Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the nationwide deployment of the Pradhan Mantri Digital Health Mission on September 27.
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Twitter went on to say, “Under this, everyone would be given a unique digital health ID that will store all of their health information.”
During his Independence Day speech last year, the Prime Minister announced the launch of a “new campaign” called the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM). “Each Indian will receive a Health ID card. Everything you do at a doctor’s office or drugstore will be recorded on this card.
Everything, from the doctor’s visit to the prescription, will be available in your health profile,” he had stated.
The mission is being tested in six union territories: Puducherry, Chandigarh, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
The health minister also announced the availability of Post-COVID Sequelae Modules, which aim to strengthen the capacity of doctors, nurses, paramedics, and community healthcare workers across India to cope with the long-term consequences of COVID-19.
“The sessions have been created to assist doctors and healthcare workers dealing with the subject of COVID-19 long-term effects,” the Minister stated.
He stated that aggressive and extensive COVID-19 therapy was essential to ensure minimal adverse effects.
“We have seen in patients the repercussions of post-COVID-19 effects from greater steroid dosages in cases of mucormycosis. It is critical to take medications that have little or no adverse effects. If we are vigilant before of time, we will be better able to deal with the long-term implications of COVID-19,” he added.
The views of post-COVID-19 in our society, such as terror and mental health concerns, are significant and must be addressed, according to the Minister.
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When you present your Digital Health ID to a participating healthcare practitioner, you will be able to obtain lab findings, medications, and diagnoses digitally from verified doctors and health service providers. Every person will receive a unique health ID as part of the newly established Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission. How would it assist you in receiving care at hospitals throughout the country, and how can you sign up?
What exactly is a unique health ID, and how does one obtain one?
According to the National Health Authority’s official website, using a Health ID is the first step toward building safer and more efficient digital health records for a person and his or her family.
One can choose to develop a digitally secure Health ID, which allows the individual to access and exchange health data with collaborating healthcare providers and payers with his or her agreement.
If a person wants to participate in the ABDM, they must first create a health ID, which is a 14-digit number created at random.
The ID will be extensively utilised for three purposes: unique identity, authentication, and threading of the beneficiary’s health information across different systems and stakeholders, but only with their informed consent.
A health ID can be obtained through self-registration on the site or by installing the ABMD Health Records app on one’s mobile device. Additionally, one can request the establishment of a health ID from a participating health facility, which may include government or private hospitals, community health centres, and government wellness centres throughout India.
The recipient will also need to create a Personal Health Records (PHR) address for consent management and future health record sharing.
What exactly is a PHR address?
It is a basic self-declared username with which the beneficiary must log in to a Health Information Exchange and Consent Manager (HIE-CM). Each health ID will need to be linked to a consent manager for data from health records to be shared.
An HIE-CM is a programme that allows a user’s health records to be shared and linked. Currently, the health ID may be used to sign up for the HIE-CM; however, the National Health Authority (NHA) reports that different consent managers will be available for patients to select from in the coming years.
What are the prerequisites for obtaining a health ID?
Currently, ABDM enables the establishment of health IDs through mobile or Aadhaar. According to the official website, ABDM will soon release capabilities that will allow users to create a health ID using a PAN card or a driver’s licence. For the establishment of a health ID through mobile or Aadhaar, the recipient would be required to provide information such as their name, year of birth, gender, address, and cell phone number/Aadhaar.
According to the National Health Authority website, a Health ID may be obtained through self-registration on the Health ID online portal or by downloading the ABDM Health Records application from the Google Play store.
An individual who wants can also request the establishment of your Health ID at a participating health facility, which may include public/private hospitals, community health centres, and health and wellness centres located throughout India.
Personal health records are safe?
According to the NHA, ABDM does not keep any of the beneficiary’s health records. The records are maintained with healthcare information providers per their “retention rules,” and they are “shared” through the ABDM network “with encryption techniques” only with the beneficiary’s express agreement.
What documents are needed for registration?
Name, Year of Birth, Gender, Address, and Mobile Number are required for the establishment of a Health ID through mobile number.
