Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Ayushman Bharat digital mission on Monday to provide people with digital health IDs, which will contain their health records. The Prime Minister announced the Ayushman Bharat digital mission pilot project on the wall of the Red Fort on August 15, 2020. Currently, Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission is in the pilot phase in six alliance territories. Its national promotion coincides with the National Health Administration celebrating the third anniversary of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY).

Based on the foundation laid by the trinity of Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and Mobile (JAM) and other government digital initiatives, Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission will make appropriate use of openness by providing extensive data, information, and infrastructure services according to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). , Interoperable, standards-based digital system, while ensuring the security, confidentiality and privacy of health-related personal information. The PMO stated that this will allow citizens to access and exchange their vertical health records with their consent.

The key component of Ayushman Bharat’s digital mission includes each citizen’s health ID, which will also be used as their health account, which can be linked and viewed with the help of mobile apps, health care professional registry (HPR) The Registry of Records and Healthcare Facilities (HFR), which will serve as a repository for all healthcare providers in modern and traditional medical systems. This will ensure convenience for doctors, hospitals and healthcare providers to conduct business.

The Ayushman Bharat Digital Task Sandbox, created as part of the mission, will serve as a framework for technology and product testing, helping organizations including private participants to become part of the national digital health ecosystem and become a health information provider PMO, or health Information users may effectively link with the building blocks of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission. It said that this task will create interoperability within the digital health ecosystem, similar to the role of a unified payment interface in the payment revolution. It added that citizens can access healthcare facilities with just one click.

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