The administration of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare this week returns the health management information system for the central government’s health plan.
CGHS provides comprehensive health care for current and retired employees in the central government.
Mohfw CGHS HMIS, which was outdated last week, has been used since 2005 and has not been able to meet the standards of modern information technology, cybersecurity frameworks and user expectations. HMIS helps to manage user registration, application, redress and retrieve information.
Why do it matter
Its replacement is the “next generation” HMIS developed by the Advanced Computing Development Center. Based on the publication of the media, it will enable “access to CGHS services faster, more transparent and easy to use for CGHS services [ensuring] Improving the provision of services and administrative efficiency. ”
It is expected that the promotional HMIS creates a unique identifier depends on the PAN for each of CGHS to get rid of the duplication of the record and simplify the verification of the user.
It will lead to automation to verify the joint stock payments by integrating with the Kush spices and enabling the verification and approval of the CGHS card requests before payment.
The new system also number services such as transferring and changing the CGHS card in the case and the dependent class. In addition, it can create SMS and email alerts at each stage CGHS application.
Along with HMIS upgrade, the CGHS mobile app has been renewed on iOS and Android systems; It now offers a new user interface, provides access to digital cards and applies in actual time, enables electronic referral and dates touser, and combines communications with the auxiliary office.
The biggest direction
Over the past years, there have been many digital transformation projects to develop health information systems or HMIS for the Indian health system. DelhiFor example, I worked on a $ 20 million project in 2021 to build HMIS at the region’s level of public hospitals and healthcare settings.
In 2023, and National Health Authority An experimental test for HMIS for private clinics and small health facilities has announced.
Although efforts to digitize health information management have been recognized, there is still a need to integrate these horrific regimes, Minister of Health, Federation, Abufa Chandra He said, to increase the reduction of administrative burden and ensure timely access to health and medical information.
