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National Digital Health Mission (NDHM)
Why is it in news?
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the National Digital Health Mission , during his address to the nation on India’s 74th Independence Day.
Details:
- Every Indian would receive a unique health identity card under NDHM.
- The National Health Authority (NHA) would design, build, roll-out and implement the NDHM.
- NHA is an attached office of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare which runs the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana.
- NDHM would first be tested in the Union Territories of Chandigarh, Ladakh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep.
- Based on the initial learnings, government will gradually work in partnership with the States to launch the NDHM.
Significance:
- The NDHM would be a voluntary programme.
- It would help reduce the gap among stakeholders, such as doctors, hospitals and other healthcare providers, by connecting them in an integrated digital infrastructure.