The MediSage event was to educate the last-mile doctors in how to build a stronger understanding of ECG reports since CVDs have now become the leading cause of deaths in India
MediSage, an online community of doctors empowering healthcare practitioners with first-hand medical information held an online interactive discussion on ‘Cardiac conduction system: Structure, function, insights, reflections.’ The MediSage event was to educate the last-mile doctors in how to build a stronger understanding of ECG reports since CVDs have now become the leading cause of deaths in India.
Impact of the event
- To increase diagnostic accuracy and improve adequate patient referral using ECG screening among general practitioners.
- Strengthen the need for better collaboration between general practitioners and cardiologists to improve cardiovascular care.
- Early detection of cardiac pathology can lead to prompt treatment; use of ECG screening in the general practitioner’s office may potentially reduce morbidity and mortality.
Bhagwat Dhingra, MD & Founder, MediSage said, “ECG is still the basic diagnostic tool for doctors. For GPs or CPs, decoding ECG becomes a challenge. ECG is one tool which helps doctors better diagnose and avoid preventable consequences. India has the largest number of heart failures, basically because patients aren’t diagnosed in time. So, we collaborated with the Indian Society of Electrocardiology (ISE), the only body which focuses on electrocardiography and has experts who can talk well on this. Collaboration with ISE is a milestone for MediSage in educating last-mile doctors. MediSage was started two years ago with a modest beginning of 10,000 doctors on our platform. Today, we have almost 6 lakh doctors. We’re looking at enrolling at least 15-lakh-plus doctors in India.”