E-sanjeevani

Why in news?

• Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare presided over a review meeting with States/UTs on the “eSanjeevani” platform.
• Launched in 2009, it has been used extensively during current covid-19 crisis.

About E-sanjeevani:

• 'eSanjeevani', is a web-based comprehensive telemedicine solution.
• It is developed by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) .
• The eSanjeevani platform enables two types of telemedicine services viz. Doctor-to-Doctor (eSanjeevani) and Patient-to-Doctor (eSanjeevani OPD) Tele-consultations.
• 'eSanjeevani' extends the reach of specialized healthcare services to masses in both rural areas and isolated communities.
• eSanjeevani is a platform independent, browser-based application facilitating both doctor-to-doctor and patient-to-doctor tele-consultations.
• It has a user-friendly interface which facilitates both tech savvy and novice doctors/users in the rural and urban environment to access the application.
• eSanjeevani can also be used to provide medical education to interns , people across various Common Service Centers (CSCs), etc.
• eSanjeevani's Comprehensive Electronic Medical Record (EMR) includes demographic and other patient data like clinical examination reports, physical examination reports along with patient's medical history, family's medical history, etc.
•  eSanjeevani also enables import and export of complete patient record including images, files etc.

PRELIMS QUESTION

Consider the following statements regarding “E-sanjeevani” platform:
1.'eSanjeevani', is a web-based telemedicine solution. 
2.It has been developed by Tata consultancy services.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a)1 only
(b)2 only
(c)Both 1 and 2
(d)Neither 1 nor 2

Answer to Prelims question