Mentor’s Comment:

Mention how compiled data helps in Health Care. Data generated in hospitals, clinics, pharma companies, insurance companies, drug stores etc. should be scientifically analyzed to create technology solutions that improve clinical outcomes. Mention its various features and benefits.

Further, talk about the National Health Resource Repository launched by Union ministry of health and family welfare to register authentic, standardized and updated geo-spatial data of all public and private healthcares. Mention its features and significances.

Bring way forward mentioning the growing concerns in health care, National Health shall generate real-world intelligence to identify gaps in health and service  ratios,  and  ensure  judicious  health  resource  allocation  and  management.

Model Answer:

How Complied Data Helps in Health Care:

• Copious amounts  of healthcare  data  is  generated daily  by  various  stakeholders  in the  healthcare  ecosystem like hospitals,  clinics,  pharma  companies,  insurance  companies,  drug  stores,  diagnosis  centres,    as  part  of  their business operations.
• Healthcare Data  analytics  enables  this  data  to  be  scientifically  analyzed  to  create  technology  solutions  that improve  clinical  outcomes,  operational  efficiency,  healthcare  financing,    It benefits both the healthcare industry as well as patients.
• Unprecedented amount  of  data  and  if  curated  well,  it  can  have  far-reaching    It can be used for comparative effectiveness research or understanding which treatments work in the real world rather than just in clinical trials.
• Treatments and interventions can be highly contextualized to local conditions. It can be used to advance personalized or precision medicine.

National Health Resource Repository:

• The Union  ministry  of  health  and  family  welfare  has  launched  the  first  ever  registry  in  the    Registry  of authentic, standardised and updated geo-spatial data of all public and private healthcare.
• It’s being prepared by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI).
• The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is the project technology partner for providing data security.
• It will now be possible to provide comprehensive data on all private and public health establishments and other resources, including Railways, Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), defense and petroleum healthcare establishments.

Significance:

• To provide  comprehensive  data  on all  health resources including private  doctors,  health  facilities,  chemists, and diagnostics  labs,  establish  a  National  Health  Resource  Repository  for  evidence-based  decision  making  –  aligned with Digital India mission.
• It shall also enhance the coordination between central and state government for optimization of health resources, making ‘live’ and realistic state Project Implementation Plans (PIPs).
• It will  improve  the  accessibility  of  data  at  all  levels,  including  State  Head  of  Departments,  to  decentralize  the decision making at district and state level.

Way forward:

With growing concerns in health care, National Health shall generate real-world intelligence to identify gaps in health and service ratios, and ensure judicious health resource allocation and management.  It  shall  identify  key  areas  of improvement  by  upgrading  existing  health  facilities  or  establishing  new  health  facilities  keeping  in  view  the  population density, geographic nature, health condition, distance, etc.