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PM Modi launches Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, health ID for every citizen

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    Polity & Governance
  • Published
    29th Sep, 2021

Almost a year after it was implemented on pilot basis in six Union Territories, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission for the entire country.

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Almost a year after it was implemented on pilot basis in six Union Territories, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission for the entire country.

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  • Ayushman Bharat–Digital Mission will now connect digital health solutions of hospitals across the country with each other.
  • Under this, countrymen will now get a digital health ID.

Digital Health ID

  • The national Health ID will be a repository of all health-related information of a person.
  • The health ID will enable access and exchange of longitudinal health records of citizens with their consent.
  • The health record of every citizen will be digitally protected
  • It involves creation of not just a unique health ID for every citizen, but also creation of digital healthcare professionals and facilities registry.

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