Healing With Intelligence

How Agentic Systems Can Transform Medical Care

De: Santanu Karmakar

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

About This Book

Healthcare in India is large, diverse, and often stretched. Every day, millions of people depend on government hospitals, private hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes for timely and affordable care.
This two-part book has been written to understand this system clearly and then imagine how it can be improved in practical, affordable ways.

The two books are connected, but they serve different purposes.
Book 1 explains the present.
Book 2 prepares the future.

Part 1 — About Book 1
“Present Treatment System in India — Gaps, Challenges & Opportunities”

Why Book 1 Is Written

Before suggesting any improvement, we must first understand how the system works today.
Most people—patients, doctors, nurses, administrators, and even policymakers—see only a part of the healthcare process.
Book 1 brings all these parts together in one place and explains them in simple everyday language.

The purpose is not to blame anyone.
Instead, it tries to show how practical difficulties arise because the system is mostly manual, overloaded, and not designed for the size of India’s population.

Understanding these realities is the first step toward designing better solutions.

What Book 1 Covers

Book 1 walks through the entire treatment process as it happens today:

• How patients enter the system

• How doctors collect history and diagnose

• Why OPDs get overcrowded

• How tests are ordered and why reports get delayed

• How prescriptions are written

• What makes follow-up weak

• Where communication breaks down

• Why hospital administration becomes slow

• How shortages in medicines, blood, and equipment happen

• Why affordability remains a constant worry

Each chapter uses simple examples—like a patient with fever or a nurse handling multiple tasks—to help readers understand real-life situations in Indian hospitals.

The focus is on the system, not individuals.

Part 2 — About Book 2

“Agentic AI for Healthcare in India — A Practical Prototype Handbook”

Why Book 2 Is Written

Once we understand the gaps in the current system, the next question naturally arises:
How do we fix them in a practical and affordable way?

Book 2 answers this by introducing Agentic Systems—smart, goal-based assistants that work like dependable helpers in hospitals and clinics.

These systems can collect information, check conditions, make suggestions, monitor changes, and remind people of important actions. They never forget, never get tired, and never get confused by workload.

Book 2 is written so that even a beginner in AI can understand how these systems work and how they can support healthcare workers.

What Book 2 Covers

Book 2 presents simple, useful agents and prototypes for:

• Better diagnosis

• Clearer prescriptions

• Affordable treatment planning

• Continuous follow-up and monitoring

• Improved communication across the care chain

• Faster administration in OPDs and wards

• Predicting medicine and blood shortages

• Ensuring transparent and affordable costs

• Strengthening emergency response

Every agent is explained using:

• The problem it solves

• Its goal

• The inputs it needs

• The steps it performs

• The expected output

• A small real-life Indian example

For advanced readers, Book 2 also provides simple Python-based prototype designs that can be built in workshops, classrooms, or early pilot projects.