Proudly a home-grown Malaysian enterprise, SD Global is breaking barriers in the healthcare industry with its smart and futuristic healthcare solution – a comprehensive, competitively priced one-stop solution to transform traditional hospitals into smart hospitals. Backed by valuable local insights, deep domain knowledge, and cutting-edge technical expertise, SD Global has set its sight on pushing the boundaries of Malaysian healthcare and elevating it to a global scale. Its tech-proficient solution is set to redefine the way healthcare is administered in the next decade.
Regional Prowess
SD Global’s futuristic solution offers a competitive edge regionally, given its highly affordable proposition as compared to foreign ventures of the same nature. In comparison to other similar technologies in the market, the company has managed to keep the cost down due to sourcing and operating the business locally while ensuring superior quality.
Since its formative days, the workforce behind SD Global has grown from 5 to 80 staff members within a span of just 5 years. Having strong local roots has helped make the company efficient in providing healthcare solutions with its unique state-of-the-art technology. This gives it leverage to expand naturally to the rest of the ASEAN region.
The Advent of Smart Hospitals
Realistically, the pace at which technology is advancing, the current healthcare infrastructure will soon be obsolete with the onset of more advanced technology. This is where SD Global comes in, to ensure a smooth transition into the future of hospitals. At the helm of it all is Sanjay Das, the Founder and Managing Director of SD Global. Sanjay saw the potential in the healthcare industry and was convinced that SD Global can fill a gap many healthcare providers even fail to recognise. “There are two integral parts to healthcare – functional and technological, but many disregard the technology part,” said Sanjay.
To break through this barrier in thinking, SD Global seeks to show the immense value that such smart and innovative technology can play in transforming traditional healthcare operations. The company innovatively leverages on the fact that technology plays a very intricate part in building next-generation hospitals with its range of end-to-end solutions that stem from cloud computing, mobility, IoT, AI, and analytics.
Behind The Venture
The initial thought behind starting the company was an insight that rung true, revealing a gap in the market for more advanced and predictive care. “While the healthcare industry has provided the very latest in acute, immediate care, SD Global focuses on bringing more technological advancement in preventive and post-hospital care,” added Sanjay. Key drivers for this technology include the rise of an aging population, need for more efficient monitoring of patients, maturing technology, and an evolving care model. When designing the products and services, SD Global guarantees all these tenets of healthcare are met.
SD Global’s proposition converges the very latest in IT and healthcare, to offer a highly effective tech-based healthcare solution under one umbrella. The range of product solutions extends to both businesses and consumers to ensure the best industry practices, from start to finish.
Adopting such infrastructure would introduce a very comprehensive IT ecosystem, with supplementary applications such as a built-in patient portal, health coach and others to ensure the highest satisfaction and a more seamless doctor-patient relationship.
Sanjay highlighted, “Both healthcare practitioners and patients can reap the benefits of cost savings, higher efficiency, and overall better management and service.” Additionally, it makes it easier for healthcare professionals to follow up on a patient’s diagnosis and condition. Given the high daily traffic of patients, it would reduce the workload for doctors and staff, as well as reduce waiting time for patients.
Multifaceted Healthcare Model
“In terms of the market, all hospitals need IT infrastructure, no matter its capacity. It is just a matter of upgrading soon-to-be obsolete healthcare platforms to remain relevant and avant-garde for the next decade,” said SD Global CEO Siddhartha Mishra.
What this integrated model does is fill in some of the shortcomings of posthospital care in the country. The company has a strong standing, with MSC status, headquarters and global development centre, an international footprint, and a very diverse team led by leading experts in the field.
Some of the hospitals in Malaysia that have engaged SD Global’s services include KPJ Pahang, The Tun Hussein Onn National Eye Hospital (THONEH), Lam Wah Eee, Hospital Pakar Kanak-Kanak (HPKK) and even the first Smart Hospital in Malaysia – Hospital Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS).
Despite being of different specialities and capacities, all such hospitals have successfully adopted the technology. This uptake across the board shows that hospitals and healthcare institutions of various types can stand to benefit from an upgrade to smarter technology.
Solution For Persistent Health Issues
Ultimately, the intent behind SD Global’s mission is to reduce the number of patients for more widespread and common chronic ailments like diabetes. In fact, the National Diabetes Institute (NADI) has stated that Malaysia has the highest rate of diabetes in Asia. Retrospectively, this was the reasoning behind the company running a program to manage and control the condition of diabetic patients in Malaysia.
With diabetes being only one such example, the very same technology can be readily applied to keep other prevalent health issues in check. Noncommunicable diseases can be better monitored using IoT devices and applications that can help track your health and condition. This will not only save money for businesses but also the government and patients.
Broadening Horizons
The growing adoption of such technology will see SD Global reap immense market growth in the coming years. While its solutions are undoubtedly being steadily implemented across various hospitals, some are yet to realise the long-term benefits. Once the awareness grows, more traditional healthcare providers will also take on these futuristic models.
While current operations are only in Malaysia, there are plans to expand across the region. Once the foundation and coverage are established locally, SD Global will gradually look at expanding to the healthcare market in Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand.
Penetrating this market is no easy feat, as there is a need to spread awareness and gradually build greater demand over time. As per Deloitte’s Voice of Asia report in 2017, Malaysia’s population is expected to grow by more than 75 percent, from 19 million as recently as a quarter of a century ago to nearly 34 million in 2022. Meanwhile, the population aged 65 and above is projected to more than triple over that time, accounting for 7.5 percent of the total population.
With population on the rise and an aging population to care for, SD Global’s business approach is instrumental in providing for the future needs of the healthcare market in Malaysia. By improving preventive, acute and chronic care outcomes, smart healthcare would go a long way in easing healthcare woes. By establishing a firm footing in the current healthcare industry landscape, SD Global would be leading the charge in the years to come.
