Category: ABDM

Healthcare organizations generate enormous amounts of digital health information every day. Hospitals create clinical records, diagnostic laboratories generate test reports, doctors issue prescriptions, and imaging centers produce diagnostic reports. However, having digital records does not automatically mean that healthcare systems can exchange those records effectively. A patient’s medical information may remain distributed across multiple hospitals, […]

Healthcare is becoming increasingly digital in India. Medical records that were once stored in paper files are now being created, exchanged, and accessed electronically across hospitals, clinics, laboratories, and other healthcare organizations. This creates an important question: Who controls a patient’s digital health data? Under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), the digital health ecosystem […]

As healthcare in India becomes increasingly digital, the ability to exchange health information securely across hospitals, clinics, diagnostic centres, laboratories, and healthcare applications is becoming increasingly important. The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) is designed to support an interoperable digital health ecosystem where health information can be exchanged through standardized digital infrastructure and consent-based mechanisms. […]

The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) is building a connected digital health ecosystem in India where health information can be exchanged securely and interoperably across participating healthcare organizations. At the centre of this ecosystem is an important principle: health information should be exchanged through consent-based mechanisms. For hospitals, diagnostic laboratories, clinics, health-tech companies, and healthcare […]

The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) is designed to create an interoperable digital health ecosystem in which healthcare information can be generated, stored, shared, and accessed through standardized digital infrastructure. Two important participants in this ecosystem are Health Information Providers (HIPs) and Health Information Users (HIUs). Although these terms are often used together, they serve […]

Healthcare organizations are investing heavily in digital transformation. Hospitals are adopting electronic health records, laboratories are modernizing their information systems, and health-tech companies are building connected healthcare platforms. However, one challenge continues to affect healthcare technology businesses: Different systems often represent the same clinical information in different ways. A hospital may record “Type 2 Diabetes […]