Emails (Others): Tech-enabled Healthcare system : 4 years in making ?

Tech-enabled Healthcare system : 4 years in making ?

Context :

National Health Authority upgraded the ABHA smartphone app / Current Affairs / 25 May 2022

Extract :

Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, the National Health Authority has introduced a revised Ayushman Bharat Health Account, ABHA mobile application to manage health records.

The ABHA app has been updated with a new User Interface and new functions that allow users to view their health records at any time and from any location.

ABHA App Key Points:

· Existing ABHA app users can also update to the most recent version of the app.

· The ABHA mobile application allows users to create an ABHA address, which is a simple username that can be linked to the 14-digit ABHA number created at random.

· Users can also link their health records created at an Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission-compliant health institution and access them on their smartphones using the mobile application.

· After an individual’s approval, the programme also allows self-uploading of physical health records as well as exchange of digital health documents such as diagnostic reports, prescriptions, and CoWIN vaccination certificates

MY TAKE :

Ø Modicare : A Game Changer…………………………. [ 01 Feb 2018 ]

Extract :

My suggestions :

· The scheme must cover

# Supply of Medicines / Medical Devices ( both , preventive and curative )

# Delivery of Services ( Diagnostic / Nursing / Hospitalization )

# Pregnancy / Delivery related medicines / investigations / hospitalization

Prices for each / all of these must be fixed and published , not only on the web

site of the Health Ministry but at ALL places where medicines or services are

getting delivered

· Each eligible family member to be issued a “ Ayushman Card “ ( linked to Aadhar ID )

Ayushman card will have inbuilt memory capacity to store that person’s health data from “ Cradle to Grave “ ( Privacy advocate need not worry ! )

All the Health Data of all 50 crore beneficiaries to be stored on a Central Server for BIG DATA analysis , in order to “ Predict “ WHO might become susceptible to WHICH ailment and WHEN

As an alternative , a GPS enabled / NFC capable Smart Phone pre-loaded with AYUSHMAN MOBILE APP , could be considered to replace the card

· Ayushman Eco System shall consist of :

# 50 crore poor beneficiaries

# All Medical Practitioners of India ( Allopathic - Ayurvedic – Homeopathic )

# All Medical Shops of India ( including E – Pharmacies )

# All Nursing Homes / Hospitals / Diagnostic Centres / Health Centres etc

# All Pharma Companies

# Health Ministry

# All India Medical Association

# All India Organization of Chemists and Druggists ( AIOCD )

# Drug Controller General of India

# All Medical Colleges / Medical Research Centres

# Any other entity which I might have missed out

· The Ayushman Eco System shall be built around the BLOCK-CHAIN technology , which will be the main

operating system for implementation of the AYUSHMAN PROCESSES , described in my following earlier blogs (

sent as emails to Cabinet Ministers / Niti Aayog )

PROCESS :

· Beneficiary getting AYUSHMAN Card after authentication from nearest Health Centre

· Beneficiary approaching any Registered Medical Practitioner ( RMP ) for ailment

· RMP entering Diagnosis / Prescription in Mobile App ( or in Card using Card Reader )

· Beneficiary presenting card at the premises of delivery of Medicines / Devices / Services as prescribed by RMP

· Person delivering medicines / service , entering the details in Card and delivering service ( including no of items / unit price / GST etc )

· Beneficiary “ sign off “ ( in Card ) for having received medicine / service

· Person delivering service ( or medicine ) , uploading data on Central Server of Health Ministry

· Health Ministry updating PATIENT HISTORY in the database and effecting DIGITAL PAYMENT to person delivering medicine / service [ DBT ]

· There will be NO CASH TRANSFER to a beneficiary ( to avoid fraud / fake cases )

HOW WILL THIS BE A GAME CHANGER ?

· If meticulously designed and aggressively / speedily implemented as outlined above , AYUSHMAN has the potential to,

# Save millions of premature deaths annually

# Save billions of man-hours lost due to preventable illnesses

# Bring down the cost of Healthcare / Medicines / Services

# Vastly improve the quality of life for 50 crore persons

# Invigorate many industries and generate huge employment

With regards,

Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 28 May 2022

Thursday, 19 October 2023