TELEHEALTH
Objectives
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Medical facilities at doorstep .
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Enhance and supplement health of village people through active community support, using modern tools like smartphones .
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Connect rural people with doctors and medical professionals through its Telehealth app.
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Train rural volunteer service providers to monitor health parameters such as Blood sugar, BP, Body temperature, Pulse rate and Oxygen.
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Help rural patients setup patient appointments and upload prescriptions and test reports using an APP on the Android smart phone.
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Rural service providers can connect the patients from villages with eminent doctors far away for diagnosis using a Telehealth app.
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Rural patients can access doctors from the convenience of their village setting.
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Sakhis and Asha workers will provide basic medical supports like checking BP, sugar,pulse etc.
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Have all the medical history of patients stored electronically for easy access.
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Creation of cadre of health workers in rural areas.
Uniqueness of the program are as follows:
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Strengthening the existing health facility in rural villages with the help of smartphones.
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Introducing ‘Telehealth’ app for connecting patients in villages with the doctors.
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Sensitizing doctors of government hospitals towards community based services.
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Engaging more people in the villages to get proper diagnosis.
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Awareness generation among village people by health check ups.