The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry had organized the 4th Edition of HealthTech, as a virtual conclave, on 26th and 27th February 2021. 

The theme this year was Digital Transformation of Healthcare in the New Normal World. 

PwC was the Knowledge Partner like earlier years. A Thought Paper had been released at the forum on "Transformation of the patient journey in a virtual healthcare set-up in the new normal". 

With the outbreak of the pandemic the health sector is witnessing a digital revolution. This edition brought together stakeholders of healthcare and technology sectors and they have shared the latest developments in healthcare in the backdrop of the pandemic and the technology adoptions that have accelerated in a scale not imagined earlier. Doctors, healthcare professionals and administrators, researchers, academia, technocrats, consultants from different countries shared best practices and way forward to create an ecosystem of universal healthcare aided by technology. 

In the Curtain Raiser Session on Day 1, 26th February, 2021 Opening Remarks was given by Dr. Alok Roy, Past President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Chairman, Medica Group of Hospitals. Mr. Deb A Mukherjee, President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Managing Director, Cenergist Energy Private Limited deliberated the Welcome Address. Theme Address: Digital Healthcare –Vision and Reality: Global and Pan- India perspectives was given by (Honorary) Brigadier Dr. Arvind Lal, Padma Shri, Executive Chairman, Dr. Lal PathLabs Ltd. Ms. Anna Roy Adviser (DM&A) NITI Aayog, shared Government of India’s Vision on Digital Healthcare. Dr. Rupali Basu, Director and CEO, Woodlands Multispeciality Hospital Limited, deliberated on Leadership in healthcare in digital age. Thought Paper by PwC on ‘Transformation of the patient journey in a virtual healthcare set-up in the new normal’ was released in the Curtain Raiser Session by Mr. Arnab Basu, Chairperson – IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Managing Partner - East; Advisory Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd. The Curtain Raiser Session was concluded by Dr. Rabin Chakraborty, Chairperson – Health Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Senior Vice Chairman - Cardiology Services & Senior Consultant Interventional, Cardiologist, Medica Superspecialty Hospital. 

The Curtain Raiser Session was followed by the Session on ‘Trends in Health Tech’. The Session was chaired by Mr. Arnab Basu, Chairperson – IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Managing Partner - East; Advisory Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd. Overview of the Thought Paper on ‘Transformation of the patient journey in a virtual healthcare set-up in the new normal’ was highlighted by Mr. Sayantan Chatterjee, Consulting, Director, PwC. The other topics that were discussed in the Session on ‘Trends in HealthTech’ were Ethics in Digital Health and Clinical AI, Virtual Care via Telehealth, Wearable Technology and Intelligent Automation to ensure effective operations. The eminent Speakers from different countries were Dr Sujoy Kar, Chief Medical Information Officer & Vice President, Apollo Hospitals, Mr. Claus F. Nielsen, Global Digital Health & Virtual Care expert from Thailand, Mr. Avik Ghose, Head, Connected Digital Health, TCS Research and Mr. Eyad AL-Musa, ME Healthcare IT Leader, PwC from UAE. 

The next Session on Users Experience of Technology was chaired by Mr. Rupak Barua, Group CEO, AMRI Hospitals. The Panelists were Mr. Rajiv Sikka, CIO, Technology Leadership and Program Execution, Medanta- The Medicity Hospital, Dr.Saumitra Bharadwaj, President, Medica Superspecialty Hospital, Mr. Partha Dey, Founder CEO, U4RAD Technologies & Director PAS Digital, Mr. J. P. Dwivedi, Chief Information Officer, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre and Mr. Suresh Ramu, Co-founder & Director, Cytespace Research Pvt Ltd. 

The last Session of the Day 1 was on Smart Hospital Management Systems. The Panelists were Dr. Shrutin Ulman, Head-Clinical Research Board (APAC) & Head Philips Research Africa, Philips, Dr Pankaj Gupta, Head - Digital Health,  ACCESS Health, Mr. Jimmy Jagwani, Head of Digital Transformation & Innovation, Bayer AG. Mr. Rajiv Mondal from Arogyam Medisoft Solution Pvt. Ltd. & Incubate, Webel-BCC&I Tech Incubation Centre shared his start-up story. The Session was chaired by Mr. Sanjoy Sen, Co-Chairperson – IT Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Senior Vice President, ITC Infotech India Limited. 

The Day 2, 27th February, 2021 was started with a Session on ‘Korea's K-Quarantine ICT Solution 2020’. The Speakers were Mr. Saejun Park, Country Head Korea, Frost and Sullivan and Member of Advisory Committee (KOTRA, Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency) from Seol, Dr. Manuel Théodet, Associate Director, Frost and Sullivan, from Tokyo and Mr. Kshitij Chitransh, ICT Head, Frost and Sullivan, from Kuala Lumpur. 

The 1st Session on ‘Korea's K-Quarantine ICT Solution 2020’ was followed by a Panel Discussion on ‘Role of Technology in Care, Caution, Prevention in Normal life.’ The Session was chaired by Dr. Rana Mehta, Partner and Healthcare Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Limited. The Panelists were Dr. Suman Chakraborty, Institute Chair Professor & Sir J C Bose National Fellow; Dean, Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy and Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Prof Santanu K Tripathi, HOD, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Department of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology, Prof. Dr. Rakesh Yadav, Professor  of Cardiology, AIIMS, New Delhi & Ex Sub Dean (Academics), AIIMS and Dr. Dipak Nandi, from New York, USA. 

The other two Sessions of Day 2 were on ‘Technology adoption in healthcare delivery: Cardio Vascular’ and ‘Technology adoption in healthcare delivery: Immunology & Rheumatology’. The eminent Chairpersons and Speakers from around world were Dr. Rabin Chakraborty, Chairperson – Health Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Senior Vice Chairman - Cardiology Services & Senior Consultant Interventional, Cardiologist, Medica Superspecialty Hospital, Prof. Dr. Kanjaksha Ghosh, Former Director, National Institute of Immnunohaematology, ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research), Dr. Shuvanan Ray, Interventional Cardiologist, Fortis Hospital Anandapur, Prof. Dr. Afzalur Rahman, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dr. P. K. Hazra, Interventional Cardiologist, AMRI Dhakuria, Dr. Dilip Kumar, Director - Cardiac Cath Lab, Medica Institute of Cardiac Sciences (Cardiology Services), Medica Superspecialty Hospital, Dr. Sibaprasad Raychaudhuri, Professor; Medicine, Dermatology, and Immunology & Program Director Rheumatology, Chief, Rheumatology and Immunology, Veteran Medical Center, Sacramento, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA, Dr Amit Dinda, Professor Department of Pathology, AIIMS and Dr. Smritikana Raychaudhuri, Professor, Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, California Northstate University College of Medicine &  Research Biologist, Veterans Affairs Medical Center Sacramento, Researcher, University of California.

Each Session was followed by a Q/A Session with the Panelists and Viewers. Total viewership of 4th Edition of HealthTech in social media is 166121 with total impressions of 262586.