Curriculum India's Diagnostics Industry
India's Diagnostics Industry
How medical tests became a big business: pathology labs and chains, the collection centre model, radiology and scans, test pricing and cross-subsidies, home sample collection, quality and accreditation, public labs and free diagnostics, COVID testing's boom, AI in diagnostics, and a recap.
- The Diagnostics Market An overview of India's diagnostics market, split between pathology tests and radiology scans, and why most labs are small and unorganised. 📄 Read-aloud
- Lab Chains and Hub-and-Spoke How lab chains use a hub-and-spoke model with collection centres feeding samples to central labs, gaining scale economies over standalone labs. 📄 Read-aloud
- Radiology and Imaging How X-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI centres need expensive machines and radiologists, why imaging is concentrated in cities, and the shortage of radiologists. 📄 Read-aloud
- Test Pricing and Referral Fees How test prices vary widely between labs, why some doctors receive referral commissions (cuts) from labs, and why this is unethical and banned. 📄 Read-aloud
- Home Sample Collection How home sample collection grew after COVID-19, the role of phlebotomists and apps, and how online platforms like PharmEasy and Tata 1mg entered diagnostics. 📄 Read-aloud
- Lab Quality and NABL Accreditation Why lab quality varies, how NABL accreditation certifies labs, why few small labs are accredited, and the risk of wrong results. 📄 Read-aloud
- India's Diagnostics Industry: Checkpoint 1 Quick checkpoint - five questions on diagnostics, lab chains, radiology, pricing and home collection. 5 questions
- Free Diagnostics in Public Hospitals How the Free Diagnostics Service Initiative launched in 2015 aims to provide essential tests free in public facilities, often through public-private partnerships. 📄 Read-aloud
- COVID-19 Testing Boom How COVID-19 testing created a huge temporary boom for labs in 2020-21, how RT-PCR capacity scaled up, and what happened after demand fell. 📄 Read-aloud
- Price Wars and Consolidation How new entrants and online platforms sparked price wars in diagnostics, and how chains consolidated through acquisitions. 📄 Read-aloud
- Point-of-Care Tests How rapid tests like glucometers, pregnancy kits and malaria tests give results in minutes without labs, and how they help rural areas. 📄 Read-aloud
- AI in Diagnostics How artificial intelligence reads X-rays, scans and pathology slides, Indian startups like Qure.ai, and the promise and risks of AI diagnosis. 📄 Read-aloud
- Diagnostics: Recap A recap of India's diagnostics industry. 📄 Read-aloud