NEPAL: Affordable Healthcare for Rural Communities via Tele-health Posts
GEI, with NEOMED, local stakeholders, and local government, has initiated the development of health posts across rural Nepal that leverage low-cost telehealth kiosks to reduce medical costs for locals. These kiosks are clinical databases that standardize diagnoses and treatments, generating higher rates of positive outcomes for patients than current medical systems (often non-existent). Nurses are trained on the kiosk systems and doctors can be video-called via the device for specialized input. This technology could be the answer for standardizing medical care in developing regions across the world. GEI has performed a health baseline analysis to measure its impact.