Over 67 crore Ayushman Bharat Health Accounts (ABHA) have been created, providing citizens with unique digital health IDs for secureaccess and sharing of health records. Additionally, more than 42 crore health records have been linked to ABHA, enabling seamless access to medical histories and enhancing healthcare delivery.
It has made significant progress by involving major private and public players in the digital health ecosystem since its launch. Over 236 private entities including labs, pharmacies, digital solution companies have integrated with the ABDM ecosystem, joining hands to achieve interoperability.
The public sector, institutions such as AIIMS Delhi and AIIMS Bhopal and many more have emerged as top performers in generating Scan and Share OPD registrations. These efforts and contributions from various leading private healthcare chains have significantly contributed to the success of the ABDM. Currently, over 1.3 lakh facilities are ABDM-enabled, including more than 17,000 private facilities.
With the launch of the National Healthcare Providers Registry (NHPR),a comprehensive repository of registered healthcare professionals and health facilities, 3.3 lakh health facilities and 4.7 lakh healthcare professionals have been successfully registered. Additionally, the National Health Authority (NHA) has developed portals such as theNational Medical Register (NMC) for the National Medical Commission and the National Dental Register (NDR) for the National Dental Council.
ABDM has been able to drive transformation and increase its footprints by leveraging several partnerships to enhance digital healthcare services. From collaborating with IIT Kanpur for the development of digital public goods in AI for healthcare to signing an MoU with Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) to drive digital health education into medical curricula, the organization has expanded its efforts to bring about a digital transformation in the healthcare sector.
Additionally, in the view of digital health learning, ABDM has driven transformation through training and sensitizing stakeholders to better understand and adopt digital health practices. The National Health Authority has introduced a WhatsApp Chatbot, serving as a user-friendly platform to train stakeholders involved in ABDM.
