By now, possibly 1,000 persons are being given Corona
Virus Test every day, in more than 100 +
laboratories around India
At the minimum, this comprises of a Swab test from nose
/ throat . Some labs may be even insisting on a Blood Test
All labs must be getting the ( suspected ) patient to
fill in some paper form – then ( most likely ) entering that data into a
computer
I presume, these labs are required to transmit that “ Patient Case History “ (
of course electronically – I suppose using E Mail ? ), to some government authority , with (
possibly ) copies to local State Government Health Ministry and to local
Municipal Corporation
It is quite possible that each lab has its own distinct / different FORM
( whether paper or electronic )
Each form may have different DATA FIELDS
Each lab may be sending it to different AUTHORITIES ,
who store it in its own DATA-BASES ( silos ?
)
Such fragmentation ( of patient data ) is highly undesirable.
There is urgent need to STANDARDIZE
as follows :
[ A ]…… Patient Data Form
Ø Patient
Full Name / Contact Data ( mobile no + Email Id , wherever
available ) / Aadhar Number ( mandatory – to be issued on the spot, if
unavailable ) / Current Address / Home Address ( in case of migrant workers ) /
Birth Date / Sex /
Ø Date
of registration / Current Symptoms /
Past History / Initial readings of temperature-BP etc
Ø Details
of Family Members ( staying together or elsewhere )
Ø Details
of recent travels ( local or foreign )
Ø Tests
administered ( Covid – Blood – Urine etc ) and their results
Ø Name
/ Registration Number of Family Doctor ( or Healthcare Centre frequented )
[ B ] ….. Laboratory
Ø Name
of lab / Address / Registration Number / CMO Name / Certified for which tests
Ø Name
and Registration Number of doctor / technician who administered tests
[ C ] ….. Authorities
Ø Names
of Authorities to whom Patient Case History ( including test results ) has to
be transmitted ( Instructions for uploading on the web sites of those authorities
)
[ D ] …. Quarantine
Ø If
advised quarantine , what type ? ( Home
isolation or Govt Hospital )
Ideally , all of the above-mentioned data must be filled in ONLINE ( from a desktop or from a Mobile App to be launched by Central Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare – Dr Harsh
Vardhanji ) by the
laboratory concerned
All data will flow into a SINGLE , CENTRAL DATA-BASE of Health History of
Indian Citizen
This database should be made accessible as follows :
Ø Specified
“ Health-care Authorities “ in an anonymized /
aggregated manner
Ø Specified
“ Doctors / Labs “ , with names of only
those patients who were treated by them ( including Family Doctor )
A “ standardization
/ uniformity / protocol “ of the type
described above will help in making available to Healthcare Authorities,
COMPUTERISED DECISION MAKING SUPPORT , as described in my following
earlier blog / email :
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Extract :
“ All the Health Data of all 50 crore
beneficiaries to be stored on a Central Server for BIG DATA analysis , in order to “ Predict “ WHO might become susceptible
to WHICH ailment and WHEN “
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Modicare
: A Game Changer [ 01 Feb 2018 ]
Extract :
Medicalchain, on the other
hand, uses blockchain technology to store and share health
records securely, allowing for easy and safe transfer of information between
providers and patients.
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Extract :
WHO ( which doctor ) , prescribed WHAT drug ( drug name )
made by WHO (
name of drug manufacturer ) , to WHOM (patient
name ) , and WHY ( disease
diagnosis ) , and WHEN ( date ) and sold by WHICH ( drug store
)
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Healthcare
: The Unfolding Story
[ 19 June 2018 ]
Extract :
Using such massive data base, can BIG DATA / Artificial Intelligence / Machine
Learning ,
figure out what " Customized healthcare / Medical
treatment / Supplementary diet "
should be " prescribed " for each human on this earth
?
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Will
“ Ayushman Bharat “ listen ? [ 14 Nov 2018
]
Extract :
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
# Recommend some “ preventive “ medicines before a
disease manifests itself !