{"id":260971,"date":"2026-06-01T05:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/embedding-privacy-in-indias-medtech-ecosystem\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T08:50:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:50:37","slug":"embedding-privacy-in-indias-medtech-ecosystem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/embedding-privacy-in-indias-medtech-ecosystem\/","title":{"rendered":"Embedding privacy in India\u2019s MedTech ecosystem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biospectrumindia.com\/views\/17\/27867\/embedding-privacy-in-indias-medtech-ecosystem.html\">Embedding privacy in India\u2019s MedTech ecosystem<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biospectrumindia.com\/views\/17\/27867\/embedding-privacy-in-indias-medtech-ecosystem.html\">https:\/\/www.biospectrumindia.com\/views\/17\/27867\/embedding-privacy-in-indias-medtech-ecosystem.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-01 05:06:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.biospectrumindia.com\">www.biospectrumindia.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"font-weight-bold\">Embedding privacy in India\u2019s MedTech ecosystem<\/h3>\n<p class=\"float-left\"> June 01, 2026 | Monday | Views  | By S Chandrasekhar, MD &#038; CEO, K&#038;S Digiprotect Services<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"font-weight-bold\">India\u2019s MedTech ecosystem now extends beyond physical devices to include connected systems, diagnostics, IoT, and AI-driven solutions. However, regulation remains fragmented. While medical devices are governed by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) through the Medical Devices Rules, 2017, software and IoT-based technologies are not. With the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) coming into force, this gap is no longer sustainable.<br \/>\nMedTech solutions increasingly process sensitive health data, often across borders. Almost 70 per cent of Indian medical devices are imported from foreign suppliers. This creates a need for system-level data-flow governance across the entire MedTech ecosystem. This includes hospitals, device manufacturers, software developers, and AI deployers. Just as strong regulatory standards exist for clinical evidence, similar standards are now required for data and AI governance. Embedding Privacy by Design and adopting global standards such as IS\/ISO 27701, IS\/ISO 42001, and ABHA (Ayushman Bharat Health Account) will be key to ensuring compliant and future-ready MedTech systems.<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The medical devices sector in India is an essential and integral constituent of the Indian healthcare sector, particularly for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of all medical conditions, diseases, illnesses, and disabilities. The terms MedTech and medical devices are used interchangeably. While the medical devices industry is often understood to be limited to physical products, the broader MedTech industry also encompasses digital solutions such as telemedicine platforms, home diagnostic devices, AI-enabled software for disease&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biospectrumindia.com\/views\/17\/27867\/embedding-privacy-in-indias-medtech-ecosystem.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embedding privacy in India\u2019s MedTech ecosystem https:\/\/www.biospectrumindia.com\/views\/17\/27867\/embedding-privacy-in-indias-medtech-ecosystem.html Publish Date: 2026-06-01 05:06:00 Source Domain: www.biospectrumindia.com Embedding&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":260972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.biospectrumindia.com\/uploads\/articles\/s_chandrasekhar_md_ceo_k_s_digiprotect_services_pvt_ltd_-27867.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-260971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-privacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260971"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260973,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260971\/revisions\/260973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}