Jipmer rural well being centre is now NQAS licensed

The Jipmer Rural Health Centre (JRHC) at Ramanathapuram, underneath the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine (P&SM), has obtained the National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS) certification.

A press be aware mentioned the JRHC was the primary Health and Wellness Centre (HWC) within the Union Territory of Puducherry to obtain NQAS certification, marking a major step in strengthening high quality major well being care supply within the area.

The JRHC secured a rating of 91.05% throughout the rigorous national-level exterior evaluation underneath the National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS) framework, developed by the National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC) underneath the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The NQAS, a national-level accreditation system that evaluates the standard of public well being amenities throughout India, assessesed efficiency throughout eight crucial domains — service provision, affected person rights, inputs, help companies, medical care, an infection management, high quality administration, and outcomes. Facilities assembly these requirements are licensed for his or her skill to ship secure, efficient, and patient-friendly healthcare.

According to Jipmer, an NQAS-certified establishment is authorised to show the NQAS emblem, turns into a benchmark for high quality major care, and likewise stands to obtain monetary incentives to maintain and improve high quality enchancment initiatives.

The Jipmer Urban Health Centre (JUHC), Kurussukuppam, too excelled in its State-level assessments and would bear the forthcoming national-level analysis.

Vir Singh Negi, Jipmer Director, counseled the division and mentioned the agricultural and concrete well being centres embody Jipmer’s built-in method to community-based well being companies and coaching.

The certification achievement can also be attributed to a collaborative and multidisciplinary method that concerned outreach programmes and telemedicine contributions from varied Jipmer departments, equivalent to Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Endocrinology, Cardiology, Pulmonology, Ophthalmology, Psychiatry, and Emergency Medicine.

According to the press be aware, the agricultural well being centre in Ramanathapuram, is a 24X7 facility catering to over 11,200 residents throughout 4 villages — Ramanathapuram, Thondamanatham, Thuthipet, and Pillayarkuppam, whereas the city well being centre in Kurusukuppam, serves a inhabitants of round 9,000.

Both centres function as Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres, delivering a complete bundle of major well being care companies. In addition to routine outpatient and emergency care, antenatal, little one, and immunisation clinics, they provide specialised companies, equivalent to high-risk being pregnant, NCD, adolescent, geriatric, psychological well being, dental, ophthalmology, and tobacco cessation clinics.

Over the years, the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine has pioneered greatest practices, such because the Family Health Advisory Programme, Family Folder System for group well being data, WHO Geriatric Care and Teleophthalmology initiatives. Moreover, a number of mannequin outreach initiatives have strengthened each rural and concrete major well being methods, Jipmer mentioned.