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The ABHA card is managed under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), which is a digital healthcare initiative of the National Health Authority (NHA). Under this mission, having this health card, the citizens of India are provided with numerous benefits, such as hassle-free access to medical treatments and healthcare facilities, easy sign-up options for personal health record applications (like ABDM ABHA app), and trustable identity.

About Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission

With the objective of strengthening the accessibility and equity of health services, the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission was launched through video conferencing on 27th September 2021. The mission will leverage IT & it’s associated technologies to support existing health systems with a ‘citizen-centric’ approach. The vision of ABDM is to create a digital health ecosystem for the nation which can support universal health coverage in an efficient, accessible, inclusive, affordable, timely and safe manner. The mission is expected to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and transparency of Health service. It will provide a choice to individuals to access both public and private health services, whereas the healthcare professionals will have better access to patients medical history to provide a better healthcare.

Health ID

Under the mission, individuals are suggested to Create health ID to standardize the process of identification across healthcare providers. To issue UHID (Universal Health ID), the system collects certain basic details of the individual, including demographic, location, family/relationship, and contact details. The Health ID will uniquely identify individuals, authenticating them, and sharing their health records (only with the informed consent) with multiple healthcare systems and various stakeholders.

Healthcare Professionals Registry (HPR)

As part of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, a comprehensive repository of all healthcare professionals across both modern and traditional systems of medicine will be formed. By enrolling in the Healthcare Professionals Registry (HPR) the healthcare professionals will get connected to India’s digital health ecosystem.

Digital Health Incentive Scheme

Since the launch of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), digital health records have grown significantly. However, many people are still using non-digital healthcare services, so there's still room to grow and completely digitize health across India. In an effort to boost digital health transactions, the National Health Authority (NHA) has launched an incentive scheme called Digital Health Incentive Scheme or DHIS for all healthcare providers contributing to the digital health ecosystem. Through DHIS, doctors can play an instrumental role in the digitization of patient’s health records while earning up to ₹4 crores. The Digital Health Incentive Scheme also encourages the makers of digital health software, like Hospital/Health Management Information System (HMIS) and Laboratory Management Information System (LMIS), to offer their software at a fair and affordable price.

Type of entity	Base level criteria		Incentives
Hospitals/Clinics/Nursing homes	100 transactions per month		₹20 per additional transaction above the base level.
Diagnostic Facilities/Labs	100 transactions per month		₹20 per additional transaction above the base level.
Digital Solution Companies	For hospitals/labs/clinics/nursing homes using their software	100 transactions per month	₹5 transactions per month
	For health locker/teleconsultation transactions	500 transactions per month	Rs 5 per additional transaction above the base level.
Insurance Provider	For every insurance claim transaction linked with ABHA address filled by hospital through Health Claim Exchange		₹500 per claim or 10% of the claim amount, whichever is lower.

Frequently Asked Questions

The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) was launched by the National Health Authority.

ABHA number is a 14-digit number for one’s identification in India's digital healthcare ecosystem to establish a strong and simpler exchange between healthcare providers and payers across the country.

ABHA card allows the organization and maintenance of personal health records (PHR) to ensure better health tracking and monitoring of progress. It enables seamless sharing through a consent pin to simplify consultation-related communication between patients and medical professionals. It has enhanced security and encryption mechanisms along with easy opt-in and opt-out features

To sign into Health Information Exchange & Consent Manager (HIE-CM), a self declared username is required which is called as PHR (Personal Health Records) Address. Each Health ID requires a linkage to a consent manager to enable data sharing. All Health ID users can generate their own PHR Address while signing up for Health ID.

The government initiative- As NDHM, is operated and completely owned by the Government of India. It comes under NHA (National Health Authority).

Pradhan Mantri Digital Health Mission (PM-DHM) and Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) are fundamentally the same. Under the mission, a unique digital health ID can be generated by individuals (citizens of India), that will contain all their health records. Pradhan Mantri Digital Health Mission (PM-DHM) was implemented in a pilot phase only in the six Union Territories of India whereas the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission was started from 27th September 2021 across India.

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