How Health Information Technology (HIT) Is Slowly Changing Health Care In Central Government Health Services(CGHS): Perspective

Health information technology (HIT) is now a day's part and parcel of health care system. By the increasing use IT in health system, it is providing giant leap in treating doctors/physicians in terms of beneficiaries/patient electronic health record (EHR) that adds in diagnosis. National Informatics Centre (NIC) has been playing pivotal role in implementing and maintaining its services at grassroots level. With the rapid increase in no of card holders and beneficiaries with limited resources, HIT was unmet need for Central Government Health Services (CGHS), but HIT is not embraced in broad way in CGHS system. All the wellness centers (WC), polyclinics and other system of medicines are not linked with NIC even after years of implementation of IT in health system. HIT has to play pivotal role in CGHS, so redesigning and its application to hasten the services of Central Government Health Services (CGHS) is necessary.