IEP Chandigarh, April 5
In order to provide transparent and better and quick health services to the people in Haryana, today, Haryana Health and Family Welfare Minister Sh. Anil Vij launched a portal and a software. Sh. Vij launched the online portal for empanelment of private hospitals here today and now the process of empanelment of private hospitals will be online and online empanelment certificates will be issued to the Private Hospitals. Similarly, Sh. Vij also launched the Randomization and Real Time Inspection Software (Drug Wing) of the Food and Drug Administration Department for inspection of drug licensee’s institutions. Haryana is the first state in the country to launch this software. He said that Haryana Government is committed to provide best healthcare facilities to its employees, pensioners & their dependents, especially tertiary & super-specialty healthcare facilities. The same is facilitated through empanelment of private hospitals in addition to government health institutions. To ensure highest quality standards, only JCI/ NABH accredited hospitals are taken on the panel, since 2017. There is no fee for empanelment.He informed that Presently, the applications for empanelment are submitted in hard copy, in DGHS office by hand or by post. The applications are taken on file and processed at various levels, starting from clerk to final approval by Hon’ble Health Minister. There were reported delays in processing of files due to various reasons, such as submission of incomplete application/ invalid documents by applicant hospitals, postal delays, undue communications for completing the application, loss of documents during such communications etc. It also created unrest among applicant hospitals due to non-availability of tracking system for the status of their applications, leading to undue visits to DGHS office or higher offices. He said that health department has developed an online portal for processing applications of private hospitals for empanelment with Haryana Govt. The empanelment portal was unveiled by Hon’ble Health Minister, Haryana on 05.04.2023 from his office in Haryana Civil Secretariat. The applications with complete set of required valid documents will be submitted on the portal. Login I’ds have been created at 4 levels: PM branch (ASMO/DD), DGHS, ACS (Health) and Hon’ble HM for processing and subsequently, for approving/ rejecting the applications. The online empanelment portal enables efficient, quick processing of applications as well as facilitates real time tracking, currently 423 private hospitals on panel The online empanelment portal will enable efficient and expeditious processing of such applications. It also has feature of real time tracking of the application. The shortcomings, if any, will be highlighted on the portal for rectification by applicant hospitals. There will be no requirement to visit any office. It also has Dashboard for authorities to monitor the functionality/ pendency of applications; along with Dashboard for users (State Govt. employees/ pensioners) with complete information regarding each empanelled hospital e.g. period of empanelment, scope of services, no. of beds, details of doctors, etc. The ‘online empanelment portal’ is another example of Haryana Government’s commitment towards proficient, transparent and swift service delivery. At present, there are 423 (211 multi-specialty and 208 single specialty) private hospitals on the empanelment of the state government.
