NATIONAL DIGITAL HEALTH BLUEPRINT REPORT (NDHB)

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• IT enabled schemes in health sector like Ayushman Bharat Yojana, Reproductive Child Healthcare, NIKSHAY etc. are benefitting the patients at right time with right service delivery.
  
  
• Now, there is a need to ensure convergence across these IT systems to monitor and provide health services in a robust and efficient manner.
  
  
• In this background, Ministry of Health has initiated efforts in the direction of a comprehensive, nationwide integrated e-Health system under National Digital Health Blueprint.
  
  
• The vision of NDHB is to create a National Digital Health Eco-system that supports Universal Health Coverage (UHC) through provision of a wide-range of data, information and infrastructure services, duly leveraging open, interoperable, standards-based digital systems, and ensuring the security, confidentiality and privacy of health-related personal information.
  
  
• It will strengthen the Digital India and accelerate efforts towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC).