Where mental healthcare has been emphasized in the budget. At the same time, through the National Digital Health Ecosystem, a digital record of the health of the citizens of the country will be prepared in a better way.
Health Budget 2022: In Budget 2022, some special measures have also been taken for the healthcare sector. Where mental healthcare has been emphasized in the budget. At the same time, through the National Digital Health Ecosystem, a digital record of the health of the citizens of the country will be prepared in a better way. Experts believe that health identity data will be beneficial not only to consumers but also to health services providers. This will help them to identify what is the trend of health in the country. With this, more and more diseases will also be covered by health insurance. At the same time, it will also be easy to decide the right premium for the insurance cover. However, the medical device industry waiting for relief has been disappointed with the budget.
This benefit will be from health identity data
Ashley D’Silva, Head, Aon India Insurance Brokers Pvt Ltd, says that Unique Health Identity Data will enable insurance providers to better identify health trends over time. The advantage of this will be that in the mid-term, there will be availability of more relevant products and services to the Indian consumers.
accurate information about diseases
He says that digital registry of health providers and facilities will improve on the issue of information. If this initiative is expanded to disease-specific registries, it would allow better information access to larger populations in areas with health risks such as cancer or TB.
Help the insurance industry
Satish Gidugu, CEO, Medi Assist Healthcare Services, says that the open platform for the National Digital Health Ecosystem is a strong step to promote digital health. This will help the insurance industry. This will enable us to actively participate and contribute towards building a solid digital infrastructure for Universal Healthcare.
Focus on Mental Healthcare
Ashley de Silva says that the focus has been on the Healthcare Sector Initiative in the budget, which is a positive step for the sector. The focus has been on mental healthcare in the budget. In fact, the graph of mental illnesses has increased rapidly, while there is also a shortage of mental disease experts in the country. Creating a tele-mental health infrastructure on a large scale in the country will improve the visibility for mental health issues. At the same time, access to primary care for mental health will be supported. Let us tell you that mental health is not insured to a large extent yet. Second, on NDHM, the open-source platform allows private players to now support the rollout.
how was the health budget
There has been an increase of 135% in the health budget. It has been increased from 94 thousand to 2.38 lakh crore rupees. Along with this, the central government will spend about 61 thousand crore rupees in the next 6 years in the field of health. A national tele mental health program will be launched for better access to mental health counseling and care services. At the same time, an open platform will be started for the National Digital Health Ecosystem. This will include digital registries of health providers and health facilities, unique health identities and access to health facilities for all. 75 thousand more rural health centers will be opened in the country.
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