Keeping
the tradition of contributing the society, Mustus
continue their intensive research on Medical science
to bridge the gap in this wide domain. Dhanvantri
started in the year 2004 with four students from
PICT institute came together for the noble cause.
The idea straight away touches the pain area of
the society. Medical science has always been a
progressive stream. The induction of new drugs,
innovative treatments and complicated procedures
are continual. On one side we have continual effort
in bringing new science of treatment; the implementation
is kept unnoticed while the impact is enormous.
Most of the time, we take the first opinion from
any doctor and follow that with discipline. However
factors like unavailability of the drug, its cost
and our resistance towards that drug contributes
in deviation. We often take the alternative medicine
after talking to the store keeper and unknowingly
invite trouble. Many a times we could not get
through the doctor and take the alternate one
without investigating on its side effects and
all. To some extent our doctors asks us our medical
history and examine the body state but that does
not happen always. We, many a times can not explain
the symptoms properly and that causes some confusion
around the treatment.
With
an intention to contribute to the social cause,
Mustus Research Labs started their intensive research
in the domain. The core infrastructure around
getting the symptoms and finding the root cause
was a challenge to the team. The team came up
with a revolutionary 'Somariya Parser' that uses
a custom shortest path algorithm to define the
possible cause. It is the heart of the expert
system. There is an automated review cycle that
keeps the updates from the scientific field on
new diseases and its indications. The appropriate
drugs, its contraindication etc are always updated
via silent parser. The parsed data is then sent
to the lab setup where the pool of doctors assigns
their satisfaction percentage. Depending on the
percentage, the parsed data is sent to the live
setup and can start taking participation in the
algorithm.
The
team is putting their sincere effort in making
an automated center to facilitate the user. Keeping
villages in mind, the automated center will have
expert session on phone calls. The session will
ensure for all the required data and the data
will be sent to the Somariya parser and eventually
participate in the path algorithm. The root cause
will be identified and will be sent across to
the person.
Some
possible areas where the system can provide huge
assistance are:
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Second opinion - User can throw symptoms
and can get the possible root cause. They can
match
that against the doctor comment and can
decide if they are getting the right treatment.
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Medicine alternatives - If a user is
not finding the medicine or the medicine is
costly and they need the nearest alternative,
they can find their answer in Dhanvantri.
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First Aid - In some cases where availability
of doctors is a concern, Dhanvantri can provide
initial assistance to start the
first aid.
Dhanvantri can be accessed through: -
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An automated call center where a user can dial
in to get the requirement information. It supports
communication in both English and
Hindi languages.
- It
can be accessed through the website.
- Mobile
users can access it through their GPRS interfaces
as well.
Dhanvantri
got some special recognition in the society.
In the year 2005, the project was
showcased in a technical summit in Germany.
It won a whopping 12 awards till date and
it is yet to roll in the society. Mustus Research
Lab is confident that Dhanvantri will go live
by February 2009.
Post
your comments to dhanvantri@mustus.com
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