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 “ Predict “ WHO 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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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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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
