Narayana Health’s innovation hub Athma has unveiled AIRA, an advanced AI-driven platform designed to streamline patient records and boost clinical efficiency. Built by a team of around 90 engineers, AIRA will soon be deployed across India, Malaysia, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, and the Cayman Islands.
With an investment of nearly ₹500 crore over two decades in AI infrastructure, Narayana Health is now leveraging AIRA to learn from both digital and scanned records. The system instantly creates clinical timelines and smart tags, ensuring no critical patient information is missed. Clinicians can input data using touch, natural speech, or even ambient listening during consultations, with documentation automatically structured for accuracy.
According to Dr. Devi Shetty, Chairman of Narayana Health, AIRA is designed to reduce medical errors, increase doctor productivity, and lower healthcare costs by enhancing efficiency.
Looking ahead, AIRA will evolve to provide real-time risk predictions, proactive alerts, integration with wearables and external health data, and a 360° unified patient view across the care continuum.
The tool is scalable for hospitals of all sizes. Narayana Health’s broader Athma ecosystem — including Aadi (for doctors), Namah (for nurses), and Aham (for administrators) — is redefining healthcare experiences and positioning Athma as a key driver of digital transformation.
Jagadeesh Ramasamy, Head of Products at Athma, highlighted that predictive analytics and continuous monitoring will help hospitals shift from emergency response to early intervention, ultimately improving outcomes.
India’s healthcare sector, projected to expand from $1.1 billion in 2022 to $5.15 billion by 2030, is being reshaped by telemedicine, AI, and digital health records. AIRA aims to tackle one of the biggest challenges — doctors spending nearly six hours a day on electronic records — which contributes to burnout for over 90% of clinicians.