An InnovatioCuris initiative

From diagnostic need to better decisions

Right test. Right time. Better action. India-need-led, globally innovation-sourced.

BurdenNeedDefineDiscoverEvidenceValidateConnectAdoptActScaleImpact

About the division

The third standing community of InnovatioCuris, alongside the IC InnovatorCLUB and IC Nursing InnovatorFORUM — this one built around diagnostics.

We start with the diagnostic uncertainties causing the most avoidable harm — not with products looking for a stage.

Relevance, not nationality. Innovations from anywhere are judged on the same evidence.

The last mile is wherever useful diagnostic information fails to reach a person in time to change their decision.

Eight steps, from the gap at first contact through to adoption at scale.

IdentifyCritical diagnostic gaps at the last mile.

PrioritiseNeeds where rapid testing changes first-contact decisions.

DefineSpeed, accuracy, affordability, portability, ease of use.

ScoutIndian and global rapid, point-of-care and non-invasive diagnostics.

EvaluateReliability, usability, affordability, scalability, real-world fit.

ValidateThrough clinical and field-testing partnerships.

ConnectInnovators with clinicians, labs and adoption partners.

AdoptLink results to treatment, referral and follow-up pathways.

First focus — next six months

Rapid, non-invasive haemoglobin testing for the last mile

NeedDoes it solve a problem that matters?

TruthCan we trust the result?

TimeDoes it arrive in time to matter?

AccessCan the person actually get it?

ActionDoes the result change something?

FitDoes it work in the real setting?

ScaleCan it grow without losing quality?

Laboratory governance, transfusion medicine, quality accreditation, pathology and clinical microbiology.