Apollo Hospitals is rolling out a clinical intelligence engine (CIE) to support clinical decisions and assist with primary care, condition management, home care and wellness for doctors across India.

Apollo CIE will be available to every qualified, practicing doctor in India.

The Apollo Hospitals group, one of Asia’s largest healthcare providers, launched the clinical decision support tool, which was developed using techniques in AI and ML. This tool aims to elevate the accuracy of diagnosis, doctor productivity and patient satisfaction, all in one go.

The engine is capable of analysing vast amounts of data to help healthcare professionals identify patterns that may be missed otherwise. It has more than 1300 conditions and 800 symptoms in its vocabulary, covering 95% of everyday case mix in out-patient departments (OPDs).

Built by more than 100 engineers, using 40 years of data from Apollo and the collective intelligence of thousands of doctors along with supporting data from peer-reviewed journals, it is one of the largest connected health data lakes in the world, which has been tested and validated by global academic institutions.

Designed for the south Asian region mix, it is powered by a knowledge base built, maintained and periodically reviewed by an in-house team of more than 500 doctors and specialists. It helps and supports differential diagnosis situations, enabling doctors to be more prompt and precise for better clinical outcomes.

“As I turn 90, I am grateful to have had the opportunity to have built one of Asia’s largest omnichannel healthcare ecosystem,” said Prathap Reddy, chairman of Apollo Hospitals Group. “But it has always been my wish to do more to make India truly healthy, especially when we face a huge tsunami of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer. When my team conceptualised the clinical intelligence engine, I knew it was a breakthrough that would revolutionise healthcare as we know it. The CIE could not be restricted to Apollo but needed to be shared with doctors across India. I am therefore happy to offer the Apollo CIE to every qualified, practicing doctor in India and I am sure that, together, we will be able to make Indians healthier through timely and more accurate diagnosis independent of geographical, regional or income divides.”

Sangita Reddy, joint managing director of Apollo Hospitals Group, added: “The launch of the game-changing Apollo CIE is a major milestone for us at Apollo Hospitals. When we empowered Apollo doctors with CIE in OPDs a few months back, we found a tangible improvement in the accuracy of diagnosis, doctor productivity and patient satisfaction. Currently, more than 4000 Apollo doctors are using it and have seen a considerable impact in their diagnosis outcomes; it has become a part of their routine OPD operations. We are committed to using technology to improve the healthcare experience for patients and physicians, and the Apollo CIE is a testament to that commitment.”

The CIE also increases the scale of operation for healthcare providers by helping organisations meet the multi-channel demand for access with safe, clinically validated health interactions via the symptom checker and doctors equipped with this expert clinical knowledge system. It analyses symptoms, determines the cause and recommends next best actions.

The CIE is a self-learning engine that helps doctors stay abreast with access to an ocean of knowledge. Last year alone, the CIE has been able to take into considerations over six million new developments as a result of clinical papers that get released.

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise is an Indian multinational healthcare group headquartered in Chennai. Founded by Prathap Reddy in 1983, as the first corporate healthcare provider in India, the company operates hospitals, pharmacies, primary care and diagnostic centres, telehealth clinics, and digital healthcare services through its subsidiaries.