National Digital Health Mission (NDHM)
- February 24, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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National Digital Health Mission (NDHM)
Subject: Welfare schemes
Context: While talking in a webinar on India’s strategy to address health gap the PM talked of NDHM and also called for private sector role in it.
Concept:
- The PM also mentioned 4-pronged strategy on which govt is working for the health sector.
- Prevention of illness and promotion of wellness
- To provide cheap and effective treatment to the poorest of the poor
- The third is to increase the quality and quality of health infrastructure and health care professionals
- To work on mission mode to overcome obstacle. Ex- the Mission Indradhanush
About NDHM
- It is a holistic, voluntary healthcare programme which will integrate doctors, hospitals, pharmacies, insurance companies and make a digital health infrastructure. It will have four key features: four key features — health ID, personal health records, Digi Doctor and health facility registry.
- It will be implemented by the National Health Authority (NHA) under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- The platform will be available in the form of an app and website.
- Health ID will be given to every Indian which will contain details of every test, every disease, the doctors visited, the medicines taken and the diagnosis. It is significant for useful as it is portable and easily accessible even if the patient shifts to new place and visits a new doctor.
- Health Id will be created details with the help of Aadhar and mobile number and generate unique ID for each individual.
- At a later stage telemedicine, ePharmacy will be brought under it.