55% Of India’s Employed Professionals Report Feeling Stressed: LinkedIn

* Work-life imbalance, insufficient incomes, and slow career progress are the top 3 causes of work stress in India

Towards World Mental Health Day 2021, the world’s largest online professional network LinkedIn has launched a special ‘mental health’ edition of the Workforce Confidence Index to address the prevalence of work stress in India, and how professionals expect greater flexibility to keep their mental health in check. Based on the survey responses of 3,881 professionals from July 31 to September 24, findings reveal that more than half of India’s (55%) employed professionals are feeling stressed at work as well-being measures become a luxury for many.

The latest edition of the Workforce Confidence Index reveals that India’s overall workforce confidence remained steady with a composite score of +55 from July 31 to September 24, 2021, despite drastic transformations in the world of work. But keeping up with these times of change for the last 18 months has adversely affected the mental health of working professionals in the country. When asked to share their primary reasons for work stress, employed professionals cited ‘balancing work with personal needs’ (34%), ‘not making enough money’ (32%), and ‘slow career advancement’ (25%) as the top 3 stressors at work today. Amid such stressful times, 1 in 3 professionals are also seen drawing optimism from the availability of jobs (36%) and improved control over expenses (30%) in today’s recovering, yet competitive  jobs marketplace.

As workforce priorities continue to change in these transformative times, findings go on to indicate that flexibility and work-life balance will serve as critical talent drivers across the Indian professional landscape for years to come.

Commenting on the findings, Ashutosh Gupta, India Country Manager, LinkedIn said, “These stressful times of change have impelled the need for greater flexibility and work-life balance among professionals. But our survey reveals a wide gap between what employees need and what employers are offering to cope with stress. While nearly half of (47%) employed professionals wish to end work at reasonable hours, only about one-thirds (36%) were actually able to do so. And while 41% planned for time-off, only 30% could take time off in the past two months. These alarming statistics reflect the urgency for companies to understand how creating a culture that encourages work-life balance and prioritises well being is critical moving forward.”

While greater flexibility remains a mutual need across generations, younger professionals found it easier to take a break than their older cohorts. Findings reveal that Millennials were 2x more likely to take time-offs, while Gen Z professionals were 1.5x more likely to take breaks during the day, when compared to Baby Boomers. Interestingly, Boomers were 1.5x more likely to be open with their colleagues about mental health and stress when compared to millennials as well as Gen Z professionals.

About LinkedIn Workforce Confidence Index

The Workforce Confidence Index is a fortnightly pulse on the confidence of the Indian workforce. It is based on online survey responses of 3,881 members for the weeks of July 31 to September 24, 2021. The index uses a scale from -100 to +100 to reflect professionals’ current sentiments about the jobs market, their financial status, career progression, and well-being expectations going forward. It is a measure of how professionals feel about their job stability and access to opportunity as well as how business leaders expect to invest in their companies in the near and mid-term.

UST Wins Three 2021 Stevie Awards For Great Employers Including Internal Communications Team Of The Year

* Recognized for its purpose driven communication during the Covid-19 times

UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company, has received three award recognitions at the sixth annual Stevie® Awards 2021 for Great Employers. The company received the Silver Stevie for ‘Internal Communications Team of the Year’, and Bronze Stevie for ‘Achievement in Internal Communications’ and the ‘Best Leadership Development Program’.

The Stevie Awards are the world's premier business awards.  They were created to honor and generate public recognition of the achievements and positive contributions of organizations and working professionals worldwide.

UST was awarded the ‘Internal Communications Team of the Year’ and ‘Achievement in Internal Communications’ for its purpose-driven communication to inform, motivate, and empower its employees during the 2020 crisis. UST aligned its internal communication strategy to its people-first culture to design influential communication programs during the highly ambiguous periods of COVID-19. Transparent, creative, and interactive content through varied internal communication platforms, including the company’s daily global internal newsletter, video and podcast channels, collaboration tools, ensured continued connection with the worldwide workforce during remote working conditions.

UST was also recognized under the ‘Best Leadership Development Program’ category for its Servant Leadership program, which balances results and relationships to achieve high-impact goals. The impact of the initiative on UST’s culture and employee engagement has also been recognized through this award.

“UST is delighted to be recognized by the 2021 Stevie Awards for Great Employers,” said Kavita Kurup, Global Head - Talent & Organizational Transformation, UST. “It is an honor and a testament of the efforts we have invested to ensure we, as an organization, continue to create an inspiring, empathetic and collaborative workplace for our associates through unprecedented challenges. With the crisis of 2020, UST’s purpose of ‘Transforming lives’ became more relevant. Regular leadership messages and updates, including those from the CEO and business leaders, have kept our workforce well informed and motivated on growth, new opportunities, and upcoming changes and helped tackle employee concerns in uncertain times. We are pleased to continue our winning streak by being globally recognized for UST’s Servant Leadership initiative.”

Commenting on the awards, Anupama Raju, Head of Internal Communications, UST, said, “These awards are a testament to UST’s purpose-centered leadership, employee-centric culture, values, and communication strategy. They also underline the teamwork, creativity, and talent of UST’s Internal Communications team.  In 2020, we collaborated with stakeholders across the company and strategized a purpose-driven communication approach to inform, motivate and empower our employees globally to keep the company connected in difficult times. Thank you, Stevies.”

“UST believes in the true power of fully engaged and empowered employees.  We know that this can be achieved only through the right culture and leadership philosophy. This award is further validation of our Servant Leadership philosophy. We are quite excited to win this award and proud of all our employees' work to make UST indispensable as we continue to challenge ourselves to be the unconventional radical tech company. We have an open and collaborative work environment encompassed with a vibrant, enthusiastic, enterprising spirit. At UST, we are committed to transforming lives and we are making rapid progress on improving the lives of many,” said Madana Kumar, Servant Leadership Evangelist and Global Head – Leadership Development, UST.

UST’s Servant Leadership initiative is an integral part of the organizational transformation measures that keep the company, agile and relevant to the times. This overarching leadership philosophy drives all its people policies, keeping the employees at the center of everything they do, investing in their holistic development, and providing them with a world-class life experience, and not just an employee experience.

UST was recognized with two Stevie Awards in 2017 and 2019, and one Stevie Award each in 2016 and 2020. In 2020, the company won Stevie Bronze - ‘Internal Communications Team of the Year’. In 2019, UST was named bronze winner in the ‘Human Resources Team of the Year’ category and silver winner in the ‘Technical Professional of the Year’ category. In 2017, UST won the Stevie Gold Award for the ‘Employer of the Year’ (computer services) and Gold Stevie for ‘Achievement in Internal Communication’. The company won a Bronze Stevie in 2016 and a Gold Stevie in 2014 in the ‘Human Resources Department of the Year’ category. The 2021 Stevie Awards Winners will be celebrated during a virtual ceremony on Wednesday, November 17.

About UST

For more than 20 years, UST has worked side by side with the world’s best companies to make a real impact through transformation.  Powered by technology, inspired by people, and led by our purpose, we partner with our clients from design to operation. Through our nimble approach, we identify their core challenges, and craft disruptive solutions that bring their vision to life. With deep domain expertise and a future-proof philosophy, we embed innovation and agility into our clients’ organizations—delivering measurable value and lasting change across industries, and around the world. Together, with over 26,000 employees in 25 countries, we build for boundless impact—touching billions of lives in the process. Visit us at www.UST.com  

HealthPlix Releases Easy To Use In-Clinic Doctor Insights Dashboard For Faster Diagnosis And Improved Patient Engagement

 

HealthPlix Technologies, India's most trusted AI-powered EMR software amongst doctors today, announced the release of its in-clinic analytics software - ROBIN for doctors. ROBIN is an analytical software that sits on HealthPlix flagship product EMR. As part of the first feature release from ROBIN, doctors can now access the all-new, one-click in-clinic Doctor Insights Dashboard that aims to give back the doctors' information on what is happening in their clinic over time.

The Doctor Insights Dashboard feature release from ROBIN is a doctor-facing UI designed to easily track the critical aspects of their patient visits with predefined algorithms and quick links to visual charts. It acts as an ultimate assistant to doctors and plays a pivotal role in elevating and revolutionizing healthcare delivery.

The dashboard equips doctors with a view of: 

• Hawk eye view of patient demographics – Quick summary of gender ratio, age groups etc

• Patient retention plans - Compare and analyse patient visit trends to retain and achieve in-clinic success

• Actionable Intelligence on in-clinic growth - make informed decision on clinic upgrades by understanding source of business, patient persona’s, - Acute vs Chronic Patients etc

• Derive insights around actual vs expected follow-up – Deep dive into patient visits information to understand emerging trends related to returning patients

• Improve Health Outcomes – Automate patient engagement and outreach through in-built features to address crucial parts of diagnosis and deliver improved health outcomes-- and much more.

“Our products are designed to solve the fundamental problems faced by an Indian doctor. It is one of the rare moments in the industry where a doctors’ opinion has led to the engineering of the all-new, one-click Doctor Insights Dashboard. It delivers a faster, smarter, and comprehensive way to achieve in-clinic success. The dashboard takes doctors practice to the next level and enables them to drive better health outcomes at the point of care. We are here to empower the doctor community and bring them one step closer to digitize healthcare practices” says Mr Sandeep Gudibanda – CEO and Co-Founder of HealthPlix Technologies.

Our analysis of 6000+ registered doctor feedback revealed that a single simplified view of patient facts leads to informed decisions as part of a doctor's practice journey. With this in-house engineered feature, HealthPlix has given the power in the hands of a doctor who can deep dive to the most granular level. Doctors can open the Insights Dashboard within seconds in HealthPlix EMR and get to know everything about their in-clinic practice. 

Commenting on the feature release, Chaitanya Raju, Chief of AI at HealthPlix Technologies said, "So far, health-tech innovation has not supported doctors in improving care and staying ahead of their competition. As the name suggests, in-clinic Doctor Insights Dashboard is a visual representation of patient metrics. Our vision is to win doctors confidence with tools that eliminate time-consuming tasks, deliver outstanding patient care, shorten wait times, and elevate the in-clinic experience.”

It is one of its kind insights dashboards developed by HealthPlix that helps doctors analyse the factors, trends, and correlations in medical practice. By default, the overall view pulls information together for all patients. Today, patient experience stands at the core of healthcare services. It is of utmost importance for doctors to provide personalized treatment by leveraging digital transformation. Digital tools help healthcare providers with an extensive view of patient health by increasing access to health data and giving patients greater control over their health.

HealthPlix has received funding from leading investors such as Lightspeed Venture Partners, JSW Ventures, Kalaari Capital and Chiratae Ventures, to name a few. In their latest round of funding, HealthPlix raised $13.5 million as part of Series B funding, which was led by Lightspeed Ventures and joined by existing investors.

About HealthPlix

HealthPlix is an innovative Health-Tech company, bringing technology to the heart of healthcare – doctors. Using assistive AI powered EMR software, HealthPlix empowers doctors to drive better health outcomes for their patients by providing clinical decision support at the point of care.

Currently, 15+ million patients across India have been treated through HealthPlix EMR platform by doctors practicing across 16 specialties. HealthPlix’s doctor base and network spans across 370+ cities in India making it the largest EMR software used by doctors to digitize the care in Indian healthcare. Headquartered in Bangalore, HealthPlix began its operations in 2014. In 2021, HealthPlix raised $13.5 million as part of its ongoing Series B funding round led by Lightspeed Ventures.

We are redefining the way doctors interact with technology to positively impact patient outcomes and secure the future of healthcare.

Website: https://healthplix.pro/

The Great Social Media Blackout Of The Year 2021

As we all know that we have passed the great Social Media Blackout of 2021, hence, Mr. Nanjunda Prasad Ramesh, CEO, Multi-Verse Technologies feels that “The Facebook suite collapsed like a house of cards on Monday which led to the Great Social Media Blackout of 2021 for 6 hours. One thing to keep in mind is that such things do happen in the tech world and it cannot be avoided. However, the impact could have been minimized or eliminated to a large extent. Facebook ran three different apps from one centralized infrastructure. To top it all, it was a single point of failure for users worldwide. If things go wrong, users across the world are impacted. This outage demonstrates the risks of the whole Internet being dependent on one company and this could have been minimized. Within few hours of the incident, a Twitter user posted a question: “If WhatsApp isn’t back by tomorrow, is it a holiday?” We don’t want this situation to arise again. A possible solution to this is to segregate infrastructure by country/region so that the impact in case of failure is minimized/localized. It also helps respect the local data laws of that particular country/region. From a user’s perspective, we need to have alternatives available. It is not good for the entire world to be dependent on apps from one single company. Especially when communication, business transactions are dependent on them.”

Gayathiri Guliani Joins As Vice President, Licensing And Content Partnerships, Lionsgate South Asia

Global content leader, Lionsgate India has welcomed Gayathiri Guliani on board as Vice President, Licensing and Content Partnerships, Lionsgate South Asia. A media specialist and pioneer with an experience of over two decades in the creative and business side of the entertainment industry, Gayathiri will be closely working with Rohit Jain, Managing Director for Lionsgate-South Asia and Networks-Emerging Markets Asia. 

With over 23 years of experience in planning, strategizing, content development, green lighting process of the local content films, she has in-depth knowledge and understanding of the licensing markets in India and globally. She has marketed and distributed content over 70+ territories world-wide.  

She has worked with well-known entertainment brands like Star TV, Channel V, Viacom 18, Reliance Entertainment Group and Sahara One Motion Pictures to name a few.  

A trail blazer in opening new markets that changed and boosted the overall economics for the Indian film industry by foraying into markets like China, Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong. She is a regular representative in the most coveted world festivals like Cannes, Berlinale, AFM for over a decade. Prior to joining Lionsgate India, she was Director, International Business and Revenues with Sony Pictures, India. Gayathiri is a key opinion leader in various forums like FICCI and a recipient of the youngest achiever award for international distribution. 

Rohit Jain, Managing Director for Lionsgate-South Asia and Networks-Emerging Markets Asia commented, “We at Lionsgate are thrilled to have Gayathiri as the newest member in the team. Her rich knowledge of the Media and Entertainment landscape in India & South Asia will help our rapid growth and pace immensely. We look forward to an exciting journey with her and wish her All the Best!.” 

“It is a privilege to be a part of a company that holds a strong brand legacy that’s iconic. Excited in taking the vision ahead and building new partnerships. I’m looking forward to establishing path breaking milestones with the help of Lionsgate India team” says Gayathiri Giuliani, Vice President, Licensing and Content Partnerships, Lionsgate South Asia.

About Lionsgate Play: 

Lionsgate Play, a premium streaming service from Lionsgate India and Starz, offers bespoke quality content to its users. It boasts of thousands of hours of Premium content including Premieres, billion-dollar Franchise Movies and binge worthy Box Sets. Lionsgate Play has a widely distributed network in the region spanning across partnerships like Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel, Jio FTTH, Apple TV+, Amazon Firestick, Prime Video Channel, OEM’s with an ambitious roadmap ahead. Lionsgate Play also develops and produces a diverse slate of high budget premium Indian originals. 

About Lionsgate India: 

Lionsgate India, one of the most recent entrants in the South Asian market, distributes and licenses premium content to linear and digital platforms across the region. It develops and produces original local Indian language content as well as adaptations of globally successful content. Lionsgate Play, a premium streaming service from Lionsgate India and Starz, offers bespoke quality content to its users. It boasts of thousands of hours of Premium content including Premieres, billion-dollar Franchise Movies and binge worthy Box Sets. Lionsgate Play has a widely distributed network in the region spanning across partnerships like Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel, Jio FTTH, Apple TV+, Amazon Firestick, Prime Video Channel, OEM’s with an ambitious roadmap ahead. Lionsgate Play also develops and produces a diverse slate of high budget premium Indian originals. 

OMRON Healthcare Revamps Its Telehealth Offerings With Unique Features

* Introduces Health Gift and BP Diary for its app users 

OMRON Healthcare India, the leading player in digital home blood pressure monitoring segment, is all set to strengthen its presence in the telehealth & remote patient monitoring domain via provision of advanced digital experience to users based on unique upgrades in its mobile app.  

The company has introduced a suite of innovative features in its existing app “OMRON Connect” used by lakhs of people across the country using OMRON Digital BP Monitors and Body Composition Monitors. The enhancements include introduction of a unique Health Gift programme and an online & sophisticated BP-diary to reward the ones who are doing monitoring with useful goodies and further inculcate the habit of BP monitoring at home in a convenient & articulate manner. It also includes an upgrade in the data management capacity of the application plus capabilities to make interface with other companies’ healthcare applications possible. 

Health Gift aims to make the monitoring more engaging & valuable. The feature encourages regular tracking of health stats using OMRON blood pressure monitors and body composition monitors with rewards like health coins & tickets (with each measurement) that can be exchanged for useful & varied gifts & vouchers. The BP Diary, allows users to record their blood pressure in accordance with their lifestyle helping to recognize trends for more customized and effective BP management.  

Patients with non-communicable diseases like hypertension & diabetes rely a lot on home healthcare data for periodic measurement & right treatment. However, it becomes challenging for many as they are not tech savvy, the devices are not connectable, the historical data is not easily accessible and the real time sharing between the patient and the physician is complicated. An advanced application like OMRON Connect with capabilities to fetch data from even non-connected OMRON BP monitors devices via OCR function is a great value-add to make the experience of OMRON device users useful and bring in more users to the platform.  

Speaking about this launch, Masanori Matsubara, MD, OMRON Healthcare India comments, “Out of a base of around 350 million hypertensive patients and 135 million people struggling with weight management, many of them shy away from regular monitoring and use the applications as they find the whole experience cumbersome. In the current scenario, led by the global health crisis, OMRON believes telehealth has immense possibilities in store to benefit the people via enabling more regular & efficient home healthcare monitoring. OMRON aims to take bigger leaps in this sphere via introducing significant improvements in our owned digital assets and also by becoming a part of the ecosystem through collaborations with remote healthcare services providers.” 

With teleconsultation witnessing almost 500% rise during pandemic (between March & May 2020), reports indicate a strong change in health consumers pattern in the telehealth sphere.   A 2019 study on the use of mobile health apps highlights the importance of user experience factors like data collection efficiency and app interface for encouraging routine use of tracking features. This indicates the need for improved telehealth app features that benefit the consumers.  

As the pandemic continues, home healthcare management remains essential for people to ensure their wellbeing. These features will make health tracking with OMRON a more holistic experience enabling people realize their health goals with ease and accuracy and will also push the organization closer to its vision of achieving ‘Zero’ cardiovascular events. 

About OMRON Healthcare India:  

Committed to helping people live more active and fulfilling lives, OMRON Healthcare is a global leader in the field of clinically proven, innovative medical equipment for health monitoring and therapy. Throughout its history, OMRON Healthcare has been striving to improve lives and contribute to a better society by developing innovations that help people prevent, treat and manage their medical conditions, both at home and in clinical practice in over 110 countries. 

The OMRON Healthcare Group, headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, provides World’s No.1 blood pressure monitors (Global Home Appliance Market Comprehensive Survey 2020 by Fuji Keizai Co.,Ltd.(2019)). The company’s additional core product categories are respiratory care, pain management devices, and wellness products. It also develops and activates remote patient monitoring service in the field of cardiovascular condition management.  

Established in 2010, OMRON Healthcare India has established itself a key player in the health monitoring segment in the country providing high quality blood pressure monitors, respiratory therapy devices, body fat monitors, digital thermometers, pain management devices, etc. It is the most recommended brand by doctors for blood pressure monitors and has been making rapid strides in the nebulizers segment too.   

NeoGrowth Gears Up For Festive Season, Launches Business Loan Carnival For Small Businesses

To boost credit flow to small businesses ahead of the festive season, NeoGrowth, India’s leading digital lender serving small businesses, recently announced the launch of ‘Business Loan Carnival’ for MSME customers under its D2C initiatives.

Currently underway in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and New Delhi, the Business Loan Carnival is being organized throughout October and November. The company has simplified and digitalized the process to help MSMEs with hassle-free loans for their varied business needs. The loan approvals for small businesses are fast-tracked with instant approval at the touch point for the upcoming festive season. NeoGrowth is also engaging with the customers through interesting contests with exciting prizes.

NeoGrowth’s new business volumes are already at pre-COVID level, with new products such as NeoCash Insta Loan, Vendor Finance Express, contributing to this growth. The new secured offering, called Plus loans, is addressing larger ticket needs of customers. The new product offerings have various features such as end-to-end digital process, instant approval driven by AI/ML based scorecards. With the Business Loan Carnival, the company hopes to capitalise on this positive market and economy sentiment and take these products to customers.

NeoGrowth’s CEO Arun Nayyar said, “With the second wave behind us, this year, Indian consumers are expected to make purchases at nearly the pre- COVID levels. This will provide the much-needed boost to retailers, small businesses, and the economy at large. NeoGrowth’s customers have a positive business outlook for the next two months, and we aim to help them benefit from relevant opportunities by providing them with super-fast loan approvals through this initiative.”

To help businesses become future ready, NeoGrowth also offers a unique platform called “diGibizz”, which enables small businesses to evaluate their digital readiness and help them upgrade and be more competitive. The company has tied-up with 31 partners and offers 16 services categories for small businesses to digitise their operations as per their requirements; thereby, providing them the option to benefit by identifying the right solutions. So far, over 24,000 small businesses have participated on the diGibizz platform.

About NeoGrowth:

NeoGrowth Credit Pvt. Ltd is a Systemically Important, Non-Deposit taking NBFC and a pioneer in SME lending based on the underwriting of digital payments data. NeoGrowth provides finance to small business owners to drive business growth that matches their ambitions. Hassle-free loans are powered by technology innovations and leverage the digital payments ecosystem. It provides financing to retailers, restaurants, apparel shops, kirana stores, petrol pumps, groceries, pharmacies and other MSMEs with flexible repayment options and customized products addressing multiple business needs. It not only helps its customers grow but also drives financial inclusion making a positive social impact. NeoGrowth is backed by renowned investors, namely Omidyar Network, Aspada Investment Company, Khosla Impact, Accion Frontier Inclusion Fund – Quona Capital, IIFL Seed Ventures Fund and Leapfrog Investments.