| | 8 AUGUST 2022HIGHERReviewDriven by growing incidence of lifestyle diseases and rising demand for affordable healthcare delivery sys-tems, India's healthcare market is experiencing 22-25 percent growth in medical tourism and the industry is ex-pected to double its size from the present (April 2017) $3-$6 billion by 2018. There is a significant growth in enhancing healthcare services as the spending is on a (percentage of GDP) rise. With the increase in the future trends, 70 per-cent of rural India is set to emerge as a potential demand hub. India's healthcare industry is one of the fastest growing sec-tors and in next 10 years, it is expected to reach $275 billion. The country has also become one of the leading desti-nations for high-end diagnostic services with tremendous capital investment for advanced diagnostic facilities, thus ca-tering to a greater proportion of the population. Amid this impressive progress, the diagnostic industry has emerged as a prominent game changer in the country. It's been rightly said by Martin H. Fischer, "Diagnosis is not the end, but the beginning of practice".The availability of good diagnostics is central not only to the treatment but also to both prevention and control of diseases. Today, innovation in diagnostics can bring the sig-nificant patient and economic benefits. Technologies that are faster, cheaper, more accurate, portable, user-friendly and easily connected with healthcare systems, have the potential to increase productivity and improve healthcare pathways re-sulting in better results for customers. India's diagnostics landscape is witnessing a paradigm shift especially in the way services are delivered by its skilled manpower. There is an immense scope in diagnostics, as all patients like to be well informed and would want to undergo timely treatment of diseases, seek constructive second opin-ions and continue to demand better experiences. With an in-crease in the emergence of new and more diagnostic centers, awareness and requirement of trained professionals become a necessity. Bridging the skill gap will help provide and foster new possibilities for all those engaged in changing the face of this industry. Organizations today are focusing on increas-ing the competitiveness of their workforce by up-skilling and re-skilling employees. With the rise in services and technology across the di-agnostic sector, new work opportunities are emerging with a focus on hiring the new generation and their ideas. There are demands for regulatory professionals with internation-al exposure; students studying abroad can also explore new opportunities here. As the demand for collection and home-By Zoya Brar, Founder & CEO, CORE DiagnosticsNEW AGE CAREERS IN HIGH-END MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICSIN MY OPINION
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