News Summary: Draft Health Data Retention Policy The proposed policy framework specifies retention timelines with separate rules for pseudonymised and anonymised data. Anushka JainNovember 29, 2021
News 96% of nearly 14 Crore Unique Health IDs linked with Aadhaar, reveals ABDM Mission Director Integration of the controversial Aarogya Setu app and other new details emerge on India's push to digitise health data. Anushka JainNovember 22, 2021
News Startup Eka.Care roped in to help issue digital IDs under Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission The ID that'll be unique to every patient in India has already been shelled out to 11 crore people via the COVID-19 vaccine portal. Anushka JainNovember 3, 2021
News More than 2 lakh verified with Aadhaar-based facial recognition for vaccination, RTI reveals Since the pilot has now crossed 60,000 facial authentications, will the government stick to its guns and roll it out across India? Anushka JainOctober 14, 2021
News Indian government braces for a nationwide rollout of its health digitisation project Since its launch last year, the NDHM has progressed through various consultations with stakeholders and a pilot programme. Anushka JainSeptember 24, 2021
News How health data is being collected as part of Bihar’s pilot program in tune with the NDHM Residents in certain parts of Bihar will be issued health cards and smartwatches under the state government's pilot. Anushka JainSeptember 18, 2021
News Hospital licensing board NABH says private actors will dilute critical processes under NDHM NABH asked for omissions under the proposed Health Facility Registry, raising key points on selection and verification processes. Anushka JainSeptember 17, 2021
News NDHM Consultation: What did FICCI, IAMAI, NASSCOM, and CII say about the Unified Health Interface? The industry bodies suggested changes to the proposed UHI, including its End User Applications and pricing mechanism. Anushka JainSeptember 15, 2021
News Why did RS Sharma bring up UPI and Account Aggregators in an event on digital health? The National Health Authority chief also took a few questions on the proposed building blocks of the NDHM. Anushka JainSeptember 9, 2021
News Amazon Internet Services calls for greater private sector involvement in proposed NDHM AWS suggested various changes to the proposed Unified Health Interface ahead of its national rollout. Anushka JainSeptember 8, 2021