NAMASTE portal, data analysis, and understanding of Ayurveda medical records: An initial evaluation

• Published in: Journal of Research in Ayurvedic Sciences Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 119 - 129
• Main Authors: Rani, Aruna, Kumar, Vijay, Prasad, Hari, Mane, Santosh Shantilal, Thrigulla, Saketh Ram, Narayan, Rakesh V., Lavaniya, Vinod Kumar, Goli, Prasad Penchala, Srikanth, Narayanam, Acharya, Rabinarayan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.05.2024
• ISSN: 2456-5601; 2581-9895
• DOI: 10.4103/jras.jras_241_23

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Traditional medicine is a valuable heritage that has enriched people’s daily lives. Globalization requires a common framework for communicating the details of the medical system in various contexts such as medical research, clinical diagnosis, and medical statistics. The acronym of the NAMASTE portal stands for National Ayush Morbidity and Standardized Terminologies Electronic Portal. On the occasion of the second National Ayurveda Day, which was on October 17, 2017, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modiji, launched the NAMASTE portal. It is categorized under initiatives of the Health Information system as it collects data from the related sectors, ensuring health decision awareness programs. The main objective of the NAMASTE portal is to promote the usage of electronic health records across the AYUSH domain. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The portal provides standard terminologies and morbidity codes for Ayurveda, Siddha, and Unani (ASU) to further develop international terminologies and ICD-11. The registered healthcare organizations (HCOs) enter the morbidity data in the statistic dashboard module every month by filling out the Excel sheets of OPDs and IPDs. Based on that, we systematically scrutinized electronic health records. RESULTS: The portal has received the data of 61,92,458 individuals receiving Ayurvedic treatment from the 133 Ayurvedic HCOs registered on the portal. DISCUSSION: Out of the 2888 National Ayurveda Morbidity Codes (NAMC) 2470 were used by HCOs, highlighting the top 10 States using the highest number of morbidity codes. The present paper incorporates statistical data of the Ayurveda medical records from the NAMASTE portal till August 2023, intending to provide statistical data regarding the most prevailing disease in the country.