HEALTH PROFESSIONAL REGISTRY (HPR)

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• The module for doctors from all systems of medicines and their onboarding is already in place in the Health Professional Registry.
  
  
• Now with this nation-wide roll out of the Nurse Module, nurses providing health services across modern and traditional systems of medicine can also enroll on Healthcare Professional Registry.
  
  
• Going forward, NHA plans to enroll more categories of health professionals like Para-medicals, grass-root level community health workers (ASHAs), medical support staff, allied healthcare professionals etc. in the registry.
  
  

Health Professional Registry (HPR)

• Health Professional Registry (HPR) is a comprehensive repository of all healthcare professionals involved in delivery of healthcare services across both modern and traditional systems of medicine.
  
  
• HPR is a core building block of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).
  
  
• Through HPR, healthcare professionals can onboard onto India’s digital health ecosystem and connect to patients to healthcare providers or vice versa with last mile coverage.
  
  
• Benefits of HPR include unique and trustable identity, online presence and discoverability along with telemedicine and unified digital services.
  
  

National Health Authority (NHA)

• The National Health Authority (NHA) is the apex body of the Government of India leading the implementation for Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) in coordination with different ministries/departments of the Government of India, State Governments, and private sector/civil society organizations.
  
  
• NHA also implements the flagship scheme, Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY).