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Working Groups for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012)
Health Informatics including Tele-Medicine
Dated 25th May, 2006
In the context of formulation of the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-12), it has been decided to set up a Working Group on Health Informatics including Tele-Medicine under the Chairmanship of Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. The composition of the Working Group is as follows:
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Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi. |
Chairman |
2. |
Secretary (Health), Government of Himachal Pradesh |
Member |
3. |
Secretary (Health) Govt, of Andhra Pradesh |
Member |
4. |
Representative of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Administration |
Member |
5. |
Shri Rajeev Lochan, Director (Health), Planning Commission, New Delhi |
Member |
6. |
Shri K.M. Gupta, Director, Ministry of Finance, New Delhi |
Member |
7. |
Representative, Communication and Information Division, Planning Commission, New Delhi |
Member |
8. |
Representative of Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi |
Member |
9. |
Representative of Ministry of Information and Technology and Communication, New Delhi |
Member |
10. |
Representative of Department of Space, New Delhi |
Member |
11. |
Representative of Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, New Delhi |
Member |
12. |
Representative of Apollo Hospital, New Delhi (Telemedicine) |
Member |
13. |
Chief Director (M and E), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi |
Member |
14. |
Director, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Shillong |
Member |
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Dr. Arvind Pandey, Director, National Institute of Medical Statistics, ICMR, New Delhi |
Member |
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Ms. Ganga Murthy, Economic Adviser, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi |
Member |
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Dr. (Mrs.) M. Bhattacharya, Head of Department of Community Health Administration, National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi |
Member |
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Dr. Shashi Kant, Professor, Centre for Community Medicine, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi |
Member |
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Dr. K.K. Aggarwal, Past President, Delhi Medical Association, New Delhi |
Member |
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Dr. Y.P.Gupta, Health and IT Consultant, New Delhi |
Member |
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Representative, EPOS Health Consultants, New Delhi |
Member |
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Director, Central Bureau of Health Intelligence, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi |
Member Secretary |
2. The Terms of reference of the Working Group will be as under:
- To assess the availability and quality of data , their accuracy and reliability and problems in making estimates. Methods for improvement in 11th Plan period.
- To review the present Health Management Information System(HMIS), its capability to provide up-to-date information for effective timely response to policy makers and implementing agencies so as to make HMIS an integral part of National Rural Health Mission.
- To suggest modification in policies, priorities and programmes during 11th Plan period , New initiatives and strategies such as tele-medicines etc., so to improve quality and coverage of services at affordable cost and also cope with existing, reemerging and new challenges in diseases, emerging problems of non-communicable diseases due to increasing longevity, life style changes and environmental degradation;
- To indicate Manpower requirement and financial outlays required for implementation of these programmes during the 11th Plan period.
- To deliberate and give recommendations on any other matter relevant to the topic.
3. The Chairman may form sub-groups and co-opt official or non-official members as needed. The Working Group will submit its report by 31st August, 2006.
4. Shri Rajeev Lochan, Director (Health), Room No. 463, Planning Commission, Yojana Bhawan, New Delhi will be the Nodal Officer for all further communications.
5. The expenditure on TA/DA in connection with the meetings of the Working Group in respect of the official members will be borne by the parent Department /Ministry to which the official belongs as per the rules of entitlement applicable to them. The non-official members of the Working Group will be entitled to TA/DA as permissible to Grade I officers of the Government of India under SR 190 (a) and this expenditure will be borne by the Planning Commission.
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