To set norms and guidelines for various treatments and procedures under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) and Mukhyamantri Swasthya Bima Yojana (MSBY), a two-day Consultation Workshop on Clinical Pathway began here on Tuesday.
Principal Secretary, Health Services, Dr Alok Shukla, Director Health R Prasanna and Additional CEO of RSBY Virendra Katare were present at the inaugural session of the Workshop. A number of doctors from different states and 60 doctors from Chhattsigarh are participating in the Workshop.
Deliberations have been started by the doctors in the Workshop to decide the procedure for treatment and to define clinical pathways for RSBY and MSBY. Director, Health Services, R Prasanna said that the guidelines are being prepared for ENT, Pediatric, Orthopaedic, Gynaecology, Neurology, General Surgery and Medicine. As many as 198 procedures have been decided for these departments.
The clinical pathways are sets of questions and answers to enable the physician to determine whether or not the treatment proposed is appropriate keeping clinical parameters of the patient in mind. Once the clinical pathways are defined, then the doctors will not face any problem in treatment.
The experts participating in the workshop include Dr CH Asrani from Mumbai, Dr Sunder Raman from JNU, Dr Santosh from Delhi, Dr Chandrashekhar from Andhra Pradesh and a number of doctors from Maharashtra besides 60 doctors from Chhattisgarh.