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* V. Srinivas is an IAS offi cer of 1989 batch, presently serving as Deputy Director Administration, AIIMS New Delhi
DIGITAL
The successful implementation of the AIIMS e-Hospital Project and the AIIMS OPD Transformation Project, transformed AIIMS to India’ s first fully digital public hospital
Building strong Institutions is one of the major objectives of Good Governance. The Digital India initiative represents a landmark in ushering in the First Digital Revolution in Health Care at AIIMS. The successful implementation of the AIIMS e-Hospital Project and the AIIMS OPD Transformation Project, transformed AIIMS to India’ s first fully digital public hospital. In 16 months of implementation since the launch in July 2015, the
AIIMS e-Hospital project has had the largest footprint of Digital India projects. The creation of a patient friendly hospital has benefitted 35 lac patients till date, reducing wait times at the Hospital by nearly 6 hours, brought transparency to OPD appointments; created digital medical records and represents a sustainable and replicable model for hundreds of India’ s Hospitals.
The very name invokes images of crowds, a sea of humanity that is
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