1) Improvement of elderly patient's experience while visiting hospital
To develop working prototypes (Mobile/Phone/text/sensors) to help improve elderly patient's experience and navigation while visiting the hospital in Nepalese context?
Prof (Dr) Narendra Bhatta
2) Educating Doctors in Digital Era
To devlop Game-based learning to teach Pediatrians (Doctors) and learn in a patient-centered why where live patient are not available or must not be put at risk.
Prof (Dr) Nisha Bhatta
3) Utilizing Telemedicine in increasing adherence to Bronchodilator technique
Bronchodilator are given via different devices viz Rotahalers, Revolizers, MDI Spacers etc. Almost 99% of the patients inhale via wrong technique which tremendously decrease drug efficacy and increase cost to the patient.
To ensure better adherence to technique and in turn better outcome and in turn huge cost gains.
Reasons for this challange: find directions to solve a concrete problem; innovation scouting in the field;
Dr. Deebya Raj Mishra
4) Strengthening the local healthcare institutes in low resource setting
Nepal is geographically and economically challenged country where accessibility of quality healthcare is difficult in existing resources; the country is facilitated with local health post and private pharmacies. This local healthcare institution can be strengthened with existing recourses and improve the primary healthcare service.
The major goal is to improve the local healthcare institute through 1) Knowledge 2) Resources
Reasons for this challange: find directions to solve a concrete problem; soft skills for your collaborators; digital skills for your collaborators;
Kabin Maleku
5) Case Discussion forum for Doctors
Simplified Text Based forum for Doctors - where doctors in rural areas post in patient information. Specialists (verified) will reply leading to better patient management.
Goal is to make healthcare system better even in rural areas where only general doctors are available.
Reasons for this challange: innovation scouting in the field;
Dr. Abish Adhikari
6) Health Education on OTT
Easy to navigate content management system, easy to understand short videos about health promotion and prevention. tags, comments, replies should be integral.
To take preventive and promotive health information to the broader general public who are getting accustomed to smart phones.
Reasons for this challange: innovation scouting in the field;
Dr. Abish Adhikari
7) Integrating health ecosystem
Healthcare ecosystem is very large with numbers of stakeholders. Even, regulators are 5-6 in numbers. While adding insurance and payment channels, range of service chain goes even longer and bigger. How a digital platform can connect all these, who can create this big single system?
To trigger the idea on integration, interoperability and linear flow of patient cycle.
Reasons for this challange: find directions to solve a concrete problem; innovation scouting in the field;
Dr. Subash Pyakurel