The Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medicine and Educational Research (Jipmer) is considering adoption of futuristic applications such as medical drones where unmanned aerial vehicles are used to deliver medicines and other aid in disaster scenarios or distributing blood components to remote areas in an emergency.
Launching an integrated “IT Wing” in line with the guidelines of the Government of India to streamline web-based programmes, Jipmer Director S.C. Parija said the institution mooted a range of IT applications, including cyber clinics.
Cyber clinics in the West were providing patients with awareness on preventing data breach, Dr. Parija told The Hindu . Health kiosks, cloud management and online medical education courses were also mooted, Dr. Parija said. Jipmer established the IT wing as per the Centre’s guidelines framed under the Digital India push. The modalities were finalised on the recommendations of an IT Advisory Committee consisting of external experts from NIC, Puducherry, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry Engineering College, and BSNL.
Nodal officer
A Jipmer press note said Dr. Ravi Kumar Chittoria had been made the nodal officer of the IT wing. Apart from an IT wing committee to guide the activities, a 24/7 helpline will soon be launched to resolve day to day IT issues.
JIPMER has already initiated a ‘GIGW based Jipmer website’, additional 100 Mbps NKN connectivity in Karaikal cmpus, “dial Jipmer service”, “patient-attendant tele-interaction service in ICUs” and tele-monitoring of sick patients.
