Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission Links Over 104 Crore Health Records
Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission has linked over 104 crore health records, creating one of the world's largest digital health ecosystems.
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The healthcare initiative of the government, Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), has built one of the world's largest digital health ecosystems, with more than 104 crore health records now linked to over 93 crore Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) accounts, according to an official fact-sheet released on Monday.
The mission is helping create a citizen-centric digital healthcare ecosystem by enabling secure management of health records, reducing paperwork, cutting waiting times at hospitals and seamlessly connecting patients with hospitals, doctors and insurers on a unified digital network, it added.
Launched in September 2021, ABDM aims to build the digital backbone required to achieve universal health coverage by making healthcare services more accessible, efficient and interoperable across the country.