Ayusoft is expected to make Ayurveda treatment easier. Here's what the experts think.

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Ayurveda may be considered by many to be a time-tested Indian system of healing,

but lack of scientific testing in this field denies it a global acceptance. To

integrate this ancient wisdom with emerging technologies, C-DAC (Centre for

Development of Advanced Computing) has developed a software called 'Ayusoft'.

 

http://www.cdac.in/HTmL/hbcg/ayusoft/AyuSoft_Brochure.pdf

 

Many city Ayurvedic practitioners and a few colleges like the Bharati Vidya

peeth College of Ayurveda and the Tilak Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya have already

started using this software. Unlike other systems which focus on single areas

like plant database or medical formulations, Ayusoft has digitalised most of the

fundamental principles of Ayurveda. Besides, this can be used for diagnosis

purpose by the doctors.

 

Dr. Narendra M Pendse, MD (Ayurveda), ayurvedic consultant at the Seth Tarachand

Ramnath Ayurvedic Hospital and Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, says, " It's of

great help in clinical practice for proper documentation and retrieval of cases.

As a tool to help precise clinical diagnosis, this provides an easily accessible

database of disease descriptions from classical references from many original

reputed texts of Ayurveda. This helps to fine tune the selection of time-tested

multiple treatment options from the original texts, as also for taking ga second

opinion of other ayurvedic experts, using the facility to import and export

clinical information. It can also be used for patient education using the

'prakriti' (constitution) assessment and guidance feature. " Dr Pendse has also

found it useful in classroom learning, teaching and research work. It offers

easily accessible and searchable database from a wide source of ayurvedic books,

provides statistical analysis tools, and can be used for multi-centric clinical

trials. " On the flip side, Ayusoft comes at a price (Rs.15, 000) for a new

practitioner requires good computer speed and space for optimum usage of

software and cannot be used by individuals who do not have adequate ayurvedic

training due to the usage of Sanskrit terminology, " Pendse said.

 

The Ayusoft development team comprised of IT professional and Ayurveda experts

of national as well as international repute. Explaining the working of the

software, Dr. Pramod Dhumal, group leader of the project at C-DAC, says, " It

helps in diagnosing ailments and can be of great use to the doctors. Based on

signs, symptoms and causative factors, it provides probable diagnosis and

specific treatment in the form of formulations, single drugs, therapeutic

procedures, and diet and lifestyle advice. It provides precise diagnosis up to

the specific conditions and sub-types of diseases and a display of probable

diseases based on probability and weightage. " Though Dr. Yogini Ramchandra

Kulkarni, who runs a clinic in Budhwar Peth, does not use this software for

patient diagnosis, she finds it helpful in research and data analysis with the

help of six books on Ayurveda including 'Charak Samhita' and 'Sushrut Samhita'.

Citing an example, she explains that analysis of diseases like chronic renal

failure is very easy with this tool. For Dr. Sachin Kulkakarni, lecturer at

Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Ayurveda, it is a time saving tool. Installed in

the college library, it is being used by students and teachers alike. Kulkarni

says, " Previously, to search the meaning of a word it used to take months going

through all the samhitas. Now the meaning is available at the click of a mouse. "

 

Agrees Dr Mihir Hajarnavis, lecturer at Tilak Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya, who

opinions, " It helps us in teaching students about constitutional analysis. That

apart, the encyclopedia is quite comprehensive. " Both of them feel that there is

need to streamline the questionnaire, required for case analysis. Presently it

takes around 45 minutes to fill up the form, which is time-consuming with a

patient who is likely to get impatient. Also, the audio visual section can be

upgraded with more pictures and videos. "

 

In response, Dr. Dhumal says, " There is always scope for upgradation and this is

just the first version. We have launched a desktop and intranet versions. Work

is going on for the internet version. With time the system will be smoothened.

 

Pros

 

* Covers all practical needs from patient registration, case detailing,

follow up and prescriptions

* Documentation of modern diagnosis, signs-symptoms, causative factors,

diet, lifestyles, investigations, images and audio-video files etc.

 

Cons

 

* Ayusoft comes at a price (Rs.15,000) for a new practitioner

* Requires good computer speed and space for optimum usage of software.

Cannot be used by individuals who do not have any ayurvedic training.

 

By : Aditya Dev

 

http://www.cdac.in/html/press/3q08/spot656.asp

 

 

Shrikant Vinayak Barve

Convener: We Love Ayurved

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To integrate this ancient wisdom with emerging technologies, C-DAC (Centre for

Development of Advanced Computing) has developed a software called 'Ayusoft'.

 

http://www.cdac. in/HTmL/hbcg/ ayusoft/AyuSoft_ Brochure. pdf

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