In a bid to track the services being provided to pregnant women, mothers and new-borns in the State, the Haryana Government would soon roll out Auxiliary Nursing Midwife Online (ANMOl) tablet-based application, ANMOl, in seven districts of the State on a pilot basis.
Health Minister Anil Vij on Thursday said that ANMOl tablet-based application, a Government of India initiative, would facilitate capture of real time data of population survey and RCH service delivery given to pregnant women and children by ANMs.
The districts where it would be launched are Gurugram, Mahendragarh, Kaithal, Yamuna Nagar, Karnal, Hissar and Jind, said he.
The Aadhaar-enabled ANMOl would aim at bringing better healthcare services to millions of pregnant women, mothers and newborns in India. The application will end drudgery and repetitive processes for ANMs by making their work paperless. They can use the tablets to enter and update the service records real time data of beneficiaries, Vij said.
The Minister said that since it is a completely digitalised process, the high quality of data and its accountability are maintained. Apart from these facilities, women and couples can be counselled using audio and videos on ANMOl tablets on subjects like high risk pregnancy, immunisation and family planning, he said.
Elaborating about the initiative, Amit Jha, Principal Secretary, Health, said that all data ANMs put into the tablets would get updated automatically in the central server.
In the event of an internet outage, the tablets will work in offline mode, saving all data until internet connectivity is re-established. ANMOl aims at improving the quality, effectiveness and timeliness of the delivery of quality services, specifically to the rural population, to ensure better healthcare for women and children, he said.
Amneet P Kumar, Mission Director, National Health Mission, Haryana, said the application aimed at bringing awareness to the remotest population, under-served communities and urban slums through images and videos, and educating them about the initiatives on health, maintenance of good hygiene, basic health care and precautions.
ANMs can also use pre-loaded audio and video files on ANMOl to counsel women and couples on subjects like high-risk pregnancies, immunisation and family planning.
The tablets maintain an auto-generated list of pending tasks as well, she added.