Problem / Objective :

Approximately 31% of deaths globally are due to cardiovascular diseases (CVD), out of which heart attacks and strokes account for 85%. In the last 26 years, there has been a 34% rise in deaths due to heart diseases in India. Three million people have died in India due to CVDs. While ECG machines are readily available in India, reading ECG, which is the first step in detecting any heart-related abnormalities, requires the skills of a cardiologist or an experienced physician since machine-embedded algorithms have only a 70% accuracy rate. There is a shortage of heart specialists in India. This results in frequent occurrences of misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis. 

Solution / Approach:

Tricog was founded in 2015 with a vision of expediting cardiac diagnosis and accelerating treatment. It does this by providing accurate (physician-verified) ECG reports within a few minutes of taking ECG at remote centres. If any patient is found to be critical, Tricog works with tertiary hospitals in their neighbourhood to accelerate treatment. Tricog is also actively engaged in building a specialised product for coordinating cardiac care across primary healthcare centres, ambulances and tertiary hospitals. 

Tricog’s solution consists of cloud-connected ECG machines placed at various remote centres, which continuously push ECGs to the Tricog cloud. Proprietary algorithms first analyse the ECGs and provide preliminary interpretation for verification by the in-house team of cardiac specialists who are present 24x7 at Tricog’s centralised ECG Analysis Hub. The physician-verified reports are then sent back via SMS/app to the remote centre. 

Impact / Implementation:

By providing ECG diagnosis within minutes and architecting a low-cost solution, Tricog addresses the delay in response, which significantly decreases the risk of mortality. 

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Source: NASSCOM COE-DSAI AI for Good report