A dashboard maintained by the BMC for Coronavirus-infected kidney patients helped scores of them immediately secure a dialysis slot. The dashboard also evolved into a valuable tool to track patient outcomes in real-time, generating data for informed decision-making, says a study published in the latest edition of the medical journal Indian Journal of Nephrology. The dashboard was launched in May 2020.

As part of the study, the doctors analysed the Covid-19 patients enrolled via the portal run by the civic body. It was a citywide dashboard for allocation and scheduling of dialysis for Covid-19 patients on maintenance hemodialysis.