Proposed E-Health Service Model by using Smart Phone Apps for Uttarakhand

For E-HEALTH initiatives in Uttarakhand the proposed EHEALTH service model may allow better sharing of health information among multiple government departments, locally as well as at a distant location. But without coordination of different departments in Uttarakhand we cannot setup good ehealth solutions. Priorities of Uttarakhand government for providing E-HEALTH facilities to rural areas are yet to be fulfilled. At present stage less budget from state government for health, and lack of coordination have triggered down trend in health services in rural and hilly areas of Uttarakhand This paper reviews use of ICT applications at different locations in our country and also try to provide a model for Uttarakhand province. Some suggested services using ICT and smart phone apps in healthcare are explained in this paper also. Use of smart phone apps to communicate health associated alerts using SMS services and collect information from rural areas suggested here in this paper.