Reaching, Impact Saturation and Epidemic Control

Start Date: July, 2022

Project Incharge : Dr. Romita Jinachandran, Dr. Prema Nedungadi, Dr. Sanjeev Singh

Amrita Collaborators : Dr. Sandhya Harikumar, Dr. Raghu Raman, Dr. (Col) Vishal Marwaha, Dr. George Mathews, Dr. Gireesh Kumar

School : School of Computing, School of Business, School of Medicine

Center : AmritaCREATE

Funded by : USAID, RISE

Implementation Partner : jhpiego

The gaps in advanced medical care training were exposed by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Reaching, Impact Saturation and Epidemic Control (RISE) project addresses the gaps by developing a medical simulation platform with virtual patient cases for critical care, the first of its kind in India.

The project is funded by USAID and Jhpiego (Johns Hopkins University affiliate). This will be the first such virtual medical simulation platform in India. The project will be a joint effort between Amrita CREATE, School of Computing Amritapuri, School of Business Amritapuri, and School of Medicine Kochi.

Some of the highlights of the platform include:

Impact of VR technology in Critical Care
Accelerates learning curve by replicating real-life clinical emergencies
Fast tracks capacity building in trained health care providers to develop rapid skill development
Context-specific solutions that address competency-gaps in different roles (clinicians, nurses & technicians)
Identify appropriate and timely usage of existing facilities in critical care medicine