E-SANJEEVANI - GOVERNMENT SCHEME
News: eSanjeevani
app a great boon for people, says Modi
What's in the news?
● Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, in the 98th episode of his customary radio address Mann
Ki Baat, said experiments such as eSanjeevani application had ensured medical
services to people living in far-flung areas of the country.
Key takeaways:
● He
said that it has ensured medical services to people living in far-flung areas
of the country.
e-Sanjeevani App:
● E-Sanjeevani
is a browser-based platform-independent application that allows for both ‘doctor-to-doctor’ and
‘patient-to-doctor’ teleconsultations.
Launched by:
● During
the Covid pandemic, the Union Health
ministry launched the e-Sanjeevani telemedicine services to ensure that
health consultations reach people even in remote villages.
● The
platforms have been developed by the Centre
for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Mohali.
How does e-Sanjeevani work?
● The
e-Sanjeevani service establishes a virtual link between the beneficiary and
doctor or specialist at the hub, which will be a tertiary healthcare facility.
● This
network’s spoke would be a paramedic or generalist at a health and wellness
centre.
● It
allows for real-time virtual
consultations between doctors and specialists at the hub and the
beneficiary (via paramedics) at the spoke.
● The
e-prescription generated at the conclusion of the session is used to obtain
medications.
Significance:
● e-Sanjeevani
was a doctor-to-doctor telemedicine service that would provide general and
specialised health care in rural areas.
● Sanjeevani
HWC is currently operational in approximately 50,000 health and wellness
centres across the country.
● As
PM Modi stated in ‘Mann Ki Baat’, the number of tele-consultants using the
e-Sanjeevani app has now surpassed 10 crore.
● It
is relatively more popular in tier II
and tier III cities.