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1. Aravind Eye Care System Management Concepts in Eye care Dr.R.D.Ravindran M.D., Joint Director Aravind Eye Care System, Madurai, India

2. Named after Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, his teachings form the basis for Aravind’s work

4. Most of it is unnecessary … Simple Cataract Surgery Refraction & a pair of spectacles Will restore vision to 75 Lakhs Will restore vision to 24 Lakhs India: Population 110 Crores 1.2 Crore are blind & 20 Crore need eye care – Glasses or otherwise –

7. … developed skills to perform 100 surgeries per day

8. Dr.Venkatasamy’s Vision “ To eliminate needless blindness by providing appropriate, compassionate and high quality eye care to all”

9. Genesis Began here- as an 11 bedded clinic in 1976 Small team with a big mission Money

13. Hospital Based Facilities

14. Core Principles in delivering health care Giving Value Financial Sustainability Efficient Service Reaching the People S y S T E M S & P R O C E S S PATIENT CENTRED CARE S y S T E M S & P R O C E S S

16. Outreach for Speciality Services

17. Outreach for Speciality Services

18. Outreach for Speciality Services

19. Outreach in 2008 No.of Screening Camps 1,442 Patients examined 412,683 Surgeries 98,326

20. Utilization – Study at AECS Only 7% of people with eye problems in village accessed care from eye camps

21. Innovation – exploring newer approaches to deepen the reach into the market

24. Primary Eye Care IT Enabled Centers – 30 in Tamilnadu Wireless connectivity @ 4mbps Marratech Software for tele-conferencing collaboration Examination by Vision Centre Technician Each patient examined at the Vision Centre is discussed with the Ophthalmologist through videoconferencing Consultation with Ophthalmologist at Aravind Eye Hospital

26. Aravind - Operational Model Financial Sustainability Giving Value Efficient Service Reaching the People S y S T E M S & P R O C E S S PATIENT CENTRED CARE S y S T E M S & P R O C E S S

27. Patient Statistics 2007 - 08 Cataract Surgery: 70% is free 285,745 162,845 (57%) 122,900 (43%) Surgery 2,396,100 1,074,783 (45%) 1,321,317 (55%) Out Patient visits Total Free Paying

29. Management Systems

33. Comparison of surgeon productivity

36. Aravind - Operational Model Financial Sustainability Giving Value Efficient Service Reaching the People S y S T E M S & P R O C E S S PATIENT CENTRED CARE S y S T E M S & P R O C E S S

40. Aravind - Operational Model Financial Sustainability Giving Value Efficient Service Reaching the People S y S T E M S & P R O C E S S PATIENT CENTRED CARE S y S T E M S & P R O C E S S

43. Teaching & Training Ophthalmologists Technicians Administrators Affiliations: MCI, NBE, RCO-UK, JACHPO-USA, MGR Medical & MKU Universities

45. Intraocular Lens Division Pharmaceutical Division Suture Division Blades Division Instruments Division

47. Sharing makes you stronger Lions Aravind Institute of community Ophthalmology To contribute to the prevention and control of global blindness through Teaching, Training, Consultancy, Research, Publications & Advocacy

48. Aravind Medical Research Foundation Community based Genetics Microbiology Epidemiological surveys Clinical trials

50. Aravind Eye Care System Eye Bank Hospitals Aurolab Out Reach Research “ Aravind Eye Care System” LAICO IT Training

54. Where change touches many lives … only superficially Courtesy: Dr Allen Foster

55. Pursuing Our Mission Eliminating needless blindness much has been done and much remains to be done . . .

56. “ Intelligence & Capabilities are not enough. There must be the joy of doing something beautiful..” Dr.V Thank You