The Rajya Swasthya Portal

Problem Statement

Fragmented systems of procurement and supply chain management leading to wastage of public funds. In many public supply systems, breakdowns regularly occur at multiple points.

Programme Description

Madhya Pradesh has decentralized procurement policy (Drug Policy 2009), wherein rate contracts are done centrally and procurement is done decent rally by the drawing and disbursing officers at district level. The Rajya Swasthya Uparjan Portal introduced aims at procuring the most cost-effective items in the right quantities, selecting reliable suppliers of high-quality products, ensuring timely delivery and achieving the lowest possible total cost.

Programme Outcomes

1. Users: Implemented in 51 District hospitals, 51 CMHO stores, 53 Civil hospitals, 51 District Malaria officers, 326 CHC, 764 PHC, 833 drug distribution corners, 29 Urban PHC, 18 Directorate of Medical Education nodes, 4 Gas Rahat hospitals and Commissioner/Director Directorate of Handloom Bhopal users.
2. Online inventory: Equipment in 1710 health facilities is 20,693, with 83% uptime.
3. Equipment maintenance: Module on the uparjan portal to keep track of the activities of outsourced third party for equipment maintenance. Out of 18,886 calls of equipment maintenance received, 18774 have been closed.
4. Budget Outflow: The one to one mapping of drugs and equipment to FMR code has led to saving whilst ensuring purchase of only mapped items against the allocated budget.
5. Payment efficiency and Supplier participation: Marked increased.
6. Rate contracted items: The rate contracted drugs and consummables increased.
7. Lead time of supply: Improvement in the lead time of supply.

Scalability

Portal has several modules which have been implemented till PHC level and can be scaled.

Implementation Partner

CDAC Noida.

Financial Implication

There is lesser expenditure on drugs, equipment and consumables, however availability, of drugs and consumables and uptime of equipment has increased.

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