Highlights:
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
- ABDM marks the new phase in the 7-year efforts to strengthen the Indian health facilities
- PM Modi said ABDM will bring revolutionary changes in the Indian health facilities
On Monday, the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission via a video conferencing. The pilot project of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission was announced by the Prime Minister from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the Independence Day (August 15) last year.
As of now, the programme is being implemented on a pilot basis in six Union Territories (UTs).
PM Modi said, “Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission has potential to bring revolutionary changes in our health facilities,” and added, “Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission marks anew phase in 7-year efforts to strengthen health facilities”.
Ahead of the launch, the Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said, “On 15th August 2020, PM Modi had announced the mission (Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission) from the ramparts of the Red Fort. I am happy that he is launching it today.
“I believe that this will bring a revolutionary change in the health sector.”
As per the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the nationwide rollout of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission coincides with the National Health Authority (NHA) which will celebrate the third anniversary of the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY).
Even the Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will be present on the occasion.
PMO said that the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission will create a seamless online platform through the provision of a wide range of data, information and infrastructure services, duly leveraging open, interoperable, standards-based digital systems while ensuring security, confidentiality and privacy of health-related personal information.
This Mission will enable access along with the exchange of longitudinal health records of citizens with their consent.
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The release said, “The key components of the Mission include a health ID for every citizen that will also work as their health account, to which personal health records can be linked and viewed with the help of a mobile application; a Healthcare Professionals Registry (HPR) and Healthcare Facilities Registries (HFR) that will act as a repository of all healthcare providers across both modern and traditional systems of medicine.
“This will ensure ease of doing business for doctors/hospitals and healthcare service providers”.
It also said, “Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission Sandbox, created as a part of the Mission, will act as a framework for technology and product testing that will help organizations, including private players, intending to be a part of the National Digital Health Ecosystem become a Health Information Provider or Health Information User or efficiently link with building blocks of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission.
“The Centre believes that the Mission will create interoperability within the digital health ecosystem, similar to the role played by the Unified Payments Interface in revolutionizing payments.
“Citizens will only be a click away from accessing healthcare facilities”.
