ABHA

ABHA.

Purpose The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (“MoHFW”) is responsible for conceiving the idea of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (“ABDM”). This visionary project of the Government of India, stemming from the National Health Policy, 2017 (“National Health Policy”) intends to digitise the entire healthcare ecosystem of India. This would be done by creating digital health records and creating & maintaining registries for healthcare professionals and health facilities in order to ensure a smooth interoperable framework for the multiple partners associated with healthcare delivery to individuals in India..

Applicability The provisions of this Policy shall be applicable to all the entities and individuals who are part of the ABDM ecosystem. Illustrative list is as follows; All individuals who have been issued an ABHA (number) or ABHA address under this policy; healthcare professionals, including but not limited to doctors or healthcare practitioners (including those practicing recognised Indian systems of medicine such as Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy), nurses, laboratory technicians, and other healthcare workers; governing bodies of the MoHFW, the National Health Authority (“NHA”), relevant professional bodies and regulators; Health Information Providers; any health facility which collects, stores and transmits personal data in electronic form in connection with its transactions; payers such as Central Government, State Governments, insurers, health plans and charitable institutions; pharmaceuticals – drug manufacturers, medical device manufacturers, and entities involved in the relevant supply chain; research bodies such as institutions, individual researchers including researchers utilising data for health data analytics, statisticians, analysts and public health institutions; all individuals, tems, entities or ecosystem partners who collect or process personal data of any individual as part of the NDHE; and all methods of contact, including in person, written, via Internet, direct mail, telephone or facsimile, as the case may be..