Teleradiology Solutions and AMTZ sign agreement to provide teleradiology services for the government sector

The partnership between AMTZ and the largest teleradiology provider in India will provide innovative AI and teleradiology services.

National, 27^th April 2022: Teleradiology Solutions (TRS), a leading global provider of remote radiology services, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Andhra Med Tech Zone (AMTZ) to establish a hub in the zone dedicated to providing remote radiology image reads focused on government sector and public sector by expert radiologists supported by innovative artificial intelligence (AI) solutions Through this hub, AMTZ and TRS will reach out to pan-India government hospitals, state-wide rural health centers (including those under the National Health Mission), and public sector undertakings with hospitals where TRS will  provide remote radiology services. A  health cloud is conceptualized which will ensure that all this radiologic data is archived in a central location for all government hospitals across India so that research institutions may use the data to conduct research projects.

The agreement was signed by Dr Jitendar Kumar Sharma, MD & CEO, AMTZ, and Mr. Kishor Joshi, Chief Business Officer, TRS, in the presence of senior management from both the organizations.

“The agreement between TRS and AMTZ enables the latter to onboard government and public sector organizations which can benefit from complete range of diagnostics through a single portal, including teleradiology, image storage and sharing and comprehensive reporting solutions. This collaboration will help develop a faster adoption of current generation technologies while also providing innovative AI based healthcare solutions in the field of remote radiology through our bespoke technology platform RADSpa” said Mr. Kishor Joshi.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Arjun Kalyanpur, CEO & Chief Radiologist, TRS said “We are greatly excited and optimistic about our collaboration with AMTZ, which is in alignment with Teleradiology Solutions mission to bring high quality diagnostics to areas of need, in keeping with the vision of the National Digital Heath Mission. Our presence in AMTZ’s vibrant Pyramed, a symbol of its creative and futuristic approach to the advancement of medical technology, gives fresh impetus to our initiatives to bring telehealth services, which are the future of healthcare, to remote areas throughout our country.”

Dr Jitendra Sharma, MD & CEO, AMTZ highlighted that “with this initiative it will be easier to integrate Health Services delivery with industry promotion. Computational methods, analytics and data science approach will help provide indigenous MedTech products such as CT Scanner, MRIs with fully integrated reporting, storage and analytical services. Teleradiology is an example of the successful use of medical technology to deliver high quality radiology diagnostics to areas of need. Using a hub and spoke model, Teleradiology enables immediate reporting of emergency scans in critical conditions and also provides radiology reporting services to locations where there are no radiologists available”.

About AMTZ:

AMTZ is one of world’s largest medical technology manufacturing cluster with over 100 companies working on research, development and production of life saving medical devices.  In the nation’s battle against the pandemic, AMTZ contributed by producing over 100 ventilators, 500 oxygen concentrators, and 1 million RT PCR kits every day. Many innovations from AMTZ such as mobile container hospitals, mobile RTCPR vehicles and mobile oxygen plants were sent even to the remotest parts of the country.

About Teleradiology Solutions:

Founded in 2002 by two Yale trained doctors, Teleradiology Solutions is the pioneer in providing a platform for radiologists to converge for remote reading of real time cases through its platform and also conceptualized a business model for teleradiology in India. The company currently provides teleradiology services to over 150 hospitals globally including the United States, Singapore, Maldives, Saudi Arabia, Nepal, and Africa. The services are also extended to remote places in India such as in Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, and Kerala. It has reported scans for over 6 million patients thus far with a panel of over 130 globally located radiologists. It was rated the Number 1 National teleradiology company in the United States and ‘Best in KLAS’ by an independent health care surveyor in the United States. It has been accredited by the US Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JC) for over a decade and is also the first organization outside Singapore to be accredited by the Ministry of Health, Singapore and has provided teleradiology services to Singapore since 2005. In 2016 it won its first Indian government tender and has set up teleradiology services for the state of Tripura.  In the same year it announced a pan India tie up with GE Healthcare as well as the setting up of a 3D lab in Bangalore for Harvard’s Massachusetts General Hospital.