National Health ID in the works; Haryana, Rajasthan, Kerala and Tamil Nadu to roll out the system first
The NHA would launch an electronic medical records (EMR) web application. Through this, a person would be able to register and create a universal unique health ID.
Synopsis
India is set to unveil a national digital health ecosystem which would digitise your personal medical records; connect diagnostic centres, medical institutions and state medical councils; provide a villager living in a remote rural block an easy appointment at the district hospital and verify all doctors in the country.
NEW DELHI: Remember the time when you just couldn’t find your six-month-old’s immunisation card? Do you have the film of your last ultrasound? What is your haemoglobin level according to your blood test last year? Who is the best cardiologist with 15 years of experience in the city? All of us have faced these tricky questions and more. Many of us have forgotten the bulky medical record files at the doctor’s clinic or the hospital’s waiting room.
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