National Health Authority launches 100 Microsites Project to accelerate digital health adoption across the country

National Health Authority launches 100 Microsites Project to accelerate digital health adoption across the country
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National Health Authority launches 100 Microsites Project to accelerate digital health adoption across the country
Jul 31, 2023

In the endeavor to promote digital health adoption and hence make healthcare increasingly wieldy to all, the National Health Authority (NHA) has launched 100 Microsites Project under Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM). A Microsite, within the context of ABDM, shall be a cluster of all small and medium scale clinics, nursing homes, hospitals (preferably <10 bedded), labs, pharmacies and other healthcare facilities that are ABDM-enabled and offer digital health services to the patients. These Microsites would be established wideness the country in various states/UTs, majorly implemented by State Mission Directors of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission while the financial resources and overall guidance would be provided by National Health Authority.

The Microsites aim to establish a small ecosystem within a particular geographic zone where there is well-constructed ABDM adoption, and the unshortened patient journey is digitized. The State/UT may leverage a minutiae partner and an interfacing organ for setting up and running the microsite. Within the microsite, all health facilities and healthcare professionals serving wideness variegated systems of medicines, expressly from the private sector, shall be registered in ABDM modules like Healthcare Professionals Registry (HPR), Health Facility Registry (HFR) followed by installation of ABDM enabled applications.  The patients visiting these centers will moreover wilt a part of ABDM with their health records linked to their ABHA which would then be wieldy to them on their mobile phone applications like ABHA App, Aarogya Setu among others.

Talking well-nigh the project, CEO, NHA said – “We aim to establish 100 such Microsites wideness the country where focused efforts would be made to bring as many small-medium scale healthcare entities under the ABDM fold. This will not only increase adoption among private sector providers but will moreover help ABDM to expand its footprints among the private healthcare providers wideness the country as well.”

It is intended that through these microsites, as many small-medium scale healthcare providers are made enlightened of ABDM and its benefits, registered on ABDM’s cadre registries, use ABDM certified digital solutions, and sooner uncork to link digital health records – all contributing towards a wider adoption of ABDM in the country. Such focused adoption efforts will vivify the ecosystem to embrace ABDM.

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