Government to drive e-Health innovations
Hospitals across India could be on the brink of finding a solution to closing the gap between the quality of healthcare between city dwellers and those residing in India’s villages. Telemedicine, an umbrella term for new technology and techniques that facilitates healthcare diagnosis and treatment remotely, is being hailed by the industry as an answer to ensuring that India’s poorer classes have access to the best healthcare possible. In a bid to modernise India’s telemedicine industry and improve the standard of care for the country’s rural inhabitants, some Indian hospitals are now looking to introduce Electronic Health Records (EHR). These digital records facilitate information exchange between geographical locations, supporting medical professionals in rural areas. Doctors are provided with patient data, including past history, provided by Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and up-to-date medical knowledge and literature – helping doctors to make an accurate diagnosis. With the growing use of India’s private sector using EHR and EMR technology to differentiate itself, the Technology Development Board, Department of Science & Technology, Ministry of Science & Technology, and Govt. of India is driving the government’s role and has sanctioned 2, 69 billion rupees for e-health and mobile initiatives.
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