Tuesday, 16 July 2019

Health Data Vault





Times of India reports :



Extract :


Ø  Moving towards complete digitisation of health records of all citizens, the government has mooted an ambitious plan to introduce interoperable electronic health records ( EHR ) , based on consent which will enable all citizens to access their health records within 5 clicks

Ø  The plan is part of the National Digital Health Blueprint unveiled by the Health Ministry

Ø  The key objectives include establishing and managing the core digital health data and the infrastructure required for its seamless exchange ; creating a system of personal health records based on international standards, which is easily accessible to citizens and service providers based on citizen-consent  

Ø  It also aims to use it for health data analytics and medical research

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Congratulations , Dr Harsh Vardhanji,



(  Minister for Health  /  hfwminister@gov.in )


Your initiative will change the face of Health-care for our citizens



I wish to thank you for considering the following suggestions emailed ,earlier :

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Extract :

     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 “ PredictWHO 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


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

    #   Enable BJP to return to 2019 Lok Sabha with 400 + seats


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Ayushman Bharat : Think Big  [  23  Sept  2018  ]  

Extract  :

 

What is in it for Ayushman Bharat  ?



Consider this :


·         Doctor takes the readings of the patient using these internet connected devices


·         Devices transmit these data to the smart phones of both , the doctor and the patient


·         These phones transmit these data to the Central Health Care Server of Ayushman Bharat
          and update the LIFE TIME MEDICAL HISTORY of that person


·         This history can be accessed only by the “ Authorised “ health centres / hospitals /
          nursing homes , which are official partners of the Ayushman Bharat scheme


Imagine all the Medical Devices ( including ECG / EEG / PET Scan ,  located in private clinics / health centers / hospitals / nursing homes / Path labs / Diagnostic centers  etc ), transmitting to a Central Server ,


·         medical diagnosis

·         treatment


·         administered drugs

·         surgical procedures  



for all 50 crore citizens covered by this scheme


And imagine such petabytes of health data being subjected to BIG DATA analysis using AI  !



Ayushman Bharat has the potential to usher this Health-care Revolution


When that happens , expect the AI to do the following :




·         guide your family doctor to prescribe the best-suited medicine for each member of your
          family

·         recommend some “ preventive “ medicines before a disease manifests itself !


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Personal Health History : NHS  [  11  Aug  2018  ]



Extract  :


 But some critics of the NHS say :


“ This is invasion of privacy of the citizens. Why should citizen’s Medical History get recorded in a Central Computer ? “


Those critics should be told :


“ Look , we all share our most private medical data with our family doctor . In many cases, he keeps this record in a file ( hard copy or a computer ) , and refers to it before prescribing further medication



Unknown to us – and subconsciously even to himself – that doctor mentally compares your symptoms with hundreds of similar cases he may have attended earlier for his other patients , what medicines he had prescribed for them and which / how many patients responded to which medicines and how well



At the end of a few seconds , he reaches a conclusion as to which medicine will work best for you in the present instance and prescribes it



But even the most popular / successful doctor , has no more than a few hundred patient-histories to “ recall “ mentally ( - how many can he remember over 30 years of practice ? )



NHS will change this dramatically !



It will compile “ cradle – to – grave “ medical histories of a billion Indian citizens and subject this massive data to some BIG DATA ( AI ) algorithm , which will process it in a matter of seconds and guide your family doctor to prescribe the best-suited medicine for each patient



In many cases , AI software may even be able to recommend some “ preventive “ medicines before a disease manifests itself !



And , in any case , no doctor / health centre / hospital etc will be able to access your ( individual ) personal data , without your express permission



All that they can access will be your “ anonymized / aggregated “ data



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16  July  2019

Rsvp :  hcp@Recruitguru.com

 



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