A Deloitte Playbook To Fight COVID-19 At Home
Deloitte on Thursday said that it is making available a playbook, to help district administrations address the rising threat of the Omicron COVID variant.
The protocols outlined in the playbook can enable governments to quickly scale the health care support and resources required to address surges in COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) cases, as per the official statement.
This ‘plug and play’ model recommends supervised home-based care that communities can easily adapt to assist those who are medically able to recover at home.
The playbook builds upon the learnings gained from Niti Aayog, “Sanjeevani Pariyojana”, a supervised, virtual home care initiative launched in Karnal, Haryana, India in May 2021 as well as Deloitte’s experience in South Africa.
During the peak of the second wave, the Government of Haryana and Deloitte initiative had helped the people of Karnal quickly access healthcare at home, effectively bringing the fatality rate down by 50 per cent, the statement added.
“The Deloitte playbook helps bring supervised healthcare to people at home, thereby ‘extending the medical ward.’ When implemented, it brings much needed medical care and resources to rural, under-served and hard to reach communities,” said Deloitte Global CEO, Punit Renjen.
"This ‘fit-for-purpose’ approach will yield a model that enables broader health equity with access to critical health resources. I am convinced that wider adoption of the model will address long-term healthcare challenges at reduced costs. This is true for India and the world," he added.
