National Health Authority (NHA) on Thursday introduced the profitable onboarding of a couple of lakh authorities and personal well being care amenities within the Health Facility Registry of its flagship scheme Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).
“ABDM is the flagship scheme of government being implemented by National Health Authority (NHA). Health Facility Registry (HFR) which is being built under the ABDM is a comprehensive repository of health facilities of the country across modern and traditional systems of medicine. It includes both public and private health facilities including hospitals, clinics, diagnostic laboratories and imaging centers,” it acknowledged on Thursday.
According to NHA, ABDM goals to create a seamless on-line platform that can allow interoperability throughout the digital healthcare ecosystem. “ABDM has developed building blocks and interoperable APIs (Application Programming Interface) to offer a seamless digital healthcare experience for all stakeholders – health facilities, patients and healthcare professionals. One of the key building blocks is the Health Facility Registry,” it added.
“Our aim is to build a trusted national platform where patients can easily get details of registered healthcare professionals and health facilities across the country. We have seen enthusiastic participation of both public and private sector health facilities which have now become a part of this national registry. Patients can easily search the ABDM network for registered facilities across different systems of medicine like modern medicine (Allopathic), Ayurveda, Dentistry, Homeopathy, Physiotherapy, Unani, Siddha or Sowa Rigpa. Similarly, we have the ABHA numbers for patients and Healthcare Professionals Registry (HPR) for professionals like doctors, nurses and paramedics. These national registries will help in making quality healthcare accessible and affordable for all,” Dr. R.S. Sharma, CEO, NHA stated in a press release.
The NHA additionally claimed that among the many verified amenities, round 97% belongs to authorities sector. The highest variety of verified well being amenities are within the states of Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Assam.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”