About Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission:
- It was launched to build a comprehensive digital health ecosystem for the country.
- The mission aims to develop the backbone necessary to support the integrated digital health infrastructure of the country.
- Time Period: The flagship scheme was launched with an outlay of ₹1,600 crore for 5 years from 2021-2022 to 2025-2026.
- Key Components of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission:
- Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) Number: It is a 14 digit health ID for hassle-free method of accessing and sharing your health records digitally.
- Healthcare Professionals Registry (HPR): It is a comprehensive repository of all healthcare professionals involved in delivery of healthcare services across both modern and traditional systems of medicine.
- Health Facility Registry (HFR): It includes both public and private health facilities including hospitals, clinics, diagnostic laboratories and imaging centers, pharmacies
- Health Information Exchange and Consent Manager (HIE-CM): It empowers citizens to securely access and share their health records, ensuring that data exchange is driven by informed consent.
- Unified Health Interface (UHI): It is envisioned as an open protocol for various digital health services. UHI Network will be an open network of End User Applications (EUAs) and participating Health Service Provider (HSP) applications.
- National Health Claims Exchange (NHCX): It enables exchange of standardized health claim-related information between payers, providers, beneficiaries, and other relevant entities.
- It is implemented by the National Health Authority under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
