Unique kind of digital School health platform Launched in Puducherry
Unique kind of digital school health platform launched in puducherry
What is the news :
Tamilisai Soundararajan, the elected official of Puducherry, has launched a Digital School Health Platform for kids within the Union Territory of Puducherry.
Under the National Digital Health Mission, Puducherry creates a digital public health ecosystem.
By the second week of August, four-building pieces of the digital ecosystem would be established and implemented within the first phase.
These include creating a health identity database for the entire population, like Aadhaar, the ‘Digi doctor,’ a list of health professionals from various medical systems, the National Health Infrastructure Registry, and a private health record for every person who maps past and present data.
About the platform :
The Health Department will enter the private information of all government school children onto a portal to stay track of their health records as a part of this project.
After visiting, schools for medical screening, health care personnel will submit the children’s health information to the password-protected portal.
The Department of Health, Puducherry, and Axis Bank collaborated on this platform.
The entire ecosystem is voluntary, and data privacy and security are integrated into the architecture.
The health details could be accessed by doctors, teachers and parents of students.
Implemented by:
The program, implemented by the National Health Authority and led by the Union Health Ministry.
Aim :
The Program aims to create a robust public health ecosystem that’s citizen-centric and provides a continuum of care supported accessibility and affordability
Benefits :
Screening of students would help determine their nutrition level and help know whether they are anaemic .
Accordingly, early intervention could be done.
the health status of around 2. 4 lakh children would be available on the portal for authorised healthcare professionals to monitor.
the department to include children at Anganwadis also under the programme.