HP and Narayana Health join hands to expand eHealth Centres in India

HP and Narayana Health, one of India’s leading healthcare providers, have announced that they will work together to expand the number of HP Cloud-enabled eHealth Centres in India, to deliver quality, affordable healthcare services to more people living in the country’s resource-deprived locations.

eHealth Centres are rapidly deployable healthcare facilities, powered by HP’s cloud-enabled solution. They are built to connect patients in remote areas, who could not previously afford or access healthcare, to receive remote consultations and diagnoses from physicians and specialists. Housed in shipping containers or existing facilities, each eHealth Centre is customized and fully equipped with cloud-integrated diagnostic equipment, HP Workstations and videoconferencing.

Narayana Health will serve as a healthcare partner in this initiative to implement, operate, run and manage newly-established eHealth Centres for providing primary healthcare to patients, and addressing healthcare delivery and awareness challenges in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities.

“Addressing the challenges of providing quality and affordable healthcare to patients in rural India requires a New Style of IT. HP cloud-enabled technology, which is central to eHealth Centres, is helping to change the dynamics of the healthcare system in India. By working with organizations like Narayana Health, we are able to expand the eHC program to more parts of India,” said Neelam Dhawan, Vice-President & General Manager, Enterprise Group and Country Managing Director, HP India.

The phased implementation program will build on the successful pilot program Narayana Health and HP launched in Paryadanga in April 2014 to establish five eHealth Centres in Karnataka and West Bengal. The organizations plan to install up to 20 eHealth Centres over the next 18–24 months. The equipment and training will be provided by HP, and Narayana Health will create awareness and understanding about the program locally through outreach camps, public awareness campaigns and healthcare education programs.