DIMAPUR, AUGUST 18 (MExN): The e-Sanjeevani tele-consultation platform for the state of Nagaland is now available. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) with the support from Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) launched eSanjeevani, a national telemedicine platform to virtually connect patients, irrespective of where they live with qualified and skilled health providers.
In Nagaland it was launched on August 6 by the Health Minister, Pangnyu Phom. The USAID’s flagship health system strengthening project NISHTHA, implemented by Jhpiego is supporting the state of Nagaland for operationalization of HWCs and smooth implementation of eSanjeevani Tele-Consultation in the state. The Nagaland Health Department has said that it endeavours to strengthen the service delivery through the eSanjeevani application by providing requisite training and other support to the health care workers at the facility level.
The Tele-Consultation platform has 2 modules. One is Community Health Officers (CHOs) to Doctor-to enable patient assisted consultations by the CHOs to the Doctors at the HWCs (eSanjeevani AB-HWC). Patients requiring treatment should visit the Health and Wellness Center-SC, whereby necessary examination and investigation will be done and tele-consultation can be initiated through the Community Health Officers.The other is Patient to Doctor which allows patients to consult doctors from the comfort of their homes (eSanjeevani OPD). For Patient to Doctor Consultation, the application can be accessed using the web page http://esanjeevaniopd.in. It can also be accessed by downloading the android/IOS based eSanjeevani OPD applicaton from Play Store.
e-SanjeevaniOPD Flow Chart
