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Distance Healthcare Advancement (DISHA)

last updated Feb 20, 2012

Overview

Implementing organization: 
ATNF, DHAN, ISRO, Philips India
Implementation Partner(s): 
Apollo Hospitals
Year Launched: 
2005 - 2006 (pilot)
Stage: 
Existing/expansion stage
Income Level of Target Population: 
Bottom 20%, 20-60% (lower to lower-middle)

Funding

Funders: 
ATNF, DHAN, ISRO, Philips India

Technology

Technology Used: 
Remote Diagnostic Tool
Technology Purpose: 
Extending Geographic Access

Scale

Number of Clients Served: 
targetted 275 million (actual figures are not available)
Summary: 

The DISHA (Distance Healthcare Advancement) project is an initiative of Apollo Hospitals, Philips, ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) and the Dhan Foundation. The goal of DISHA is to deliver high-quality, low-cost diagnostics and care to low-income rural communities that are not addressed by the existing health care system.

Key program components: 

DISHA is a telemedicine initiative that provides long distance health care to the under-served population through a mobile tele-clinical van. The van is equipped with an ultrasound machine, an X-ray, a defibrillator and an ECG machine, as well as dedicated doctors and other para-medical staff from Apollo Hospitals. The hospital has also ensured the availability of specialist doctors and operational staff at its hospital to facilitate multi-specialty consultations for patients visiting the mobile tele-clinical vans. Aided by technology and service minded medicare professionals, the van will offer superspeciality and speciality tele-consultation, lab facilities, onsite consultation and secondary and tertiary care where needed.

DISHA will travel to identified locations once a week and is expected to cover a population of 750000 in phase one. DISHA wants to enhance access to primary health care services to the approximately 275 million people in India who live on around $1,000 to $2,000 a year.

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