Lok Sabha Question No. 5665 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-26
Subject: Promotion of Technologies in Health Sector
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Janardan Singh Sigriwal

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5665 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH JULY, 2019

## PROMOTION OF TECHNOL OGIES IN HEALTH SECT OR

## 5665. SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any plans to promote technologies in health sector;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken by the Government in this direct
- (c) whether electronic records have been maintained by the hospital in the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken for privacy and safety of pati data/records?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HE ALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) The National Health Policy, 2017 advocates extensive deployment of digital tools for improving  the  efficiency  and  outcome  of  the  healthcare  system.  The  policy  aims  at integrated health informatio n system which serves the needs of all stake - holders and improves efficiency, transparency, and citizen experience.
- (b) MoHFW  has  taken  various  initiatives  towards  implementing  e - Health  in  an  integrated manner across central and state levels. Steps taken so far are highlighted as below:
- a) EHR Standards have been notified in December 2016
- b) Metadata & Data Standards (MDDS) released to enable semantic interoperability among healthcare applications MDDS standards
- c) National  Programmes  like  Reproductive  Child  Healt h  (RCH),  NIKSHAY,  ANMOL, AYUSHMAN  BHARAT - PMJAY  etc.  have  extensively  utilized  IT  technologies  for operations & monitoring
- d) States/UTs are supported for implementation of Hospital Information System (HIS) computerized registration and capturing EHR/ EMR of patients in hospitals
- e) On line Registration System (ORS) implemented in 230 hospitals for online registrat payment  of  fees  and  appointment,  online  diagnostic  reports,  enquiring  availabili blood online etc.
- f) Mera  Aspatal  (Patient  Feedback  System) implemented  in  3000  hospitals  to  collect information on patients' level of satisfaction using a multi - channel approach.
- g) National Medical College Network (NMCN) established with the purpose of e - Education and e - Healthcare delivery in 50 Government Medical C olleges
- h) Tele - medicine  programmes  are  implemented  by  various  States  under  NHM  scheme. Space technology is also leveraged for providing telemedicine services in remote are
- i) Monitoring  mechanism  has  been  strengthened  with  development  of  Dashboards  and Portals for various programmes.
- j) Mobile applications like Quit Tobacco, m - Diabetes etc. have been launched

( C ) Public Health being a State subject, primary responsibility to provide healthcare s to citizens lies with State/UT government.

However, under  National  Health  Mission  (NHM)  scheme,  States/UTs  are  being supported to strengthen their healthcare system including IT solution like Hospital Mana Information System (HMIS) (eHospital & e - Shushrut) based on the requirement posed by them in Pro gramme Implementation Plan (PIP). So far, 22 States/UTs have been provided financi assistance under NHM for implementation of HMIS.

- (d): Since  the  privacy  and  security  of  patient  data  is  of  paramount  importance  in  h service delivery, MeitY is in pr ocess of finalizing the Data & Privacy Protection Act , which would be applicable in all domains including healthcare. This Act would provide the frame for Ministry to utilize the patient data in programmes in a secured manner.

MoHFW  has  also  drafted N ational  Digital  Health  Blueprint  (NDHB) to  provide  a robust  framework  for  creation  of  Digital  Health  Eco - system  in  country.  NDHB  envisages empowering  citizens  with  provisioning  of  Unique  Health  Identifier,  My  Health  App  f managing EHR across health insti tutions and Privacy & Consent Management framework for ensuring privacy, security and confidentiality of patient at every level.