Electronic health and medical records for comprehensive primary healthcare in India

摘要

India contributes to 18% of the global population. How India performs in delivering comprehensive primary healthcare (CPHC) will contribute towards the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals 3.7 and 3.8 targets of universal health coverage. In India, under the National Health Mission (NHM), CPHC is delivered through a medical officer who manages a primary health centre catering to 20 000-30 000 population (50 000-60 000 in an urban setting). With the help of village-level frontline workers, an auxiliary nurse-midwife (ANM) caters to a population of 3000-5000 (10 000 in urban settings). An ANM manages 12-15 data registers and one person's data are recorded into multiple registers. Service indicators are manually generated every month and fed into the electronic health management information system (HMIS).