Shyam Sood
Rajouri, November 3: Associated Hospital, Government Medical College (AH GMC) Rajouri has topped the list of Health Care Facilities of Union Territory (UT) of J&K in token generation (generated 100072 tokens) under the Scan & Share Scheme of Ayushmaan Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).
The National Health Authority (NHA) has introduced QR-Code-based solution in ABDM empanelled facilities to enable patients to scan QR code of the facility and share their demographic details and health records. This minimises the problem of long queues at health facilities and the entry of incomplete and inaccurate data.
Principal GMC Rajouri, Prof. (Dr.) A.S Bhatia; and Medical Superintendent AH GMCH, Dr. Mehmood Hussain Bajar appreciated the concerned staff for their commendable job.
“GMC Rajouri remains committed to providing quality healthcare services to the beneficiaries and in implementing Centrally Sponsored Schemes in the larger interest of patient care,” said Dr. Mehmood Bazar.
“The QRs codes are displayed at multiple places in the waiting and registration area, patients could easily identify them and scan them using their smartphones for faster OPD registration,” said Dr. Mehmood.
There are various ABDM-enabled smartphone Personal Health Record (PHR) players in the market that allow individuals to create their Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) number, link and store their health records against their ABHA number and share them with health facilities for various care purposes.
These applications also enable the scanning of QR codes in the OPD registration area, allowing individuals to transfer their demographic information (name, age, gender, and ABHA number) to the Health Management Information system (HMIS) of the hospital concerned.
The hospital’s HMIS solution consumes this information and generates a token number or queue number for the patients. This token number is then sent to the mobile phone of the patients who can wait at designated areas until their token number is displayed on the overhead screens. Once a patient whose Scan and Share number is displayed on the screen arrives at the counter, the operator retrieves the demographic details from the system based on the token number and prints the OPD card.
This process drastically reduces the wait time for patients; and ensure accurate data entry into HMIS, doing away with the need for patient to stand in incessantly long queues. Patients only visit the counter for any applicable payments and avail of their OPD card.
