POCT to Roll Out AI-Driven Clinical Workflow Digitization in UP Public Hospitals by April

The CM highlighted the role of AI in improving efficiency, transparency and accessibility of healthcare services and welcomed collaboration with private stakeholders to strengthen public health infrastructure.

Healthcare solutions provider POCT Group has announced plans to deploy large-scale artificial intelligence-based systems to digitize clinical workflows across public healthcare facilities in Uttar Pradesh by April.

The proposed rollout builds on the company’s existing laboratory digitization programme in the state. 

According to the company, its Laboratory Information System is currently operational across more than 1,300 government health facilities, including district hospitals, medical colleges and community health centres.

POCT said the system has resulted in a nearly 60 per cent reduction in diagnostic report turnaround time.

Under the system, laboratory analyzers automatically transmit test results to a digital platform, eliminating handwritten reports and manual data entry. The company said diagnostic reports are now delivered directly to patients via SMS and WhatsApp, reducing repeat hospital visits and long queues for report collection.

For patients without smartphones or those facing digital literacy challenges, POCT said printed reports continue to be provided at laboratories.

The company added that its digital infrastructure complies with Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission milestones and industry-standard data security norms, with systems hosted on a cloud service provider empaneled by CERT-In. Automated data transfer, it said, has significantly reduced errors associated with manual reporting.

During the conference, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited the POCT Group stall, where chairperson Saurabh Garg briefed him on the company’s ongoing and proposed initiatives in public healthcare digitisation.

The chief minister highlighted the role of artificial intelligence in improving efficiency, transparency and accessibility of healthcare services and welcomed collaboration with private stakeholders to strengthen public health infrastructure.

POCT said its proposed AI-based interventions will extend beyond diagnostics to cover preventive healthcare, early disease detection and end-to-end clinical workflow management at scale in government hospitals. Officials said the initiative aligns with the Uttar Pradesh government’s broader push to leverage artificial intelligence and digital technologies for future-ready healthcare governance.

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