Digital Health Associates will jointly work for internship opportunities with AHPI member organizations, and this collaboration will also entail the two organizations working on workshops, research, and publications.
COVID-19 has brought forth the importance of integrating digital health across the continuum of care. India’s healthcare system is struggling with various issues, from infrastructure, financing to human resources. As per the current scenario of the overall healthcare system in the country, healthcare organizations are developing in many aspects and do not have any exposure or expertise in digital healthcare, and digital health will play a major role in making healthcare accessible and outcome driven. This collaboration will play a pivotal role in leveraging the global expertise of Digital Health Associates to help organizations and clinicians develop the digital skills needed in the 21st century.
Rajendra Pratap Gupta, founder of Digital Health Associates said in a statement, “Healthcare is about human resources, which constitute 60-80% of the cost of healthcare delivery. In this digital age, every organization, every healthcare professional needs to be technically (digitally) proficient and clinically competent, and for that, lifelong digital upskilling will be crucial and at DHA, we have emerged as the world’s foremost institution. My vision is to create a million new job opportunities in India at every level in healthcare through digital health, and this collaboration with AHPI will help us achieve this vision faster.’
Commenting on this occasion, Girdhar Gyani, Director General of AHPI, said, “This association is timely and will add phenomenal opportunities for our members to upskill themselves on digital technologies, given the integration of Digital Health across the continuum of care. Digital Health Associates, through its Digital Health Academy and Health Parliament, is doing outstanding work in the domain globally, and AHPI, which is the largest association of healthcare providers in the country and a pioneer organization in skilling and upskilling the healthcare workforce are coming together with the objective of digital transformation of healthcare”.
Digital Health Associates is founded by the former advisor to the Health Minister of India, Rajendra Pratap Gupta. The organization has been at the forefront of Capacity Building and started the first Certified Digital Health Professional Program in collaboration with IIM-Raipur. The aim is to be the world’s best upskilling academy for digital health courses. Digital Health Associates has the following SBUs that form the ecosystem: Digital Health Academy, Health Parliament, International Patients Union, and Global Digital Health Summit. Digital Health Associates offerings are available across the geographies.
The Association of Healthcare Providers (AHPI) is a “not for profit” organization and advocates with the government, regulatory bodies, and other stakeholders on issues that have a bearing on enabling its members organization to deliver appropriate healthcare services to the community at large. The association functions through an empowered secretariat which facilitates the members’ organizations in improving their systems, processes, and outcomes on a continuous basis, in line with the vision, mission, and objectives of the association.
