Tele Homeopathic Project

About the Project:

In the Year 2009, Health Dept. of Govt. of Tripura in association with IL&FS implemented Tele-Homeopathy Project in the state. This project has been effectively utilizing the benefits of information and communication technologies to reach rural masses. This project also aims at providing quality care services to rural patients in the districts of Tripura in an integrated manner where by every case is accounted, classified and closed with a proper solution. Besides, it is being catered to a population of 3,432,000 spread across 10 blocks in four districts. To  increase its reach within the rural masses the IT Dept. has envisaged a plan to roll out this service at a Gram Panchayat level with the help of CSC (Common Service Centre) in Tripura on a pilot basis for the next one year.

  

Initially, this service will start from two Gram Panchayat—Uttar Majlishpur & Nidaya  under Jirania & Kathalia Blocks. VLE’s who run these institutions are being trained by the implementing agency with the help of homeopathy specialist from the state homeopathy college. The training module includes Observation (patient registration, history taking, tele-consultation), Patient registration and Medicine Identification which will be last for the next two weeks. Success of this pilot project depends upon how these VLE’s get themselves proficient enough to understand the patient symptoms & the treatment thereafter.

Service Architecture:

These Centres (currently, which are running in Blocks) are well connected with National Institute of Homeopathy NIH Kolkata & SHH (State Homeopathy Hospital) Agartala with a customized Web based application module designed and developed by IL&FS. This web  enabled module allows the homeopathic pharmacist to capture all the information relevant to the symptoms of the patient after the screening. The patient case history can be seamlessly escalated between the secondary and tertiary care hospital as when required. In order to facilitate seamless online consultation with patients from these Centres across 10 locations a real time consultation facility was established in the outpatient doctor consultation room at Homeopathy Hospital with required video conferencing software and access to module for doctor validation and sending the signed prescription online. Apart from setting up these infrastructures on the ground in 10 locations, the integrator has also set up a mini data centre for maintaining electronic medical records and connectivity network operations centre (NOC) with an ICT enabled real time doctor consultation at homeopathy hospital.

Project Funding:

Dept. of Information Technology of Tripura Government is going to fund the entire pilot phase project for the year ending FY 2011-12. With each patient registration the VLE is going to earn Rs. 10 for the first time and Rs. 5 for every subsequent visit. Medicines will be distributing free of cost at every counseling. These two centers have been selected on the basis of affordability, availability and alternative methods of health care system developed in the following Gram Panchayat.