Unnecessary Referrals: Odisha Hospitals directed to conduct audit prescription
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Cuttack: In order to find a solution to the growing referral traffic at the premier health institutes of the country, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has asked the authorities of Sriram Chandra Bhanja Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) to conduct prescription-audit of the referred patients.
The authorities of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare wrote to the state the Medical Colleges and Hospitals in different states to perform the prescription audit of the patients who are referred from the remote health centres.
This comes after the authorities of the renowned health institutes had audited the prescriptions of the patients referred from primary health centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs) and district headquarters hospitals (DHHs). It was found that the patients referred to medical colleges and hospitals were mostly suffering from common diseases like fever and dysentery.
The authorities of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare wrote to the state the Medical Colleges and Hospitals in different states to perform the prescription audit of the patients who are referred from the remote health centres.
This comes after the authorities of the renowned health institutes had audited the prescriptions of the patients referred from primary health centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs) and district headquarters hospitals (DHHs). It was found that the patients referred to medical colleges and hospitals were mostly suffering from common diseases like fever and dysentery.
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