Satyam to offer healthcare platform with Oracle's support
for telemedicine projects in rural areas
Posted AtPharmaBiz
The Hyderabad-based IT major,
Satyam Computer Services Ltd is ready to deploy its
web-enabled healthcare platform which is built on the
Oracle's Healthcare Transaction Base (Oracle-HTB). Oracle
has provided this software free of cost to Byrraju Foundation.
This solution, coupled with telemedicine enables the
physician to access the medical records of patients'
in remote villages and provide medical consultation,
without the doctor having to physically travel to these
villages. Consultation is facilitated by a trained health
worker at the village end who provides the basic parameters.
With over 78 per cent of the medical practitioner operating
out of cities and towns rural India which is home to
over 70 per cent of country's population is deprived
of quality medical care. A combination of telemedicine
and Oracle HTB which has been customised for primary
health care and special interventions such as diabetes,
hypertension, school health, mother and child healthcare
etc. enables non-resident doctors to provide medical
attention at a time convenient to the consultant and
patient.
This solution is initially being deployed in the 150
villages where the Byrraju Foundation, a non-profit
organisation is presently working.
Corporates and non-profit organisations who deploy this
solution will have access to a system that enables building
patient records, history of illness, patient visit schedules,
medicine administration schedule and others that can
be customised to suit the requirements of that particular
client.
Doctors and consultants, who may not be present at remote
locations, will have complete online access to the patient
records and history of illness and can prescribe the
right medicines and schedules on the tool itself. The
tool will then prompt the field staff to administer
the dosage accordingly.
By using Oracle HTB, the company has ensured that the
entire system will comply with the industry required
HL7 compliance (Health Level 7). HL 7 is the industry
standard for the exchange of clinical data in the hospital
environment.
Commenting on the launch of the platform Ram Mynampati,
president, Healthcare and Commercial Businesses said,
"The telemedicine platform is an example of utilising
technology to reach out to people in remote places.
By ensuring simplicity and compliance we have built
a robust, system on the tested Oracle HTB platform.
This solution is now made available to our several clients
in the provider and public health space to enable their
remote applications backed with technology."
Satyam's Healthcare practice has developed unique integrated
industry solutions by leveraging its established competencies
in public health, pharma, providers and payer space.
The company has approximately 1000 associates, globally,
dedicated to this practice and seven of the global top
ten pharma companies are part of its client base
The Electronic Health Records solution, from the company's
Healthcare practice, will work on Healthcare Partner
Financial Application, Healthcare Partner Clinical Application,
and Healthcare Partner Administrative Application. This
solution will thus enable the company to focus on key
healthcare providers across various geographies to cater
and exceed the varied needs of providers across the
globe.
January 09, 2006
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