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SERVICES E-HEALTH ASSISTANCE AND TELECONSULTATION (SEHAT)            

3rd February, 2022 Health

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Context

  • Recently, home delivery of medicines was started under Services e-Health Assistance and Teleconsultation (SeHAT).

 

Details

  • About: Services e-Health Assistance and Teleconsultation (SeHAT) is the tri-services teleconsultation service of the Ministry of Defence designed for all entitled personnel and their families. SeHAT was launched on 27 May 2021. It has been a great example of innovation, especially at a time when the nation is fighting the COVID-19.
  • Objective: It aims to provide quality healthcare services to patients from the comfort of their homes. Safe and structured video-based clinical consultations between a doctor in a hospital, and a patient within the confines of his or her home anywhere in the country, have been enabled.
  • Features: SeHAT stay home OPD is a patient-to-doctor system where the patient can consult a doctor remotely through the internet using his Smartphone, laptop, Desktop or Tablet. The consultation occurs through video, audio and chats at the same time.

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