Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech on Saturday announced a major digital initiative in the form of National Digital Health Mission. He said that the project will provide a health ID to every person in the country, and will benefit the poor. The Prime Minister said that whatever medication a doctor prescribed, when it was prescribed, what was the report - all this information would be linked to a person's health ID. This is another major campaign of the government like Ayushman Bharat.
What is the National Digital Health Mission ?: The program was launched last year. It seeks to provide an efficient and affordable health coverage through mass data and infrastructure services.
The key feature of this mission is the technology part: - It will leverage open digital systems to provide high quality healthcare for all. It will integrate various digital health services to create an ecosystem that can assimilate existing health information systems.
The government has said that it will ensure the security and confidentiality of personal information.
What is Health ID ?: Every person in the country will get a digital health ID which is basically a digital format of all his health records which will be connected to the registry of doctors and health facilities across the country.
The platform is planned to improve efficiency, effectiveness and transparency of healthcare delivery. Health ID will be in the form of a website mobile application.
The government had sought feedback and suggestions from various stakeholders which would be a part of the initiative. The government has said that enrollment in initiave will be voluntary.
Launching the blueprint last year, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that the government has made a mark in history by launching Ayushman Bharat Yojana and other IT-enabled schemes like Reproductive Child Health Services, and NIKSHAY.
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