Telemedicine facility to be launched in Hry on pilot basis shortly: Vij

Telemedicine facility would be launched in the state on pilot basis shortly to strengthen primary healthcare services, Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said here today.

He said the scheme aims at providing telemedicine facility to the people at three levels.

In the first level, health and wellness centres would be connected with Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and Community Health Centres (CHCs) through e-Sanjeevani software, a web-based comprehensive telemedicine solution.

PHCs and CHCs would be connected with district hospitals in the second level, while in the third level, district hospitals would be connected with medical colleges, Vij said.

The minister said that the healthcare providers at PHCs and CHCs at first level would conduct routine clinical examination, radiological and laboratory investigations through an integrated health device linked with e-Sanjeevani software. The electronic medical records required for telemedicine consultation would be screened at the PHC and CHC level.

If specialist consultation is required, medical records would be referred through telemedicine software to the secondary and tertiary level care units.

Apart from this, a regional resource centre and telemedicine hub would be set up at the PGIMER, Chandigarh, Vij said.