The IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics is commencing a new initiative to develop local partnerships with leading universities, research institutions, development agencies and the government to reinforce the value of information and analytics in decision making across a range of healthcare issues in India. The India branch of the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics, with the support of IMS Health India, reportedly will leverage relationships in the public and private sectors to deliver objective, relevant insights and research to advance the country’s health agenda.
“The transformation of healthcare systems to better serve the needs of patients worldwide can be energised through a tighter linkage between information and decisions,” said Murray Aitken, Head, IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics. “There is a tremendous opportunity to ensure that the best available information – including IMS’s unparalleled global information and analytical assets – is applied as critical reforms are undertaken across India. Through the India Branch, we are establishing a platform for collaboration among academia and the country’s private and public sector stakeholders to help drive the creation of critical research networks, greater information sharing and the innovative mapping of disease burdens.”
In India, the IMS Institute’s activities will focus on three areas:
- Mobilising and advancing health services research
- Capacity-building and professional training
- Analytics-based performance improvement
“This is an exciting initiative, and my colleagues and I are looking forward to advancing this distinctive agenda in collaboration with India’s healthcare stakeholders,” said Dr Gopa Kumar Raghavan, who heads the India Branch of the IMS Institute. “IMS Health’s information, insights and global perspective will provide a unique foundation for critical dialogue to accelerate healthcare development and encourage effective policy decision making.”
EH News Bureau