Lok Sabha Question No. 243 (STARRED), answered on 2016-12-02
Subject: IT Solutions in Health Care
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: KIRTI (JHA) AZAD

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 243 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 ND DECEMBER , 2016 IT SOLUTIONS IN HEAL TH CARE

## *243. SHRI KIRTI AZAD:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  adopt  IT  solutions  in  health sector and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  the  details  of  schemes/programme  under  implementation  to  promot e- governance in health care along with funds made available for the pur and
- (c) whether the Government also proposes to make it mandatory for medi practitioners to issue computerised prescriptions and if so, the details

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

(a) to (c ):  A statement is laid on the Table of the House

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 243* FOR 2 ND DECEMBER , 2016

- a) Yes. Ministry  of  Health and  Family  Welfare  ( MoHFW ) has  already  proactively taken measures to adopt IT Solutions in existing health infrastructure in challenges  of  healthcare  delivery  especially  to  rural  and  remote  areas continuum of care.

Use of Information & Communication Technology in health i.e. eHealth is bei promoted in the direction of "reaching services to citizens" and empowerment  through  information  dissemination"  to  bring  about  signif improvements  in  the  public  healthcare  delivery.  T he  'Digital  India'  programme introduced  is  a  major  step  in  this  direction  under  which  following  f initiatives are being considered :

- Online medical consultation,
- Online medical records,
- Online medicine supply and
- Pan- India exchange of patient information.
- b) I.     Public health being a state subject, primary responsibility to prov services  to  citizens  lies  with  State/UT  governments.  However,  under  N Health  Mission  (NHM)  scheme,  support  is  being  provided  to  States/UTs st rengthening their healthcare system including IT solutions based requirements posed by them in Programme Implementation Plan (PIP).  The de of key schemes/programmes under implementation is provided as follows :
- i. Computerization & Hospital Mana gement Information System (HMIS): Computerization of District / Sub - district  hospitals & Community Health Centers (CHC)  and  to  implement  Hospital  Management  Information  System  (HMIS)  fo creation  of  Electronic  Health  Record  is  being  undertaken  in  a  phased Purpose  of  this  scheme  is  to  strengthen  online  patient - centric  interface,  targe ted impact of better delivery of services to patients and improvement in eff processes  at  hospitals. Financial  support  has  been  provided  to  Chandigar Himanchal  Pradesh,  Jammu  &  Kashmir,  Jharkhand,  Uttar  Pradesh,  Maharasht Meghalaya, Rajastha n and Tamil Nadu during the current year.
- ii. Online Registration System (ORS): Online Registration System (ORS) is being implemented in various hospitals in States/UTs and Central Government Hospital s/Institutes  to  provide  online  registration,  online  appoint ment  services  to citizens' alongwith and online viewing of medical examination report on ORS portal by citizens. So far it has been implemented in 56 Hospitals.
- iii. National Telemedicine Network: Under National Telemedicine Network scheme PHC/CHCs providing p rimary healthcare facilities & District/ Sub District h providing  secondary  healthcare  facilities  are  being  interlinked  with  t health  care  facility,  Medical  Colleges  and  super  specialty  hospitals  for Tele - Consultation  &  Tele - Follow - up  services  with  specialist  with  the  purpose reaching  out  to  rural  &  remote  areas.  Financial  support  has  been  pro Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Tripura during the current year.
- II.    Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP): A Central Sector Scheme to set up an 'Integrated Health Information Platform (IHIP)', to create the Electronic Health Records (EHRs) of patients in a centralized manner and to be made a nationwide  online  for  medical  history,  with  the  help  of  Health  Inf on Exchange has been approved in August 2016 and is being implemented. It w facilitate better health services to citizens; improve efficiency for healt and  health  programmes  by  optimum  utilisation  of  resources,  availabil information/  data,  better  affordability,  better  decision  support  syste redundancies and medical errors.
- III.            Total  fund  made  available  for  IT  solutions/eGovernance  purpo Centrally Sponsored Scheme and central Scheme is as follows:
- c)No. However, roll out of above mentioned IT Solutions would facilitate ge of computerized prescription or online prescription.

| Scheme                                              |   Funds allocated for 2016 - 17 (in Rs Crore) |
|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| NHM (under Monitoring & Evaluation)                 |                                        311.04 |
| NHM (Innovation)                                    |                                        509.39 |
| New initiatives under Central Scheme (Telemedicine) |                                         40    |
| Total                                               |                                        860.43 |