Indian Health & IT ministries come together to give tech muscle to national health programmes

03rd July 2019
Indian Health & IT ministries come together to  give tech muscle to national health programmes
The Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH, Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha and the Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Ajay Prakash Sawhney signing an MoU for planning and development of AYUSH GRID Project, in New Delhi on July 1, 2019.

New Delhi, July 3 2019: The Indian Ministry of AYUSH (MOA) and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) will advise and give technical support to MOA for planning and development of the  AYUSH GRID Project.
Taking forward the National Health Policy 2017  the Ministry of AYUSH aims to  digitize the entire AYUSH leading to transformation in field of health care delivery at all levels, and for  greater research, education, delivery of various healthcare programmes and better drug regulations.
Secretary AYUSH Vaidya Rajesh  Kotecha said the AYUSH GRID will be beneficial for all stakeholders of AYUSH including citizens of the country and in turn will help to achieve various national and international goals in healthcare.
Secretary, MeitY Ajay Prakash Sawhney detailed  the various MeitY led Health initiatives such as e-Hospital, e-Aushadhi, e-Rakt Kosh, Online Registration System (ORS) and e-Shushrut for digitizing the internal workflows and processes of hospitals enabling the efficient and online delivery of Health care services across the country. MeitY has also sponsored a number of R&D projects for development of Medical Electronics Devices and Systems such as Medical and Imaging equipment, establishing centre of excellence in medical electronics. MeitY has also launched an online information guide called Vikaspedia, a portal for the various social sectors including Health and it offers information in 23 languages.

MeitY has also sponsored a number of R&D projects for development of Medical Electronics Devices and Systems such as Medical and Imaging equipment, establishing centre of excellence in medical electronics. MeitY has also launched an online information guide called Vikaspedia, a portal for the various social sectors including Health and it offers information in 23 languages.