Integrated Health Information Platform launched in HP

IHIP is being set up in six states of India. IHIP is real time, village wise, case-based electronic health information system with GIS tagging which will help in prompt prevention and control of epidemic-prone diseases, the spokesperson of the health department said.

In 2016, the Centre had informed Parliament that the move behind setting up IHIP was to enable the creation of interoperable health records which can be made available and accessible throughout the country.

At the launch event, the health department spokesperson said information from other branches like the tuberculosis control programme, maternal and child health programme and non-communicable disease programme also will be included in this platform.

This way, he said, all the authentic information required in the health department would be available at one place for ease of patients, data users as well as health planners.