The Indian Experience Of ICT Utilization In Healthcare Services Provision– A Review Of ICT Initiatives In Healthcare Access And Delivery.

Abstract

The first quarter of the present century has seen growing of use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in healthcare, especially in developing countries like India. In response to the improvement in public health systems made possible by more people using ICT, new technologies for providing healthcare services have been created. In order to utilize ICT in healthcare facilities, the report of the Steering Committee on Health, which was created by the Planning Commission and released for the 12th Plan (2012–2017), said that all health sub-centers, primary health centers, community health centers and district hospitals should be linked to premier tertiary care centers for telemedicine through Skype, WebEx, Google meet and other similar real time audiovisual platforms. The study's main goal is to look at how information and communication technology (ICT) has changed India's health care systems over time and how increasing their use of ICT could make them more accurate, accessible, and efficient. This paper will discuss the growing trend of using information and communication technology (ICT) to run health care systems and how we can use ICT in a smart way to make health care provision easier for everyone. The study's results will likely be used by policymakers, administrators, managers and others involved in healthcare delivery to shift people's behavior toward seeking better healthcare services and meet the growing demand for high-quality healthcare.

In rural India, the primary healthcare system is structured according to population density, with one primary health center (PHC) for every 30,000 people (20000 in tribal and hilly area) and one sub-center for every 5,000 people (3000 in tribal and hilly areas). With 24,375 doctors on duty at PHCs, the doctor-to-population ratio in rural areas is 1:34,000. The global standard, established by the World Health Organization (WHO), is far lower at 1:250.