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In
India, the commissioner of family welfare
in a state implements various programmes
relating to the health and well-being
of citizens, including mother and child
healthcare and family planning services.
The
basic health services in rural areas are
available through primary health centres,
managed at sub-centres by multipurpose
health assistants. These assistants play
a key role in delivering various services
related to ante-natal care, immunisation
and family planning plus other health
programmes of the department of health
and family welfare.
CMC's
Family Welfare, Health Information and
Monitoring System (FHIMS) has application
software modules for primary health centres
(PHC), district medical and health offices,
offices of commissioners of family welfare
and the office of director of health.
FHIMS
modules
The functions performed by the system
are:
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System
for monitoring family welfare activities |
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Revised
National Tuberculosis Control Programme |
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National
Leprosy Eradication Programme |
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National
Programme for Control of Blindness |
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National
Anti Malaria Programme |
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School
Health Programme |
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Gastroenteritis/cholera/diarrhoea
monitoring |
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Disease
statistics |
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Personnel
information system |
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Stores
monitoring system |
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Infrastructure
and equipment |
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Monitoring
of vehicles |
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Budget
monitoring system |
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Joint
programme with associated institutions |
Technical
architecture, hardware and software platforms
FHIMS
is based on a decentralised client-server
architecture in order to facilitate independent
functioning of all units. Pentium servers
are located at the district head office
and the state head office; the grassroots
level operations are handled on a Pentium
processor client running in a Windows
environment with Oracle as the database.
The application is developed in Microsoft
Visual Basic. The connectivity between
the head office server and the client
at the PHC is based on Ethernet LAN using
dialup lines.
Other
elements: client server architecture;
dial-up network; PCs at primary health
centres; servers at district headquarters;
and Oracle and VB platforms.
Network
connectivity for FHMIS
FHIMS
hardware / software profile
| Hardware –
server |
Compaq
Proliant at primary health centres |
| Operating
system – server |
Windows
2000 Server |
| RDBMS
– server |
Oracle
9i |
| Hardware –
slient |
Compaq
Deskpro |
| Operating
system – slient |
Windows
2000 Professional |
| RDBMS
– slient |
Oracle
8i |
| Application
software |
Visual
Basic 6.0 |
| Network
topology |
Star |
| Programming
languages |
Visual
Basic 6.0 |
Strengths
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Provides
the multipurpose health assistants
and others with information that allows
them to provide more effective service
to villagers. |
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Eliminates
duplicate and inconsistent records. |
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Provides
up-to-date and accurate information
to officers at higher level
to monitor and enhance the performance
of the department. |
Experience
CMC
has a specialised core team at our R&D
Centre (HMS Group) and at our regional
office (System Integration Group) at Hyderabad,
working for development and enhancements
of the FHIMS product line.
Case
study
FHIMS
for the Directorate of Health, Andhra
Pradesh
Client
reference list
The Directorate of Health, Andhra
Pradesh
Benefits
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The
system helps in the effective analysis
of the data flowing up from the grassroots
level (multipurpose health assistants)
to the top brass (commissioners of
family welfare and director of health) |
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Reduces
the burden of record maintenance and
thus enables the department to concentrate
on delivering quality healthcare. |
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Captures
healthcare data at the habitation
level in electronic form, thereby
ensuring accuracy and reliability. |
Contact
Head
- eGov
CMC
House
C-18, Bandra-Kurla Complex
Bandra (East)
Mumbai - 400 051
Tel: 022-26591000-2
Fax: 022-26591046
Email: egov@cmcltd.com
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