Ayushman Bharat-Digital Mission: Digital registration of all medical facilities starts

Highlights:

• The Union Health Ministry has launched digital registration of all medical facilities and all doctors under the Ayushman Bharat-Digital Mission in order to digitise health records.
• Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
• Under this initiative, government hospitals have been asked to procure Hospital Information Management System software.

• Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 27, 2021.
• Under this mission, every Indian will be provided a unique health ID which will also work as a health account, with which personal health records can be linked.
• Mission will create interoperability within digital health ecosystem, on the lines of role played by the Unified Payments Interface in revolutionizing payments.
• Citizens would be able to access healthcare facilities by a single click.

• 1.Health ID
• Under this mission, health ID will be issued for every citizen, which will work as their health account. 
• Their health account will contain details of test, disease, doctors visit, medicines taken and diagnosis. 
• It will be provided free of cost and will be voluntary. 
• This card will help in conducting analysis of health data and lead to better planning, budgeting and implementation.
• 2. Healthcare Facilities & Professionals’ Registry
• This programme will create Healthcare Professionals’ Registry (HPR) and Healthcare Facilities Registry (HFR), in order to allow easy electronic access to health infrastructure and medical professionals.
• 3. Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission Sandbox
• Under the mission, Sandbox mission will be crated. 
• It will act as a framework for technology and product testing.