) to promote the use of digital technologies and tools to improve cancer care across India. The center was established with contributions from the Koita Foundation, which will support it for five years. Tata Memorial Center and Koita Foundation today formalized their collaboration by signing a Memorandum of Understanding at Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai.
Cancer care is evolving rapidly, and digital tools are becoming indispensable in improving cancer care worldwide. KCDO will play an important role in driving digital transformation across the continuum of cancer care. KCDO will support NCG hospitals in sharing digital health best practices, adopting digital health tools, and managing multiple collaborative technology initiatives, including EMR adoption, health data interoperability, reporting, and analytics.
KCDO will also enable NCG and NCG hospitals to pilot and adopt new technologies – including artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, automation, cloud, mobile – that will benefit hospitals, physicians, patients and consumers. The incorporation of digital tools such as telemedicine and remote patient monitoring will help make care more accessible, especially in semi-urban and rural areas. AI-powered clinical decision support tools will help improve doctors’ ability to provide better care, and mobile patient engagement apps will help patients with medication management and better adherence to care guidelines. Similarly, the use of healthcare data analytics across hospitals will enable the monitoring and comparison of clinical outcomes and the effectiveness of different treatments and care.
KCDO will also collaborate with academic and research organizations to support research and development in cancer care. “The Koita Digital Oncology Center is a very timely initiative. It will help create an innovation ecosystem across hospitals, health technology companies, academic institutions and research organizations to solve problems in cancer care. The positive impact of this ecosystem may extend beyond cancer care,” said Dr. R A Badwe, Director, Tata Memorial Centre.
“We are very excited to establish the Koita Center for Digital Oncology at NCG. The new center will enable more than 270 NCG partner hospitals to evaluate and implement digital tools to improve cancer care and make it more affordable and accessible across India,” said Dr. C.S. Pramesh, Director, NCG. “The Koita Foundation is honored to partner with NCG and support its Digital Health initiatives and support meaningful improvements in cancer care across India. KCDO can also help NCG hospitals adopt the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) platform, which is a key national priority,” said Rizwan Koita, Director, Koita Foundation.
About the National Cancer Grid (NCG)
The National Cancer Grid (NCG) is an initiative of the Government of India through the Ministry of Atomic Energy and its grant-making institution Tata Memorial Centre, which aims to create a network of cancer centres, research institutes, patient groups and charities. institutions across India to develop uniform patient care standards for cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment; providing specialized training and education in oncology and facilitating collaborative basic, translational and clinical cancer research. NCG today has over 270 hospitals across India in its network.
About the Koita Foundation
Koita Foundation (www.koitafoundation.org) is a non-profit organization that focuses on two areas – NGO transformation and digital health. As part of the Koita Foundation Digital Health initiatives, it has partnered with IIT Bombay to establish the Koita Center for Digital Health (www.kcdh.iitb.ac.in) and works closely with the National Health Authority (NHA) and the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals. and Healthcare Providers (NABH) on their Digital Health initiatives.
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