Page 13 - Informatics, July 2020

IN FOCUS

Patients
• Patient mobile is verified
• Patient Geolocation is captured
• Patient gets SMS based information of SRF
ICMR
• Single solution for country-ensure uniformity
• Ease of Maintenance in case of SRF changes The RT-PCR Mobile app has helped the Him-
• Single point of integration with ICMR data achal Pradesh Government in correct data captur-
ing of all RT-PCR samples/ tests in the State, for
SRF forms which are generated from the App and • Data is available on a real-time basis to ICMR further use in containment and contact tracing
sent to the Labs with samples. • Helpful for ICMR to interact with single tech. of Covid19 pandemic. The results are promising,
team considering the very few Covid19 cases in HP. I
Benefits of using RT- PCR app at • Contact tracing and identification of sensitive complement the DG, NIC and State NIC Team in de-
the national level zone is possible veloping the mobile app and Covid19cc.nic.in por-
tal in a very short time under difficult and trying
RT-PCR Features Laboratories authorized by ICMR conditions. I am also happy to note that the entire
• Authentication with User Mobile/ OTP for Test Results country is using it for RT-PCR samples data.
• Checking authorization of Users’ mobiles • Laboratories can download day-wise lists of R. D. Dhiman IAS
• Patient Mobile/OTP and Geo-tagging samples with SRF sent to them
Additional Chief Secretary
• Less than 60 seconds to complete on Speci- Miscellaneous Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of HP
men Referral Form v.11
• MIS for SSO and DSOs at State/District level
• Repeat Test data from ICMR
• Data download facility in Excel/ PDF main so that the Collection Centres can check
• Online access to ICMR for all collected data
• Search data based on SRF ID or patient mobile whom to contact in their State/District for getting
• PDF print option of SRF form and SMS to Pa- • NIC technical support in country up to District their Collection Centre white listed along with the
tient to view SRF authorized list of sample collectors/testers with
level
• Record saving option available after OTP mobile phones, who will be using these mobile
• Audit trail of authorized users & samples col- Apps. The task was completed in a record time
• Skip OTP Feature for patients without mobile lected of just 2 days for both the mobile apps all over
and to enable offline entry
• Robust Infrastructure to handle large loads the country.
• Delayed data entry option after Mobile Verifi- with redundancy The portal has been improvised over the two
cation months and several reports have been provi-
Onboarding Process through Covid19 Collection
• Extensive Help manuals, FAQs, Movie, Presen- sioned based on the feedback of State Health Of-
tations Centre Portal at https://covid19cc.nic.in ficials, Collection Centres, Sample Collectors and
In order to quickly set up a mechanism for au- GoI requirements.
Advantages of using RT-PCR App thorizing users for RT-PCR and Rati mobile apps,
a web portal https://covid19cc.nic.in has been Portal features
Sample Collectors/ Collection Centres developed. No separate user IDs are required to • Responsive and simple interface
use this portal. All State Health Department offi-
• Easy to use, takes about 1 minute to fill 1 SRF cials, Deputy Commissioners, State/District Sur- • Email-based User IDs/Passwords on NIC do-
form main
veillance Officers, Chief Medical Officers, Nodal
• SR Form can be filled from Patient location or officers from State NIC offices and all DIOs have • Role-based access for State/ District users
away from patient location been onboarded in this portal through their offi- • MIS reports for National/ State/ District Ad-
• SR Form can be partially filled at the location cial email Ids on existing NIC domains. The lists ministration and Health officials based on
and completed later of these Power users are available in public do- their role
• Avoids duplicity as data can be directly entered
into App instead of writing on a paper
• SR Form can be printed in office for sending
with Sample to Laboratory
• One Mobile App ensures that everyone is aware
and can help other sample collectors
Sanjay Kumar
Sanjay Sharma
Ajay Chahal
Rachna Srivastava
Sandeep Sood
• Day wise data download facility in Excel or PDF, Dy. Director General Dy. Director General Sr. Technical Director Sr. Technical Director Sr. Technical Director
showing complete/ pending forms rachna@nic.in ajay.chahal@nic.in sandeep@nic.in sanjay.kmr@nic.in sanjaysharma@nic.in
Covid-19 Special Issue informatics.nic.in 13