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CMC
makes it possible to monitor the health
of the people of a state online, and improve
family welfare delivery systems
The
product
FHIMS: Family
Welfare and Health Information Monitoring
System
An application software with modules
for primary health centres (PHCs), district
medical and health offices, offices of
commissioners of family welfare (CFW)
and the office of the director of health
(DH).
The
client
The Directorate
of Health, Andhra Pradesh
The department that implements various
programmes relating to family welfare,
including mother and child healthcare
and family planning services in a state.
The
Department of Health and Family Welfare
of the government of Andhra Pradesh wanted
to evolve an effective strategy to capture
basic healthcare data of its citizens.
The data was to be captured at the point
of generation, and proper records maintained,
including feedback and evaluation of the
various projects / programmes (like anti-TB,
malaria control, etc) undertaken by the
health staff. The Commissioner of Family
Welfare implements various family welfare
programmes, including mother and child
health care and family planning services
in the entire state of Andhra Pradesh.
Details
Study, design, develop and implement
a comprehensive software solution for
computerising the operations of the department
of health and family welfare.
Technical
architecture
FHIMS is based on a decentralised
client-server architecture in order to
facilitate independent functioning of
all the units of the department; facilitating
information flows from lower units to
higher units and vice versa. Senior officers
consolidate information at higher units
from time to time, for analysis and decision-making.
Pentium
servers are located at the district head
office and the state head office. The
grassroots level operation is done on
a Pentium processor client which runs
in a Windows environment, with Oracle
as the database. The application is developed
on Microsoft Visual Basic.
The
connectivity between the head office server
and the client at the PHC is based on
an Ethernet LAN, using dial-up lines.
Benefits
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The
system helps in the effective analysis
of the data flowing up from the grassroots
level (PHC) to the top brass (CFW
and DH) |
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Reduces
the burden of record maintenance at
all levels, and enables the department
to concentrate on delivering quality
health care. |
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Records
health care data at the habitation
level in electronic form, thereby
ensuring accuracy and reliability. |
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