New Delhi, Feb 19: Minister for Health and
Family Welfare J P Nadda on Monday said India is committed to reforms in health
service delivery using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) under
Digital India as it has great potential towards improvement of delivery of
healthcare services.
Mr Nadda also stressed on the importance for building digital
health ecosystem partnerships with private healthcare providers, academia,
health IT practitioners, industry, patient groups and regulatory bodies.
The Minister was addressing at the Global Digital Health Partnership Summit at Canberra, Australia on Monday, an official statement said here.
He informed that there were four major areas where India had implemented digital technology in healthcare.
“Towards improving health service delivery, towards improving compliance of people towards health and care, engaging citizens in partnering with government for planning and management of health services delivery and Improving governance”, the Minister added.
Speaking about some of the initiatives of the Health Ministry, he said that India’s National Health Portal provides authentic information related to healthcare to citizens.
“Total web users for national health portal till date are over 2.6 million and over 2.2 million calls were made by citizens. Content of the portal is currently available in six Indian languages- and it is planned to add six more languages,” Mr Nadda elaborated.
Those present at the summit were Minister of Health, Australia Greg Hunt, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Digital Health Agency Tim Kelsey, Secretary, Department of Health, Australia Glenys Beauchamp along with delegates from Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, United Kingdom, US and WHO. UNI
The Minister was addressing at the Global Digital Health Partnership Summit at Canberra, Australia on Monday, an official statement said here.
He informed that there were four major areas where India had implemented digital technology in healthcare.
“Towards improving health service delivery, towards improving compliance of people towards health and care, engaging citizens in partnering with government for planning and management of health services delivery and Improving governance”, the Minister added.
Speaking about some of the initiatives of the Health Ministry, he said that India’s National Health Portal provides authentic information related to healthcare to citizens.
“Total web users for national health portal till date are over 2.6 million and over 2.2 million calls were made by citizens. Content of the portal is currently available in six Indian languages- and it is planned to add six more languages,” Mr Nadda elaborated.
Those present at the summit were Minister of Health, Australia Greg Hunt, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Digital Health Agency Tim Kelsey, Secretary, Department of Health, Australia Glenys Beauchamp along with delegates from Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, United Kingdom, US and WHO. UNI
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