10 articles

AI & Automation

Clinical decision support, ambient documentation, predictive models, and AI governance.

Evaluating AI Screening Tools as a Buyer, Not an Enthusiast

Screening AI is sold on accuracy figures from populations that may not resemble yours. What validation evidence to ask for, how workflow placement determines whether it helps, and the per-study economics that decide it.

Dr. Ananya Chatterjee

Jul 13, 2026 · 10 min read

AI & Automation

AI Triage and Messaging Front Doors: Where the Line Sits

A symptom checker that advises a patient is doing something different from a bot that books an appointment, and the regulatory and clinical implications differ accordingly. Safety netting, consent on messaging channels, and escalation that works.

Dr. Ananya Chatterjee

Jun 29, 2026 · 10 min read

AI & Automation

Automating the Portal-Bound Parts of the Hospital Revenue Cycle

Indian revenue cycle work is unusually automatable because so much of it is repetitive interaction with payer portals. Where bots genuinely help, where a rules engine is better, and why the fragile part is never the automation itself.

Kunal Vora

Jun 15, 2026 · 10 min read

AI & Automation

Predicting Length of Stay from the Data an HMS Actually Holds

Published length-of-stay models assume rich structured records. Indian hospital systems hold less. Which features are genuinely available, how to define the label, and how to deploy a prediction into bed management without anyone trusting it too much.

Kunal Vora

Jun 1, 2026 · 11 min read

AI & Automation

Multilingual Ambient Documentation in Indian Outpatient Clinics

Ambient scribing demonstrations run in one language. Indian consultations do not. Code-switching, accent variation and clinical vocabulary are the real blockers, and they have to be tested on your own consultations before you buy.

Ritika Saxena

May 18, 2026 · 10 min read

AI & Automation

Why Hospital AI Pilots Stall, and the Readiness Checklist

Most hospital AI pilots produce a positive report and no production deployment. The failure is rarely the model. It is integration, workflow fit, ownership and data quality — all knowable before the pilot starts.

Ritika Saxena

May 4, 2026 · 10 min read

AI & Automation

Staff Using Public AI Chatbots on Patient Data: A Policy

Clinicians and administrators are already using consumer AI tools. Here is what the DPDP Act 2023 makes of a paste into a chatbot, why de-identification fails in practice, how to find shadow AI, and rules people will follow.

Dr. Ananya Chatterjee

Apr 20, 2026 · 10 min read

AI & Automation

Writing a Hospital AI Governance Policy: The Skeleton

An AI governance policy is a decision-rights document, not an ethics statement. Here is the committee, the use-case register, the gates from proposal to production, autonomy tiers, monitoring duties and retirement criteria.

Dr. Ananya Chatterjee

Apr 6, 2026 · 11 min read

AI & Automation

Algorithm Change Protocols for Clinical AI: What to Demand

Vendors retrain models behind the same version number, so the tool validated in March may not be the one running in September. Here is the change taxonomy, version logging, shadow revalidation and the contract clauses to insist on.

Kunal Vora

Mar 23, 2026 · 10 min read

AI & Automation

CDSCO Software as a Medical Device: A Buyer's Class Check

Software sold for clinical use can be a licensed medical device under the Medical Device Rules 2017. Here is how a buyer establishes the risk class, checks the licence covers the product being sold, and verifies rather than trusts.

Dr. Ananya Chatterjee

Mar 9, 2026 · 11 min read