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Telangana Plans Health Innovation Hub Through Technology Collaboration
Telangana wants to use technology to improve healthcare.
The state plans to connect doctors, researchers, companies and start-ups.
They will work together on new healthcare ideas.
The effort includes information technology, medicines and life sciences.
Minister Sridhar Babu said diabetes and other metabolic illnesses are increasing as lifestyles change.
He said finding health problems early can help people manage them.
A new free app called Metric Explorer can help users check some metabolic health measures.
Fifty patients from government hospitals will receive a free experimental care protocol.
The government hopes these projects will lead to useful healthcare solutions for more people.
Telangana aims to become a major hub for health innovation.
Minister Duddilla Sridhar Babu highlighted links among technology, life sciences, pharmaceuticals and healthcare.
The HOMA CME 2026 conference focused on precision phenotyping in diabetes and metabolic care.
The government launched Metric Explorer, a free application for assessing metabolic health parameters.
A proof-of-concept initiative will provide a free precision-care protocol to 50 government-hospital patients.
- Who
- Telangana IT and Industries Minister Duddilla Sridhar Babu, along with healthcare professionals, researchers, technology companies and start-ups.
- What
- The Telangana government announced plans to build a health-innovation ecosystem and launched a metabolic-health calculator application.
- Where
- T-Hub in Hyderabad, Telangana.
- When
- The announcement was made on Monday at the inauguration of HOMA CME 2026.
- Why
- To improve healthcare delivery, address diabetes and other metabolic disorders, and develop solutions that can reach a wider population.
Key facts
- Health innovation goal
- Telangana aims to develop into a major hub for health innovation.
- Conference
- HOMA CME 2026 was held under the theme “Beyond Numbers – Precision Phenotyping in Diabetes and Metabolic Care.”
- Minister
- Duddilla Sridhar Babu is Telangana’s Minister for IT and Industries.
- Application launched
- Metric Explorer is a free application designed to assess metabolic health parameters.
- Proof of concept
- A free precision-based metabolic-care protocol will be offered to 50 selected government-hospital patients.
- Key collaborators
- The proposed ecosystem includes healthcare professionals, researchers, technology companies, life sciences institutions and start-ups.







