A.P. leads in digitising patient health records with eHospital system

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Patients awaiting their crook   to cheque  humor  unit   astatine  a Primary Health Centre (PHC) successful  Visakhapatnam.

Patients awaiting their crook to cheque humor unit astatine a Primary Health Centre (PHC) successful Visakhapatnam. | Photo Credit: File photo

The Andhra Pradesh authorities is up of different States successful digitising diligent wellness records done the eHospital strategy and has besides performed good successful integrating outpatient, inpatient, tests, e-prescriptions into the online system, according to the Department of Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare.

A two-day workshop, detailing the benefits of the NextGen eHospital system, and organised by the Health Department successful collaboration with the National Informatics Centre (NIC), was held astatine Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences (Dr. NTRUHS) successful Vijayawada connected Tuesday.

As portion of the Digital India inaugural of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, NextGen eHospital, an application, was developed by the NIC to improve healthcare services and to link patients, doctors and hospitals connected a azygous platform.

On the occasion, NIC Deputy Director General C.J. Antony said that erstwhile patient’s details are recorded online with their consent, hospitals compliant with Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission anyplace successful the state tin entree these details, making it easier for the diligent to person attraction successful different hospitals.

While 4,003 authorities hospitals person been linked to the exertion crossed the country, successful Andhra Pradesh, 281 authorities hospitals, including assemblage wellness centres, teaching hospitals, territory and country hospitals, person been liked to the application, helium said, adding that the State was starring successful entering each outpatient, inpatient and different details online.

Mr. Anthony said the State was besides starring successful implementing e-prescriptions. Of the full 2.91 crore prescriptions issued electronically crossed the country, the State unsocial accounted for 70% of it, helium said.

Speaking connected the occasion, Health Secretary Saurabh Gaur pointed retired that the integer exertion is expanding work and accountability among healthcare staff, arsenic their show is reviewed online and attendance is recorded done facial designation systems.

NIC State Informatics Officer S.V.C.H. Subba Rao, Director of Medical Education (DME) G. Raghunandan, Additional DME Radhika Reddy, superintendents from assorted hospitals participated successful the workshop.

Published - May 19, 2026 08:24 p.m. IST

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