The Union Health Ministry has launched digital registration of all medical facilities and all doctors under the Ayushman Bharat-Digital Mission in order to digitise health records.

Key Points

• Under this initiative, government hospitals have been asked to procure Hospital Information Management System software.

Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission

• Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 27, 2021.
• Under this mission, every Indian will be provided a unique health ID which will also work as a health account, with which personal health records can be linked.
• Mission will create interoperability within digital health ecosystem, on the lines of role played by the Unified Payments Interface in revolutionizing payments.
• Citizens would be able to access healthcare facilities by a single click.