nDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thusday directed officials to start the distribution of e-health cards at the earliest and ensure the completion of health information management system (HIMS) within the stipulated deadline.
In a meeting to review the ambitious HIMS project, Kejriwal directed the concerned authorities to ensure that the project is finalized by the middle of this year. Health Minister Satyendar Jain who was also present in the meeting also expressed satisfaction over the speed of the work by the health department on HIMS, e-health card, and health helpline and instructed the department to complete the same within the stipulated time frame.
The health officials gave a presentation for the implementation of HIMS and issuing of the e-health cards. Under HIMS, various features such as a web portal, mobile app, etc will be launched to store a database of the health information of the residents of Delhi. The HIMS will be implemented by August 2021 in all the Delhi government hospitals. The system seeks to target the healthcare delivery process. All the patient care services, hospital administration, budgeting and planning, supply chain management, and backend services and processes will be brought under the system.
The system will be on the cloud and digitized. This will enable the citizens to avail information on one platform, which will help them in emergency cases. With this, Delhi will become the only state to have a cloud-based health management system. This facility will also be extended to pvt hospitals in the future.