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AIIMS starts telemedicine-based cancer consultation programme

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Tie-up connects AIIMS with Sher-E-Kashmir Institute, Cuttack Cancer Hospital

A part of initiatives to connect 100 networked hospitals, medical institutions all over the country
Will also develop e-learning, online learning resource centre for oncology, radiotherapy, other specialty departments

NEW DELHI: Working towards anytime-anywhere medicine, the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences here on Tuesday inaugurated its telemedicine-based cancer consultation and follow-up programme.

The tie-up has connected the Institute’s Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital with the Sher-E-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, and the Regional Cancer Hospital, Cuttack.

“This telemedicine-node will be a part of the overall telemedicine initiatives at AIIMS to connect and offer consultations to around 100 networked hospitals and medical institutions all over the country. The facility will provide emergency on call consultation for the networked institutions, regular scheduled telemedicine consultation and tele-education and continuing medical education lectures, teaching and training programmes,” said Dr. Manoj K. Singh, officer in charge of the telemedicine facility.

The facility will run a telemedicine consultation clinic and develop a knowledge management system wherein all the relevant information consultation videos, archive of cancer treatment information, images, multimedia information and database of patients will be stored, retrieved and disseminated.

Time-saving

This facility will also develop an e-learning, online learning resource centre for the oncology, radiotherapy and other specialty departments. Continuing medical education programmes will be scheduled and offered to the doctors of remote hospital and institutes on this network.

“On offer will be tele-consultations from the AIIMS faculty and consultants for the cancer patients from any part of the country, doctors from remote areas will get help in diagnosis and treatment plan from experts, unnecessary travel by the patients can be avoided, patients will incurs less cost, waiting time can be shortened, early detection and intervention, patient follow-up from remote places, continuing medical education and training of remote health workers and rural area doctors,” added Dr. Singh.

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