Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Harsh Vardhan on August 9, 2020 presided over a review meeting with States/UTs on the “eSanjeevani” and “eSanjeevani OPD” platforms.
Basic Facts eSanjeevani and eSanjeevani OPD
The eSanjeevani is being implemented under the Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centre (AB-HWCs) programme.
This eSanjeevani platform has enabled two types of telemedicine services viz. Doctor-to-Doctor (eSanjeevani) and Patient-to-Doctor (eSanjeevani OPD) Tele-consultations.
It is planned to implement tele-consultation in all the 1.5 lakh Health and Wellness Centres (as spokes) in a ‘Hub and Spoke’ model, by December 2022.
1.5 lakh tele-consultations were completed on the tele-medicine service platforms of the Health Ministry.
In a short span of time since November 2019, tele-consultation by eSanjeevani and eSanjeevani OPD have been implemented by 23 States (which covers 75% of the population) and other States are in the process of rolling it out.
The national telemedicine service has completed more than 1,50,000 tele-consultations enabling patient to doctor consultations from the confines of their home, as well as doctor to doctor consultations.
States have identified and set up dedicated ‘Hubs’ in Medical Colleges and District hospitals to provide tele-consultation services to ‘Spokes’, i.e SHCs and PHCs.
Owing to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Health Ministry launched the second tele-consultation service enabling patient-to-doctor telemedicine through ‘eSanjeevani OPD’.
