Rajasthan
'Prasav Watch' application received 'National Public Health Excellence Award'
- 29 Jul 2023
- 2 min read
Why in News?
On July 27, 2023, at the 'National Health Tech Innovation Conclave' held at a local hotel in New Delhi, the 'Delivery Watch' application of the Health Department of Rajasthan has been awarded the 'National Public Health Excellence Award' at the national level for innovation in the field of medicine.
Key Points:
- On behalf of the National Health Mission, Rajasthan, this honour was received by Housing Commissioner Dhiraj Srivastava and Project Director Dr. Tarun Chaudhary as a representative of Additional Chief Secretary of Rajasthan Health Department Shubhra Singh.
- It is worth mentioning that Rajasthan is the first state in the country where under the National Health Mission, the Maternal Health Department is running a 'Delivery Watch' application for digitized clinical care and monitoring of institutional deliveries being conducted at 360 major high delivery medical institutes of the state.
- Through this, the duty of clinical care and procedures done for deliveries at these medical institutions is done by the staff/doctor on the tablets provided in the delivery room and PNC ward.
- While feeding clinical data on this application, suggestive messages are also displayed real time to the concerned staff in the form of alerts, which include the type of complication likely to occur and the possible steps to be taken to diagnose it.
