Dharamsala: In view of the importance of Digital health in the rural community where there is no easy access to doctors and hospitals, the Health Department has begun a telemedicine pilot project at 3 settlements (Miao, Bhandara and Tezu). The training and the live consultation sessions of Tibetan Telemedicine services and Health Information System (HIS) monitoring were held from 14th to 16th October 2021 at Tibetan Primary Health Centre, Miao Choephelling Tibetan settlement.
Inaugurated by the settlement officer Tenzin Chokden, the training was attended by TPHC Miao Executive secretary Tenzin Lhawang, and nurses from Bhandara and Tezu clinic. The Telemedicine training funded by PRM, USA was for the duration of two days given by karma healthcare experts. On the first day of training, the participants were given a brief introduction on the concepts of telemedicine, its legal framework in India followed by a demo session of web-based karma -TVHA platform and a One-on-one training session for the participants where they were trained on the software, it’s usage, troubleshooting and to access the nursing skills needed for the telemedicine consultation. The second day was an open practice session where the participants were given complete live exposure on how to conduct a telemedicine consultation with real doctors and patients.
CTA’s Health Department believes that the Tibetan Telemedicine Services can give the community the care and allows the treatment of patients without the need for an in-person visit at Multispeciality Hospitals. The last day of the training focuses on monitoring and evaluating EHR data and assess their problems and resolves issues.
-Filed by the Department of Health