Prof. Suptendra Nath Sarbadhikari
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Dr Supten Sarbadhikari.mp4I am a Health Informatics Educationist specializing on Digital Health Standards, with a basic training as a medical doctor (University of Calcutta) and PhD in Biomedical Engineering (IIT, BHU, Varanasi). Currently I'm Expert-HMIS in Uttarakhand Health System Development Project (UKHSDP), Dehradun, India.
I am a Fellow of the IAHSI and was included in the Roster (of Experts) for Digital Health of the World Health Organization (WHO) [2019-2022]. Formerly I was Dean (Academics and Student Affairs) and Professor (Health Informatics) at IIHMR, Delhi. Previously, I was leading a Project of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, as the first Project Director for the Centre for Health Informatics of the National Health Portal (NHP). I am a Founder Member of HL7 FHIR Foundation and I have been an Expert Adviser for the ELAG (e-Learning Advisory Group) of SNOMED-CT. I'm Founder Director of Supten Institute. I was a member of the Board of Governors, Commonwealth University College of Medicine, Saint Lucia [2018-2021]. I am an IMA Honorary Professor (2017-20), Distinguished Fellow, HITLAB and Faculty and Fellow (2007-09) of PSG FAIMER Regional Institute. You may contact me at SUPTEN [AT] GMAIL [DOT] COM Other current engagements: Chair, LITD 35 (Active Assisted Living) Sectional Committee at Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS); Co-Chair, Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Healthcare, National Academy of Medical Sciences, India; Adjunct Faculty, GGSIPU, New Delhi; Adjunct Professor, Chitkara University, Chandigarh; Advisor, Digital Health, MAKAUT, WB.
I have been the Founder and Director of Supten Institute (offering online courses on health informatics) and a Visiting Professor in Health Informatics at Bangladesh Institute of Health Sciences, Dhaka, Bangladesh. I have been the Founding Director of CAL2CAL Institute, a faculty member with the Manipal Group, IIT Kharagpur, Amrita group and PSG group. I had done my Post-doctoral Fellowship at the Machine Intelligence Unit of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. My areas of expertise are in Requirements analysis and management in Healthcare information technology, e-learning; medical journalism and clinical decision support systems. Permanent Address: T-12, Jains West Hills, Sowripalayam Road, Udayampalayam, Coimbatore 641028.
Recent Publications included in WHO Global Literature Database
Recent Scholarly Publications:
Contribution to Technical Document from WHO SEARO: Leveraging telehealth for efficient delivery of primary health care in the WHO South-East Asia Region
Article on Telemedicine in South East Asia Region during COVID 19
Article on Global Digital Health efforts to combat Covid 19 / at PubMed / at Google Scholar
Book Chapter: The Future of Communication in a Digital World
IJCM-2018 - same full article also available in PubMed Central
Popular articles / Comments:
Videos and Older blog posts:
Valedictory speech at Connectathon-India-2016 ; Lecture at IIPH, Hyderabad, Part-1,Part-2, Part-3, Part-4, Part-5, Part-6 ; Interview in Health Technology Portal ; Video interview at ET Health World ; Blog at ET Health World ; Interview on telemedicine , New talk on HIE Standards ; Biopic (Bangla) from 1990-91:Episode1, Episode-2, ; Blog post on NeHA ; Blog post on ICT for NHAM ; Snapshots of the NHP ; Blog post on the necessity of the NeHAI ; Recent multi-continent research publication ; ET-India Healthcare Summit ; Thought Leader of the Year ; Interview in eHealth (Jan 2014) ; Alternate Classroom ; Blog ; Blog-2 ; ICD-10 Guidebook for Bangladesh ; TEDx speaker (video); Interview in eHealth magazine (p.18-19) ; write-up in DocnDoc (July 2012) ; 2nd Annual Health Informatics Summit 2012 ; Supten Institute on Google Maps
PROFILES /PUBLICATIONS / CITATIONS:
Google Local Guides Connect Community
Professional Roles:
Fellow of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (FIAHSI) 2021
Member, Board of Governors, Commonwealth University College of Medicine, Saint Lucia
Distinguished Fellow, HITLAB Community
IMA Honorary Professor [2017-2020], Indian Medical Association
Founder Member, HL7 FHIR Foundation
President, Indian Association for Medical Informatics (IAMI) [2016]
International Expert Member, eLearning Advisory Group (ELAG), SNOMED-CT [2015-2018]
Chairman, Committee for reviewing comments and revising Concept Note on National eHealth Authroity (NeHA), , Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
Among the ICTpost Top Thought Leaders of the Year 2014
Member, Project Review and Steering Committee, Indian NRC for SNOMED-CT, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India [2014-]
Member, Expert Committee on Implementation of Electronic Health Records Standards, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India [2013-]
Member, Expert Committee on Electronic Medical Records Standards, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India [2010-2013]
Chair, and Chair, Education Committee, HL7 India [2011-13]
TEDx Speaker (5th April 2012, Kolkata) - (video link in YouTube given in the previous section)
The Vice President, Indian Association for Medical Informatics [2011-13]
Some achievements highlighted at FAIMER site: A, B, C,D
International Advisory Board Member: International Journal of User-Driven Healthcare
Associate Editor, Network Modeling Analysis in Health Informatics and Bioinformatics (2011-2014)
Editorial Board Member, Computers in Biology and Medicine (2012)
Immediate-Past Editor-in-Chief, Indian Journal of Medical Informatics (2007-2010)
Former (Founder) Editor, ACM SIGHIT Record [2011] - the Newsletter of ACM Special Interest Group on Health Informatics
Formerly, Editorial Board Member: Mental Health and Physical Activity (2008-2010)
Formerly, the Chair, Editorial Council, Citizendium (2008-2009)
Former Coordinator of HL7 ELC from HL7 India.
Faculty [1] [2] and Fellow, PSG-FAIMER South Asia Regional Institute
Member, 2012-15 HIFA Challenge: Citizens, Mothers and Families team (Mental Health)
Member, International Educator Advisory Board, Global Education Conference 2011 Role: Wiki Curator - Teachers
Member, National Organizing Committee of NCHPE-2009 ; NCHPE-2012
eIndia 2011 Keynote Speaker / Bio-skecth ;
Interview in IIT-BHU Global Chronicle
Some notable publications:
My Letter (2010) at Education for Health
My (2010) paper on medical education: IJME
My Open Access paper on Neuro-informatics: URL ; Citations in Springer ; Citations in Google Scholar
My Open Access paper on CDSS: OJHAS
Author of the Book:(A Short Introduction to Biomedical Engineering) [International Edition]
Editor of the Book: (Depression and Dementia: Progress in Brain Research, Clinical Applications and Future Trends)
Lecture on how to design e-Learning for medical education at SuperCourse
Lecture on Wiki and LMS at SuperCourse
At PubMed
Bangla Translations
Bangla translation of Open Access
Bangla translation of EASE Guidelines
WHO definition of Health at Supercourse
Other Home Pages and Social Networks:
Blog at SciTopics
At Blogspot
