Haryana Government has decided to provide e-Upchar facility in 55 hospitals of the State by March 2016 under which patients would be given ‘Unique Identification Number’.
Haryana Health Minister, Anil Vij on Thursday said that with the help of Hospital Management Information Systems (HMIS), all the hospitals of the state, Community Health Centres and Primary Health Centres will be linked to e-Upchar system. After this, e-Upchar system would also be implemented in the other 30 Primary Health Centers and Community Health Centers during the year 2016.
In the first phase, e-Upchar system has been implemented in Civil Hospital, Panchkula, Community Health Centre, Raipur Rani, Primary Health Centre, Barwala, Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantt. (Registration) and BPS Women Medical College, Khanpur Kalan, Sonipat (Registration). The Department is actively working in this direction so that this facility could soon be provided in all hospitals of the state, said Vij.
The Minister said that after the implementation of e-Upchar System, the patients would get their electronic health records in all hospitals, which could be accessed online in any other hospital of the state.
This would reduce waiting time of patients, besides facilitating efficient management of queues, simplification and automation of manual processes, transparency in health services, efficient grievance redressal mechanism, optimal utilisation of infrastructure, availability of equipment and drugs and simplification of processes of other services. Under this system, patients would also get their X-ray reports online, he added.
Earlier, while redressing the grievances of members of Haryana State Pharmacist Association, who called on him, Vij said that the promotion process of Pharmacists would be initiated to boost their morale.
He said that Pharmacist cadre would also be reviewed and their complaints would be resolved.
The Health Minister added that on the demand of pharmacists, chief pharmacists deployed at district level would be considered for the status of gazetted officer of Group-B.
Also, a refresher course would be initiated for pharmacists to increase their working capability. Inclusion of such course would also provide the people with better healthcare facilities. Therefore, the department would soon take a decision in this regard, said Vij.