By CNBCTV18.com Contributor Sept 3, 2020 11:42:44 PM IST (Published)
Socio-economic unification of the country is an important catalyst to achieve any nation’s holistic growth. Progressive Education and Healthcare ecosystems are the prime contributors of the socio-economic fabric of the country. The launch of the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) not only brings robustness to the ecosystem but also an element of the unification.
Socio-economic unification of the country is an important catalyst to achieve any nation’s holistic growth. Progressive Education and Healthcare ecosystems are the prime contributors of the socio-economic fabric of the country. The launch of the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) not only brings robustness to the ecosystem, but an element of the unification as well.
The current pandemic stresses the need to bring a dimension of medical access to every resident of the country. PM Modi while launching the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) said, "It will bring all stakeholders - patients, doctors, insurance companies, and pharmacies together on a common platform." The mission emanates from a 2018 Niti Aayog proposal to create a centralized system with unique health IDs which will help store the health records of citizens in a digital format.
NDHM will help digitise health records of citizens, improve transparency and efficiency of healthcare services in the country by making the right consultancy available at the right time. With the help of digital records, a patient will be able to consult a specialist doctor registered on the platform, situated in any part of the country rather than the locally available doctor who may be a general physician.