About Us
‘eSanjeevani’, is a web-based comprehensive telemedicine solution. It is
modelled on ‘Sanjeevani’ – HIE Divisions’ flagship integrated telemedicine
solution. ‘eSanjeevani’ too extends the reach of specialised healthcare
services to masses in both rural areas and isolated communities. Besides enhancing
quality of medical services, addressing issues pertaining to uneven distribution
and shortage of infrastructural as well as human resources, eSanjeevani
also aims to make healthcare services equitable by bridging the digital divide that
exists between the urban vs. rural, rich vs. poor etc. eSanjeevani can
also be used to provide medical education to interns, people across various Common
Service Centres(CSCs), etc.
Telemedicine Technology
Telemedicine refers to the use of electronic communication technologies to provide
clinical care. Telemedicine enables a physician or specialist at one site to deliver
e-health, diagnose patients, give intra-operative assistance, provide therapy or
consult with another physicians or paramedical personnel at a remote site. The aim
of Telemedicine is to provide expert-based health care to understaffed remote medical
sites and to provide advanced emergency care through modern telecommunication and
information technologies. There are many different disciplines in telemedicine such
as Teleradiology, Telepathology, Teleconsultation, Teleconferencing and Telepsychiatry.
Telemedicine can be defined as the investigation, monitoring and management of patients,
using systems which allow ready access to expert advice and to patient information,
no matter where the patient or relevant information is located. Telemedicine involves
the online transfer of records, on-line help and home care from one location to
another. Earlier there were face-to-face communications that were free flowing and
spontaneous. But these days through telemedicine the patients and doctors can interact
through videoconferencing to another doctors sitting at another site. Increasingly,
computer technology will allow much of the work currently being carried out in hospital,
to be carried out in people's homes, in an effort not only to improve the efficiency
and standards of patient care, but also to reduce its cost drastically.
Telemedicine is not another technology but a process that focuses on the individual
to provide greater access and increased knowledge on e-health. It empowers the individual
to manage his/her own personal e-health, and integrates information to allow the
smooth flow of services and products throughout the health care system. There are
four main components of Telematics, all of which are applicable to e-health:
* Remote database access/update
* Tele-monitoring
* Tele-Video Conferencing
* Case Handling/Message Passing
Benefits of Telemedicine
Telemedicine can benefit isolated communities and areas where access to specialized
care is difficult or near to impossible. In terms of attaining equitable health
care in remote and isolated areas, telemedicine software applications are of particular
interest in several ways:
* Physician referrals can be reduced by as much as 80% by connecting
primary care physicians to specialists.
* Can improve access to specialty care in some areas, particularly
in rural and hilly areas.
* Can improve the quality of care to patients through more timely
delivery of medical services to the point of care.
Contribution of C-DAC Mohali - Telemedicine Division
* Sanjeevani
* e-Sanjeevani
Telemedicine application named Sanjeevani has been upgraded to a web based application
e-Sanjeevani (using .Net Technology). e-Sanjeevani is a result of core R&D effort
in the area of Healthcare, Medical Informatics at C-DAC Mohali, India, developed
state-of-art telemedicine technology software package named "Sanjeevani"
in-house under the expert guidance of the doctors in PGI. Telemedicine Application
"Sanjeevani" deployed at following location in India:
* PGIMER Chandigarh
* AIIMS New Delhi
* SGPGI Lucknow
* IGMC Shimla
* PGIMS Rohtak
* SCBMC Cuttack
Our second effort was establishing telemedicine sites at different locations in
the state of Himachal Pradesh, which is a remote and hilly state of India. C-DAC
Mohali is further working on implementation of telemedicine technology in rural areas of
Punjab.