Srinagar, Aug 03: The JK SEHAT App, developed by the Health & Medical Education Department, government of Jammu and Kashmir, has emerged as a unified digital platform for providing citizen-centric healthcare services across the Union Territory. It has emerged as a One stop healthcare solution for J&K citizens.
The App supports the vision of accessible, transparent and technology-enabled healthcare by bringing multiple health services together on a single platform. It also complements the objectives of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) by integrating key digital health services for the benefit of citizens.
The JK SEHAT App offers a comprehensive range of digital healthcare services through a single platform. The citizens can book online appointments in public hospitals, generate digital OPD tokens through the Scan & Share service, access tele-consultation and home healthcare services, place medicine orders through registered pharmacies and view their digital health records through ABDM-enabled services.
The App also provides access to blood bank information, ambulance services (102 and 108), health helpline, AI chatbot, health insurance information, drug store services, immunization centres and de-addiction centres among other health care services. In addition, dedicated facilities for medical students, including course information, access to medical resources and references are available on the application making the JKSEHAT Appa comprehensive digital health platform for the citizens and healthcare stakeholders across Jammu and Kashmir.
The people are availing health services across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir with 15.60 lakh citizens registered on the platform. The ABDM-enabled Scan & Share service has facilitated more than 12.37 lakh digital-online OPD tokens being generated, indicating its increasing use by citizens for hassle-free OPD registration. A total of 3,077 healthcare professionals are registered in the App to provide Home Healthcare and Tele-Consultation services resulting in 4,805 services already delivered.
The above mentioned public centric services have exponentially improved due to sustained monitoring, periodic reviews and timely gap redressal under the guidance of Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo.
More than 4000 pharmacy orders raised in the App have been successfully delivered, highlighting the focus on the citizen centric health care delivery.
The government of Jammu and Kashmir is taking sustained measures to enhance the adoption and utilization of the JK SEHAT App as a unified digital health platform for the citizens of the Union Territory.
Under the guidance of the Health & Medical Education Department, coordinated efforts are being undertaken by the National Health Mission (NHM), Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) J&K, Directorate of Health Services Jammu and Kashmir, State Controller Drugs, J&K and other stakeholders to further enhance the user experience and expand the availability of these services.
The Sehat App has been designed to guide and support citizens in accessing healthcare services, especially in remote areas and is aimed at strengthening collaboration between health care providers and citizens. It is a one stop digital solution designed to cater to healthcare needs of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, facilitating easy access to healthcare services.
