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Healthcare IT

E-governance in Jammu and Kashmir hospitals soon

By Anshupriya Jha | 7 June 2011

The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to introduce e-governance in State-run hospitals in a bid to provide better services to the people. It would also ensure transparency and streamline their operations.

E-governance would first be introduced in Government Medical Colleges at Srinagar and Jammu and associated hospitals such as Gandhi Nagar Hospital, Jammu and Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Hospital, Srinagar.

The decision was taken at a joint meeting convened recently by Minister for Medical Education R.S. Chib and Minister for Health and Family Welfare Sham Lal Sharma. It was after the IT Department made a detailed power point presentation before the Ministers focusing on the benefits of implementing such a system in the hospitals. The Ministers agreed that it will rationalise the functioning and improve patient care greatly.

They directed the Principal Secretary, Health and Medical Education Department, Suresh Kumar, to immediately work out the required modalities with the National Informatics Centre and the IT Department before finalising a proposal to the same effect.

Once the system is installed, the IT Department would maintain and be fully responsible for its operations for at least a year or till such time that necessary manpower is trained.

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