{"id":2125,"date":"2022-07-23T10:11:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T04:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/?p=2125"},"modified":"2022-07-27T08:50:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T03:20:55","slug":"decoding-echs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/2022\/07\/23\/decoding-echs\/","title":{"rendered":"Decoding ECHS"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Before ECHS came into being health care for ex faujis was simple . One simple command &#8220;<em><strong>Report to the nearest MH<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; did it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Post ECHS, we nave so many terms , MH, polyclinic, empanelled hosp, non empanelled hospitals, OPD ,IPD, labs ( empanelled and non empaneled) and so on. <em><strong>A person from a cantonment like Mhow , more often than not\u00a0 ended up having to go to touch every base , in the right order at the right time for right test or treatment at the right price.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ECHS , in typical fauji style issues one short paragraph letters preceded by one page of references to previous correspondence over past decade.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The notice boards overflows with just the &#8216;current&#8217; changes while the Red Book on ECHS rules has more amendments than original pages.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are many attempts to compile these letters , in the form of web links , apps , folders and so on.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Sourcedot.com has come out with an app\u00a0 that can be accessed from <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.sourceinfosys.echsbenapp\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I have installed,\u00a0 but have not been able to register.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ECHS web site has all the policy letters uploaded but there are too many letters and many are scanned documents not legible enough to read.<\/p>\n<p>A link <a href=\"https:\/\/echs.gov.in\/MedPolyRefrral.html\">here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2128 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-23-09.52.29-1024x684.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-23-09.52.29-1024x684.png 1024w, https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-23-09.52.29-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-23-09.52.29-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-23-09.52.29-1200x801.png 1200w, https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-23-09.52.29.png 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>One Veteran has gone to GitHub to upload these letters, a valiant attempt to keep track of the policies that mutate faster than COVID 19 virus.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In my view, this is the best available platform today.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2129 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-23-09.56.11-1024x684.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-23-09.56.11-1024x684.png 1024w, https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-23-09.56.11-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-23-09.56.11-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-23-09.56.11-1200x801.png 1200w, https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screenshot-2022-07-23-09.56.11.png 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/echscoregroup.github.io\/Helping-Hands-For-ECHS\/\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Incidentally, GitHub is a site used by software developers to keep track of versions.<\/p>\n<p>then there are videos on youtube, where you can take your pick ; available in both English and Hindi. A few samples here.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ADVISORY ON DISCHARGE FROM AN EMPANELLED HOSPITAL\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2DU5r1mMRDs?list=PLZEoitLISbkNP9eis3REZMQgt7zoHJ4-z\" width=\"600\" height=\"415\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Refer from ECHS to Private Hospital Changed | \u0905\u092c ECHS \u0930\u0947\u092b\u0930\u0932 \u0938\u093f\u0938\u094d\u091f\u092e \u0939\u094b \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0906\u0938\u093e\u0928 |Latest ECHS Rules\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HSeBolBtPLo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is more complexity in health policies sold by private insurance companies. Yet , they manage to condense their terms and conditions in 4-6 pages requiring no reference documents. It&#8217;s a different matter that sometimes the terms are literally condensed to micro print that they are hardly readable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>Why can&#8217;t we have ONE annual issue of a single document to spell out the rules for that year ?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Comments welcome.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before ECHS came into being health care for ex faujis was simple . One simple command &#8220;Report to the nearest MH&#8221; did it. Post ECHS, we nave so many terms , MH, polyclinic, empanelled hosp, non empanelled hospitals, OPD ,IPD, labs ( empanelled and non empaneled) and so on. A person from a cantonment like &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/2022\/07\/23\/decoding-echs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Decoding ECHS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":1,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[93,94],"class_list":["post-2125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-army","tag-echs","tag-health-care"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2125"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2158,"href":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125\/revisions\/2158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sibha.in\/RR\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}