Govt approves scheme to create Electronic Health Records for patients

She said the objective of the IHIP is to keep the medical records of patients in digital form which could be accessed by the patient as well as providers as and when required. “IHIP will help exchange of clinical data among providers irrespective of the hospital site visited by the patients,” she said.

IHIP will be implemented in a phased manner. In phase one, IHIP will be implemented on a pilot basis in two states, two central government hospitals, AIIMS New Delhi and one private hospital by 2017. “On successful implementation of the pilot phase, IHIP will be rolled out pan India,” the Minister said.