ICT Solution for Managing Electronic Health Record in India

Abstract

Government of India is planning to spend 2.5 percent of GDP in Public Healthcare during Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017). It has been well recognized by the Government that IT would play a major role in achieving the intended health goals and improving the overall health status and services in India. Individuals' health data is the key source for Government to assess the healthcare status of the country. This paper proposes an ICT (Information Communication and Technology) solution to capture, manage and track individual's health data in a phased manner. This health data will be exposed to various health management information systems for further usage and analysis. Analytics on data will help in tracking health goals against measurable targets, real time disease surveillance, in pattern analysis and in identifying community needs of healthcare services. Proposed scalable, reliable and highly economical solution is primarily based on open source software and commodity hardware.