Part of: GS Prelims and Mains II – Govt schemes and initiatives; Health
Context: India has crossed a landmark milestone in its eHealth journey. 2,26,72,187 served through eSanjeevani in Ayushman Bharat-Health and Wellness Centres across the country.
About eSanjeevani
It is a national telemedicine service that offers tele-consultations enabling patient to doctor consultations from the confines of their home, as well as doctor to doctor consultations.
This eSanjeevani platform has enabled two types of telemedicine services viz. Doctor-to-Doctor (eSanjeevani) and Patient-to-Doctor (eSanjeevani OPD) Tele-consultations
The former is being implemented under the Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centre (AB-HWCs) programme.
The telemedicine platform is hosting over 40 online OPDs, more than half of these are speciality OPDs which include Gynaecology, Psychiatry, Dermatology, ENT, Ophthalmology, antiretroviral therapy (ART) for the AIDS/HIV patients, Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) etc.
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eSanjeevaniOPD now enables creation of Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA), which will facilitate access and shareability of health data with consent of the beneficiary, with participating healthcare providers and beneficiaries as per Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).
eSanjeevani is an exemplification of the ‘Make in India’ initiative as it has been developed indigenously
