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(The Gist of Kurukshetra) RURAL HEALTH: IT INITIATIVES-October-2017

RURAL HEALTH: IT INITIATIVES

National Health Portal (NHP)

• Functioning as citizen portal for health related information in different languages (currently six languages).
• Voice portal, providing information through a toll-free number 1800-180-1104 and;
• Mobile App launched.

Online Registration System (ORS)

• Framework to like hospitals for online registration, payment of fees, appointment, online diagnostic reports etc.
• Around 7 lakh appointments transacted.
• Around 71 Hospitals on board.
• AIMS (New Delhi, Jodhpur, Bihar, Rishikesh, Bhubaneswar, Raipur, Bhopal).
• RML Hospital
• Safdarjung Hospital

Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN)

• Indigenously developed technology system that provides real-time information on vaccine stocks and f lows, and storage temperatures across all cold chain points through a smart phone application.
• Through maintenance of the right temperature, it helps to ensure the quality and efficacy of the vaccines.
• Implemented across 12 states.

“Mra Aspataal’ (My Hospital) Application

• Collects information on patients’ level of satisfaction through SMS, Outbound Dialing (OBD), Web Portal, and Mobile Application.
• Contacts the patient to collect information on their level of satisfaction.
• Under Phase I, around 141 hospitals covered. Mobile Academy
• Launched : 2016
• Free audio training course to improve the knowledge base and communication skills of ASHAs.
• More than 75,000 ASHAs have started the

Mobile Academy course.

• Approximately 84 percent have completed the course.
• States: Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand.

NIKSHAY

• Tracks individuals for treatment-adherence of TB.
• Missed call facility with Toll Free No: 1800- 11-6666 started to reach TB patients for counseling and treatment support.
• Implemented across all states.
• More than 70 lakh patients been notified till date