Lok Sabha Question No. 2986 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-03
Subject: National Health Resource Repository
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: SHOBHA KARANDLAJE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2986 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 rd AUGUST, 2018

## NATIONAL HEALTH RESO URCE REPOSITORY

## 2986. KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has released the National Health Resource Repository (NHRR) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the objectives and outcomes of the NHRR project; and
- (c)whether the Government has initiated universal screening of common N n Communicable Diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, hypertension, common cancers, tuberculosis and leprosy and ifso, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HE ALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

(a)&  (b) :    No.  The  nationwide  Census  under National  Health  Resources  Repository  (NHRR) project of all healthcare establishments, both public and private has been launched on 19 th June, 2018.The objectives and outcomes of NHRR project are given below: -

## Objectives: -

- i. Promote  evidence  based  planning  and  decision  making  in  healthcare  secto through provision of comprehensive data on healthcare resources (both pub and private sector) in the country.
- ii. Provide  visibility  of  private  sector  healthcare  resources  to  facilitate private  partnership  initiatives  for  improve  access  and  availability  of services
- iii. Provide technology based solutions to improve efficiency of health systems improvingplanning, provisioning of healthcare resources
- iv. Improve  informed  decision  making  and  community  awareness  by  allowing access to holistic information on healthcare resources.
- v. Promote  meaningful  use  of  data  collection  and  exchange  services  for  bet healthcare management by providing a common platform for sharing information.
- vi. Promote convergence between similar programmes by providing interoperabilit
- vii. Enhance  effectiveness  of  programme  planning  and  implementation  at  centre , state and district level by providing updated healthcare resource status.
- viii. Provide a platform for managing emergencies effectively by providin information on all the healthcare resources (public & private) in the desi geography.
- ix. Furni sh  standardized  data,  distribution  of  resources  and  trends  on  the  g platform, using regularly updated health status indicators.

## Outcomes:-

- i. Access  to  comprehensive  and  standardized  information  of  both  private  and public health resources at a single platform on digitized maps
- ii. Detailed public health facilities information about health resources: avail of  services,  doctors  specialized  in  different  fields,  equipment  and  medi etc.
- iii. Enable real - time data accessibility to all stakeholde rs
- iv. Visibility to private sector health resource information - Targeted private sector participation for better healthcare service delivery
- v. Provide  concrete  inputs  to  States  in  developing  evidence  based  PIPs strengthen public health management and service delivery
- vi. Creates transparency and establishes an accountability mechanism for effect centre - to - state health care funding
- vii. Real  world  evidence  based  health  resources  planning,  allocation,  monitori and performance assessment ensuring r esource allocation are optimized
- viii. Better  co - rdination  between  state  and  Central  government  on  utilization  o resources
- ix. Improve government's efforts to provide access to quality healthcare right up to the remotest regions to maximize impact for populations in need
- x. ICT enabled targeted information dissemination to public for improved heal access.
- xi. Surveillance: Enha nced response mechanisms to tackle disease threats. Enables mass outreach campaign to doctors, hospitals, chemists, etc. -especially useful during the time of disaster management.
- xii. Ties with the Digital India Vision of easily accessible platform for information on healthcare service delivery.

(c): For early diagnosis, population level screening for common Non Communicable Disease (NCDs) has been initiated in over 150 districts. Leprosy and Tuberculosis have also been in the Community Based Assessment Checklist .