Other Initiatives

mDiabetes: It is Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s mobile health initiative for the prevention and care of diabetes. M-Diabetes contributes to improving awareness about diabetes and promoting healthy diets and active lifestyle, which are vital for the prevention of diabetes.

• Mera Aspataal: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s ICT-based Patient Satisfaction System (PSS) for implementation in public and empanelled private hospitals. The application has been named ‘मेरा अस्पताल’. A multi-channel approach i.e. web portal, mobile application, Short Message Service (SMS) and Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) is being used to collect patients’ feedback. The application automatically contacts the patient to collect information on patient’s experience in government hospitals.
• Online Registration System (ORS): ORS is a framework to link various hospitals for online registration, payment of fees and appointment, online diagnostic reports, enquiring availability of blood online, etc.
• Safe Delivery Application: Auxiliary Nurse Midwife-Health tool that can be used for health workers who manage normal and complicated deliveries in the peripheral areas. The application has clinical instruction films on key obstetric procedures which can help the health workers translate their learnt skills into practice.
• Mobile Apps: Various mobile apps have been launched, namely-
  • Indradhanush Immunization (for immunisation tracking)
  • India Fights Dengue (enables a user to check Dengue symptoms, get nearest Hospital/Blood Bank information and also share feedback)
  • NHP Swasth Bharat (information on disease, lifestyle, first aid)
  • NHP Directory Services (provides information related to Hospital and Blood banks across India)
  • No More Tension (information on stress management related aspects)