Bed management system: ‘Emulate Kerala dashboard’

Three-member committee submits its report to BBMP chief

The three-member committee, which was formed to make the Central Hospital Bed Management System (CHBMS) transparent and plug loopholes, has recommended that the portal be developed on the lines of the dashboard of the government of Kerala. The committee submitted its report to Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta on Friday. According to highly placed sources, the committee recommended an overhaul of access control, a security audit, generation of daily reports and analytics, and improvements to the existing portal. Kerala’s dashboard is data driven and provides daily reports, details on active cases, vaccinations, hotspots and community kitchens. “Many features from Kerala’s dashboard can be incorporated. Right now, CHBMS is just reflecting availability of beds under government quota in various healthcare facilities. It may require some work to develop new interfaces,” said a source.