Google Cloud partners Karnataka government to improve critical care

Google Cloud and eGovernments Foundation along with the directorate of health and family welfare Karnataka has launched the first TeleICU hub at KR Hospital in the presence. 10BedICU is a program managed by the eGovernments Foundation and conceived during the pandemic to create ICUs (intensive care units) in government hospitals across the country, especially in rural and remote areas. The objective of the 10BedICU program is to create a hub-and-spoke model where specialists from medical colleges manage the 10BedICUs in remote taluka hospitals that are connected to a TeleICU Hub. In Mysore, the TeleICU hub in K R Hospital is connected to peripheral taluka government hospitals in Nanjangud, HD Kote, Santhemarahalli, Malavalli and Virajpet.

Technology provides the backbone of the 10BedICU program. Efficient and streamlined patient care at each 10BedICU is made possible by eGovernments Foundation’s CARE platform, a cloud-based open source patient management tool, as well as a smart capacity management software and patient management software.