Lakhs of employees working under the Central Government and their families get the benefit of the CGHS scheme. Now there is a big relief for the people and hospitals getting treatment under this central health scheme. Now, according to the new rule, it will not be necessary to upload the Geo-tagged photo of the patient on the portal every day during treatment. The government had earlier made it to prevent fraud; however, now relief has been given in this rule.

The new rule issued by the Central Government has reduced the burden on both patients and hospitals. Because in earlier times, many times the photo had to be taken and uploaded, clear information has been given on when and how to take and upload photos in elderly, emergency and referral cases.

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Rule of Geo-Tagged Photo

In the year 2024, the government made a rule that hospitals will have to upload geo-tagged photos of every patient (IPD – In-Patient) daily. In OPD cases, it was necessary to upload the photo on the same day. Although this caused many problems for people,

Now, according to the new rules of the Ministry of Health, the need for geo-tagged photos is not the same in all types of IPD and OPD cases. The need will be decided based on the condition of the patient and the type of referral.

IPD – Referral Case

If a patient is admitted through referral and his referral is valid and uploaded on the NHA portal, then the hospital has been exempted from uploading any geo-tagged photo of that patient.

IPD – Non-Referral Case

In such a case, the hospital will have to upload two geo-tagged photos of the patient. The first photo has to be uploaded at the time of admission, and the second photo at the time of discharge. If the patient is admitted for more than 7 days, then one photo has to be uploaded every 7th day.

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OPD – With Referral or Endorsement

If the patient is taking OPD service under a valid referral or endorsement, then there is no need to upload any geo-tagged photo.

How to upload photos?

  • The Health Ministry has given some important rules for uploading photos, which must be followed.
  • Take the photo from a smartphone or tablet, make sure that it has a location (geo-tag) attached to it.
  • Upload this photo on the CGHS portal within 24 hours.
  • The size of a photo should not exceed 1 MB, so that the network does not slow down.
  • Hospitals will have to save a copy of every photo for 90 days.