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In News: eSanjeevani, Health Ministry’s national telemedicine initiative today completed 9 lakh consultations.

- About e-Sanjeevani
- It is a national telemedicine service that offers tele-consultations enabling patient to doctor consultations from the confines of their home, as well as doctor to doctor consultations.
- The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has launched two variants of e-Sanjeevani namely –
  - e-Sanjeevani AB-HWC which is meant for doctor – to – doctor tele consultations
  - e-Sanjeevani OPD which is meant for patient – to – doctor tele consultation
- The former is being implemented under the Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centre (AB-HWCs) programme.
- The telemedicine platform is hosting over 40 online OPDs, more than half of these are speciality OPDs which include Gynaecology, Psychiatry, Dermatology, ENT, Ophthalmology, antiretroviral therapy (ART) for the AIDS/HIV patients, Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) etc.
- E-Sanjeevani OPD (out-patient department) is a telemedicine variant for the public to seek health services remotely; it was rolled out on 13th of April 2020 during the first lockdown in the country.
- It enables virtual meetings between the patients and doctors & specialists from geographically dispersed locations, through video conferencing that occurs in real-time.
- At the end of these remote consultations, eSanjeevani generates electronic prescriptions which can be used for sourcing medicines.
- Andhra Pradesh was the first state to roll out e-Sanjeevani AB-HWC services in November 2019.
- At present, e-Sanjeev ani OPD is hosting 27 general OPDs and 190 super speciality and specialty OPD. So far e-Sanjeevani OPD has been rolled out by 27 States and UTs.

Benefits of telemedicine

Transportation: Patients can avoid spending gas money or wasting time in traffic with video consultations.
No missing work: Today, individuals can schedule a consultation during a work break or even after work hours.
Childcare/Eldercare Challenges: Those who struggle to find care options can use telemedicine solutions.

Ayushman Bharat:

Launched as recommended by the National Health Policy 2017, to achieve the vision of Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
This initiative has been designed on the lines to meet SDG and its underlining commitment, which is “leave no one behind”.
Aim: to undertake path breaking interventions to holistically address health (covering prevention, promotion and ambulatory care), at primary, secondary and tertiary level.
Includes the on-going centrally sponsored schemes – Senior Citizen Health Insurance Scheme (SCHIS) and Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY).

Ayushman Bharat adopts a continuum of care approach, comprising of two interrelated components, which are: