Team IIHMR
Dr. Anandhi Ramachandran
Professor
Dr. Anandhi Ramachandran is a Healthcare Information with several years of experiences that cuts across academics, research and training. After completing her PhD degree from University of Madras, she undertook short stints of post-doctoral research experiences from Department of Civil Eng. IIT, Madras and later in Lab of Membrane Biophysics & Biochemistry, NIAAA, NIH, and Rockville, USA. She also has additional post graduate diploma degrees in Computer Management (PGDCM), Management with Information System Specialization (PGDBM(IS)), Bioinformatics and Public Health Informatics (PGDPHI). Her professional experience includes working as a product manager in designing and developing healthcare and medical software products. Dr. Anandhi’s specialty encompasses the integration of evolving technology into Healthcare Practices. For past 20 years she has been actively engaged in teaching, research, training healthcare professionals and consultancy with particular focus on design, development, and implementation of simple technology-based solutions for delivering effective and quality healthcare. She has been privileged to work with top government education organization like NIELIT (formerly DOEACC) and is in continuous association with professional bodies like, Indian Association for Medical Informatics, Indian Association for Patient Groups, HIMSS India (Education and Women in HIT chapters) and International Society for Telemedicine and E-Health. Serving in cross-functional capacities and professional bodies have acquainted her with the best of field practices and awareness of the healthcare information technology environment. She has published many scholarly articles, has a well-funded research track, and plays active role as reviewer in notable journals like BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, Journal of Medical Internet Research and International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics. Her research interests include healthcare technology implementation (telemedicine & mobile apps), healthcare data science, healthcare technology evaluation, and utilizing the knowledge and experience gained to digital health skill building among healthcare professionals and students.
Research Projects
Name of project |
Role in the project |
Year |
Agency |
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Social, Economic, Organizational and Ethical Factors Influencing Implementation and Adoption of Technology and sharing of information in Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-Communicable Diseases. |
Principal Investigator |
2022-23 |
National Health Resource Centre, Govt of India |
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Lifestyle Intervention to reduce the risk and prevalence of hypertension among Urban Poor of Delhi: Quasi-experimental study, |
Co-Principal Investigator |
2021-23 |
ICMR, Govt of India |
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M-Health Based Neonatal and Child Infectious Disease Syndromic Surveillance and Monitoring at Child Care Centres (Anganwadis and Kindergartens) in Hyderabad |
Principal Investigator |
2020-23 |
Department of Health Research, Govt of India |
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Impact of Traffic on Asthma amongst School Children in Delhi |
Co-Principal Investigator |
2019-21 |
Central Pollution Control Board, Govt of Delhi, India |
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Developing A Climate Vulnerability Tool for Health for State of Rajasthan, India New Delhi |
Co-Principal Investigator |
2019 |
WHO India |
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A study on Effectiveness of Hausala Training Centres |
Team Member |
2018 |
SIFPSA |
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Assessment of Sub Centres in Selected High and Non-high Priority Districts of Uttar Pradesh |
Team Member |
2017-18 |
UNICEF Lucknow |
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Baseline Evaluation of Life Skill Evaluation. |
Co-Principal Investigator |
2017 |
Room to Read, India |
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Longitudinal Aging Survey of India, Wave 1, Phase 3, States of Punjab and Chandigarh, Sponsored by IIPS Mumbai, 2017 |
IT Coordinator |
2017 |
IIPS Mumbai |
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Life Skills Tool Evaluation |
Database Manager |
2016 |
Room to Read, India |
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Geospatial Mapping of Diabetes, CVD and Cancer Risk Hotspots and Study of Risk Assessment
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Principal Investigator: |
2015-17 |
Department of Science & Technology, Govt of India |
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Review of MIS of Social Protection Schemes in India |
Principal Investigator |
2015 |
Save the Children India |
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Process Documentation of Reverse tracking of Anaemia |
Principal Investigator |
2014 |
NHM Haryana |
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Value for the Money |
Team Member |
2013-14 |
DFID, UK |
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Landscaping Analysis for Misoprostol and Other Uterotonics in India:An Exploratory Study |
Team Member |
2012-13 |
PSI, India |
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Situational Analysis of NCD Initiative in states of HP and Rajasthan |
Data Manager |
2012 |
Medtronic , USA |
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Vulnerability and Adaptation Tool Development utilizing WHO Guidance Document for Impact of Climate Change on Public Health at the Local Level |
Team Member |
2011 |
WHO-SEARO |
Research Publications
- Ramachandran A, Rekha A, Gogia SB. 2022. “Online Complex Decongestive Therapy (CDT) Initiation for Lymphoedema - A Case Study”. Stud Health Technol Inform. Jun 6;290:1134-1135. doi:10.3233/SHTI220304
- Ramachandran A, Ramachandran S. 2022. “Identifying Diabetic Retinopathy Risk Factors and Associated Pathologies based on Text Mining of PubMed Database”, Proceedings of the 16th INDIACom; INDIACom-2022; IEEE Conference ID: 545972022 9th International Conference on “Computing for Sustainable Global Development”. https://doi.org/10.23919/INDIACom54597.2022.9763154
- Bhattacharya I, Ramachandran A. 2021. “Lean manufacturing techniques – Implementation in Indian MSMEs and benefits realized thereof”, Indian Journal of Engineering & Materials Sciences.Vol 28(1):89-101. 0975-1017 (Online); 0971-4588 (Print)
- Ramachandran A, Sarbadhikari S. 2021. Digital Health for the post-COVID-19 Pandemic in India: Emerging Technologies for Healthcare Proceedings of the 15th INDIACom; INDIACom-2021; IEEE Conference ID: 51348 2021 8th International Conference on ―”Computing for Sustainable Global Development”, Electronic ISBN:978-93-80544-43-4
- Singhal A, Malhotra P, Ramachandran A, Chauhan R. 2020. “Impact of Social Media on Mental Health during Covid 19 lockdown of Delhi, NCR: A cross sectional study”, The J of Community Health Management, 8(1), 33- 39, 2021. https://doi.org/10.18231/j.jchm.2021.008
- Malhotra P, Ramachandran A, Chauhan R, Soni D, Garg N. 2020. “Assessment of Knowledge, Perception and Willingness of using Telemedicine among Healthcare Students, India”, Telehealth and Medicine Today. Vol 5 (4). https://doi.org/10.30953/tmt.v5.228
- Aggarwal D, Ramachandran A. 2020. “One Health Approach to Address Zoonotic Diseases”, Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 45(Special Supplement), S6-S8. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_363_19
- Aggarwal D, Ramachandran A, Swain S, Chatturvedi V, Kumar S. 2020. “Changing Role of Nursing Cadre under Emerging Zoonotic Diseases”, Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 45(Suppl 1): S9-S11, doi: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_414_19
- Singh A, Ramachandran A. 2020. “Assessment of Hygienic Milking Practices and Prevalence of Bovine Mastitis in Small Dairy Farms of Peri-Urban Area of Jaipur”, Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 45(Special Supplement):S21-S25. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_363_19
- Ritika, Ramachandran A. 2019. “Wearable Sensors: A Step Towards Smart Monitoring Of High Risk Pregnancies”, International Journal Of Scientific & Technology Research Volume 8(2):4-9. ISSN 2277-8616.
- Tyagi S, Ramachandran A. 2017. “Remote Medical Alert Monitoring System – Providing Telehealth By Integrating Ayurveda With Sensors And Mobile Computing” - International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences., 6(1), 2017
- Bhattacharya I, Ramachandran A. 2015. “A path analysis study of retention of healthcare professionals in urban India using health information technology”, BMC – Human Resources for Health, 13 (1):65. Doi:10.1186/s12960-015-0055-x
- Kumar A, Bhattacharya I, Bhattacharya J, Ramachandran A, et al. 2014. “Deploying Cloud Computing to Implement Electronic Health Record in Indian Healthcare Settings”, Open Journal Of Mobile Computing And Cloud Computing, 1 (1): 35- 49.
- Pai V V S, Ramachandran A. 2014. “Mobile Apps for Chronic Disease Management”, IEEE Conference Proceedings, Computing for Sustainable Global Development, pages 948-952. doi: 10.1109/IndiaCom.2014.6828104
- Bhattacharya A, Ramachandran A, Upadhyaya N, Sharma M. 2013. “Assistive Computing Technology for enabling differently-abled population in India- A user driven intervention”. International Journal of User-driven healthcare (IJUDH), 3(2). DOI: 10.4018/ijudh.2013040104.
- Bhattacharya A, Ramachandran A, Bhattacharya J, Dogra N. 2013. “Google trends for formulating GIS mapping of disease outbreaks in India”, International Journal of Geoinformatics, 9(3): 9- 19. ISSN 2673-0014 (Online) | ISSN 1686-6576 (Printed)
- Bhattacharya I, Ramachandran A, Jha BK. 2012. “Healthcare Business Analytics Using the Cloud Model”, Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences, Vol 11(1),. ISSN 0972-5997
- Ramachandran A., Bhattacharya, I., Jha B.K, “Attrition of Knowledge Workforce in Healthcare in Northern parts of India – Health Information Technology as a Plausible Retention Strategy”, JSCI, 2012
- Ramachandran,A. and Bhattacharya, I., “CME@Secondlife.com” , Journal of Sir Gangaram Hospital, 2011
- Ramachandran, A. and Prasad, D., “Higher Level Education Teacher’s Attitude To Teaching And Their Perception Of Teaching Quality”, International Journal of Management Research and Trends, 2011
- Ramachandran, A. and Prasad, D., “Job Satisfaction Level of Teaching Professionals in Higher Educational Institutes in India”, IFSRA Business Review, 2011
Other Assignments
Nature of activity : Consultancy
Title: Health Technology Field Assessment
Location: Ujjain & Pune
Funder: JPHIEGO, India
The consultancy is related to health technology field assessment of the digital technologies (devices) to be utilized by the health workers in the PHCs of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Papers/Chapters in Books
- Bhattacharya I, Benagri A, Ramachandran A (2022), “ Maturity Assessment Model for Evaluation of EdTech Tools (MAMET) Adoption in Higher Educational Institutions”, in Development of Employability Skills Through Pragmatic Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes (1st edn), pg 96-121, IGI Global
- Aggarwal D, Chatturvedi V, Ramachandran A (2022), “Healthworkforce Talent Management in the Post Covid Digital Age”, in Multidisciplinary Perspectives towards building a digitally competent society”, 189-207, IGI Global
- Ramachandran A, (2020). ‘Telecare during travel and for special situations’ in S.Gogia, M.Novaes, A.Basu (Eds), Fundamentals of telemedicine and Telehelth (1st ed., pp 267- 271).
Papers Presented
- Role of comprehensive primary health care in promoting adoption and sustaining of digital health innovations at Seventh Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, 31 Oct-4 Nov 22; Bogota, Columbia.
- Online Complex Decongestive Therapy (CDT) Initiation for Lymphedema – A Case Study. APAMI 2022 12th Biennial Conference Of The Asia Pacific Association For Medical Informatics, Oct 14, 2022, Taipei, Taiwan
- Telecare though volunteering as a viable model for community mobilization: Insights from during and post-covid implementations APAMI 2022 Biennial Conference Of The Asia Pacific Association For Medical Informatics, Oct 14, 2022, Taipei, Taiwan
- Emerging Technologies for Healthcare Post Covid 8th International Conference on Computing for Sustainable Global Development) Proceedings, Bharati Vidyapeet, Delhi, India, March, 2021
- Can Telemedicine be considered as a Smart Innovation in Post -Pandemic ERA, Summit on Smart Innovations in the Post-Pandemic Era, Dec 27 2021.
- Identifying Diabetic Retinopathy Risk Factors and Associated Pathologies based on Text Mining of PubMed Database. 9th International Conference on Computing for Sustainable Global Development) Proceedings, Bharati Vidyapeet, Delhi, India, March 23, 2022
- Applying Data Mining Techniques to Healthcare Insurance - A Case Study of RSBY Enrolments in Gujarat, India”, Asia Pacific Association of Medical Informatics (APAMI) 2014, New Delhi
- Mobile phones as a tool for health promotion among computer professionals”- 9th International Telemedicine Conference of Telemedicine Society of India ( TELEMEDICON 2013), Jaipur
- Autonomic Computing in Healthcare, GSS Practices in Healthcare, 2011, New Delhi
Trainings & Workshops
Management Development Programs/ Trainings Organized-
- Programme Management and Leadership Building for PPP coordinators - NHM Odisha., 2021
- Hospital Information Management System ( 2nd Batch) for Ministry of Public Health, Sri Lanka , Nov 19-23, 2018
- Capacitating district program managers in Digital Health , 2018
- Hospital Information Management System ( 1st Batch) for Ministry of Public Health, Sri Lanka , Nov 12- 16, 2018
- Training and Capacity Building in Data Utilization for Decision Making in Health Care Using GIS Interface, Oct 8- 12, 2012
- Healthcare Database Management using Relational and Object Relational Databases, Sept 12- 17, 2011
- Health Information Certificate Programme (HICP), February 26th February - 3rd April 2011(weekend)
As a resource person/expert-
- International Exposure cum Training visit to Mahidol University, Bangkok on "Public Health Policies & Systems in Thailand: Planning & Management Strategies" for NHM Odisha Healthcare Professionals, July 5-8, 2022.
- Digital Health, Executive Master in Public Health Program, December, 2022, IIHMR University Jaipur
- “Leveraging Digital Health Ecosystem for Universal Health Coverage in India: Learnings So Far Future health development and directions for the faculty to consider”, Speaker at Research Conference of Faculty Medicine, Jaffna, 6th August, 2022.
- As an expert, Round Table 2 Discussion on Building Capacity in Health Informatics, Access Health International, April 2022
- Building Capacity in Health Informatics for a Robust Digital Health Ecosystem: Round Table Discussion, Access Health International Friday, February 4, 2022
- As a resource person for "Data Collection and Analysis in the Telemedicine Context" Third Certification Course on Telemedicine. Telemedicine Academy of ICHA , June 20, 2021
- Panelist in 3rd Edition of Healthcare IT Summit, Topic- Why EMR / EHR should be a must have component to the Healthcare Industry, Bangalore, July 23, 2021
- Programme Management and Leadership Building for RBSK and RKSK Manager - NHM Odisha , 2021
- Life Skills Personal Effectiveness: AICTE, Online MDP , 2021
- Public Health Management, Orissa, Feb 11-14, 2020
- Training on Public Health Management for Public health nurses from Department of Health Central Tibetan Administration July 15 – 20, 2019
- Health Literacy Promotion - two week WHO Fellowship Program, September 23- October 4, 2019
- Training Program on Hospital Administration and Management for Doctors of ONGC being organized at IIHMR University, Jaipur. December 9-14, 2019
- FDP on Research Methodology, September 20- 21, 2019
- As a resource person Hospital Administration and Management for Doctors of ONGC, 2019, IIHMR Jaipur
- As a resource person, Technical discussion meeting with respect to development of HAP for addressing illnesses due to variation and change in Climate in the country, NCDC , 21st October 2019
- Speaker, Journey of Building an AI product, IC Innovator Club Meeting, August 3rd, Delhi
- Faculty Expert , Hospital Information System, IIHMR Jaipur, 2018
- Faculty Expert , Hospital Information System, IIHMR Jaipur, 2016
- As a resource person, “ Social Protections Schemes and MIS”, Save the Children – NOKIA Dissemination & Learning workshop, 19th August, 2015 at Indian Habitat Center, Lodhi Road, New Delhi
- Organizer & Speaker - Building Health Informatics Workforce – Workshop, Asia Pacific Association of Medical Informatics (APAMI) Oct 31st 2014, New Delhi
- As a resource person: Realize IT Conference, Apollo, September 2013, Bangalore
- Integrated Open-Source District Hospital Information System , Aug 22 – Sep 2, 2011
As a participant-
- Peer-to-peer learning meeting of the Global Learning Collaborative for Health Systems Resilience, June 16, 2022
- NATHEALTH Annual Summit 2019 ‘Reimagining Collaboration to Strengthen India’s Healthcare Growth Trajectory’, November 28, at The Lalit,New Delhi
- Innohealth Conference at Taj Vivanta, Dwarka, 4th and 5th October 2019
- 9th International Conference on Transforming Healthcare with IT 2019 , 13-14 September 2019, HICC Hyderabad
- 13th National Conference on “VISION 2030 for Education & Skill Formation” Friday 28th June, 2019 Delhi
- Attended HIMSS India 2019 Annual Conference, April 27, 2019, Hyderabad
- InnovatioCuris Foundation of Healthcare & Excellence (ICFHE), a club meeting April 6 2019 at IIHMR Delhi
- Consensus Conference On Technology Enabled Healthcare- mHealth Conclave – Dec 16th 2016.
- Conference on rural health and sustainable development, 10 September 2016
- Community Based Anaemia Control Model using BCC Strategy, October 28, 2015 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
- HealthInformatics Workforce Devevelopment, Pre-work AHIMA Faculty Training Program Sept 21 – Oct 15, 2015
- The Future of Healthcare: A Collective Vision' – March 3rd & 4th, 2014 ITC Maurya, Delhi
- CDAC NRCeS workshop , MGUniversity, Jaipur March 2nd 2019
- International Digital Health Symposium on 27th February, 2019 in New Delhi hosted by the Ministry of Health and Family, Government of India in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO) .- Panelist on Health Data for Research
Membership of Scientific & Academic Organizations
- Society for Administration of Telemedicine and Health Informatics
- International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth
- Health Information Management Society (HIMSS), USA – India Chapter – Health Informatics Education Chapter
- Women in Health IT, HIMMS India Chapter
- Telemedicine Society of India
- Indian Public Health Association
- Indian Alliance of Patient Groups
- International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Hanover Germany
- All India Management Association
- Computer Society of India
Awards Obtained
- Was invited for realtime radio talk show, Jhpiego Talkies: Linkedin Live Audio Event on “Digital Innovations at The Frontlines Of Healthcare - To Do Or Not To Do And What To Do Is The Question”, , 23 Nov 2022
- Was invited as AI Expert, India- Forbes AI Student Mentorship Panel (Jan – June 2021)
- Was invited as an MIS/ Technical Expert for the development of information system for ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padao’ Program of Haryana Government (May 2015 – 2016)