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Real Time Tracking of Aarogyasri Patients
-- Improved Clinical Care Quality
-- Increased Efficiency and Patient Throughput
-- Improved Billing Consistency for care Provided
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2. Introduction
• Aarogyasri is a unique health insurance scheme being
implemented by Government of Andhra Pradesh (GoAP) to
assist the BPL families to meet the catastrophic health needs.
• This is a public private partnership promoted between the
Insurance Company, the private sector hospitals and the State
agencies.
• In 2009 - 2010, around 3,50,000 patients got benefited out of
this scheme.
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3. Process Flow of the Beneficiary Treatment in the
Network Hospital
Step 1
Beneficiaries approach nearby PHC/Area Hospitals/District Hospital/Network Hospital.
Aarogyamithras placed in the above hospitals facilitate the beneficiary. If beneficiary visits
any other PHC/Government hospital other than the Network Hospital, he/she will be given
a referral card to the Network Hospital after preliminary diagnosis by the doctors. The
Beneficiary may also attend the Health Camps being conducted by the Network Hospital in
the Villages and can get the referral card based on the diagnosis.
Step 2
The Aarogyamithras at the Network Hospital examines the referral card and health
card/BPL ration card and facilitates the beneficiary to undergo preliminary diagnosis and
basic tests.
Step 3
The Network Hospital, based on the diagnosis, admits the patient and sends
preauthorization request to the Insurance company and the Aarogyasri Health Care Trust.
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4. Process Flow of the Beneficiary Treatment in the
Network Hospital (continued)
Step 4
Specialists of the Insurance Company and the Trust examine the preauthorization
request and approve preauthorization if all the conditions are satisfied within 12 working
hours.
Step 5
The Network Hospital extends cashless treatment and surgery/therapy to the
beneficiary.
Step 6
Network Hospital after performing the surgery/therapy forwards the original bills,
diagnostic reports, case sheet, and satisfactory letter from patient, discharge summary
duly signed by the patient and other relevant documents to Insurance Company for
settlement of the claim.
Step 7
Insurance Company scrutinizes the bills and gives approval for the sanction of the bill
and shall make the payment within agreed period
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5. Drawbacks of the Existing System and solution
to improvise the same
 Lack of Patient Tracking from the time of Enrolment till the Discharge
 Possibilities for Duplication of Patients and there is lot of scope for such
other malpractices
 Completely Manual System with no proper Real time auditing
and many more of this kind…
Consequences
 Increased Burden on the Government
 Decrease in the number of Beneficiaries
Proposed Solution
Introduction of Automation for “Real Time Patient Tracking” in the
Designated Hospitals through the Central Monitoring Facility.
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6. What is Real Time Patient Tracking ?
“Real Time Patient Tracking is a subset of Context-Aware Healthcare Solution where
the Patient movement is tracked and Recorded for the entire treatment cycle for
improved Customer Satisfaction and Enhanced Resource utilization in a typical
hospital environment”
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7. Real Time Patient Tracking - Overview
Active RFID TAG
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8. Real Time Patient Tracking - Components involved
Active RFID TAG
Wireless RTLS Infrastructure
Standalone Application Software
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9. Active RFID TAG (Wrist Band Type) – Features
This active wristband RFID tag operates at the frequency of 2.45GHz ISM.
 Its output power is 0dBm, the read ranges from 0 to 100m.
 It alerts the authorities when the strap is tampered.
 Encapsulated within a soft, durable and waterproof housing, the tag is very comfortable to wear.
 In addition, this wristband RFID tag features low power consumption and long battery life more
than 4 years.
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10. Real Time Patient Tracking – Infrastructure in Hospital
Localization/ Patient
Location detection
Real Time Tracking
Wireless Receiver
Tagged
Tagged Patient Patient
RTLS Engine along with
Standalone Application software
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11. Real Time Patient Tracking – Application software
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12. Real Time Patient Tracking
– Proposed Layout for Aarogyasri Project (overview)
Hospital 1 This server is Located at a
Central location where the
entire patient Tracking can be
done in Real Time.
Hospital 2 WAN / Server For Real Time
LAN/GSM/ Patient Tracking for all the
GPRS hospitals.
Hospital 3
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13. Real Time Patient Tracking – Benefits
• Increased Efficiency and Patient Throughput.
• Improved billing consistency for care provided.
• Monitoring the Staff Allocation for individual patients
is possible in Real Time.
• Enhanced Billing and Record Keeping.
• Customer Satisfaction – Responsiveness, Lower Wait
times.
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14. Implementation – Financials
• Very Affordable
• Requires very less additional Infrastructure
• Does not harm the operation of any Equipment in the Hospital environment.
• Patient Friendly system
• Can operate even under power failure through battery backup.
Blaze Automation is willing to take up this project for a period of
5 years on BOOT (Built, Own, Operate and Transfer) basis by
charging 2% of the amount spent on Each patient as service fee.
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15. Thank you
Sridhar Ponugupati
ceo@blazeautomation.com
Tel: +91 40 6457 2220
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