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Digital Health ID Card for Indian Citizens Announced

Staff Reporter DevNews

New Delhi :

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission provides a digital health ID to every Indian citizen.


This Digital Health ID Card will contain all health records of Individual.

The nationwide rollout of Pradhan Mantri Digital Health Mission (PM-DHM) coincides with the third anniversary of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY).


Currently, over one lakh unique health IDs have been created under the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM).

This was initially launched across six states and Union territories on a pilot basis on 15th August 2021.


Digital Health ID Card : All you need to know


1) Based on the foundations laid down in the form of Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and Mobile (JAM) trinity and other digital initiatives of the government.


2) PM-DHM will create a seamless online platform through the provision of a wide-range of data, information and infrastructure services.


3) It will also ensure the security, confidentiality and privacy of health-related personal information.


4) The key components of PM-DHM include a health ID – unique 14-digit health identification- for every citizen that will also work as their health account.


5) The national Health ID will be a repository of all health-related information of a person.


6) The health ID will enable access and exchange of longitudinal health records of citizens with their consent.


7) This health account will contain details of every test, every disease, the doctors visited, the medicines taken and the diagnosis.


8) This information will be very useful as it is portable and easily accessible even if the patient shifts to new place and visits a new doctor.


9) The Health ID is created by using a person’s basic details and mobile number or Aadhaar number.


10) Personal health records can be linked and viewed with the help of a mobile application, a Healthcare Professionals Registry (HPR), and Healthcare Facilities Registries (HFR).


11) Health ID under NDHM is a free of cost, voluntary. Analysis of health data will lead to better planning, budgeting and implementation for states and health programs, which should be a big cost optimizer.


Upcoming features of the unique health ID card

The new features will include doctors’ access to be verified across India. In the future, the health ID will also include the beneficiary’s child and the health records since birth.

The user can also add a nominee to access the health ID and manage the personal health records.

There will also be a health ID that will provide inclusive access via assistance methods to people who don’t have phones.


Benefits of Digital Health ID card

It will help the user to receive lab reports, prescriptions, and diagnoses digitally from verified doctors and health service providers.

Health ID also provides the user with searching for doctors and specialists at their nearby location.

The identification of labs and drug stores will be easily identified through this platform.


Disclaimer: This news story has been edited by DNW staff as per DNW editorial guidelines and is published from a syndicated feed.

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