The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM): making of India's Digital Health Story

ABSTRACT

Technology is being leveraged worldwide to deliver services to citizens in all domains, including healthcare. The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed everyone to embrace digital transformation and reconsider current healthcare trends. In response to the emerging need for digitization of healthcare in India, the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission was launched in September 2021. It creates and uses Digital Public Goods in increasing the availability, accessibility, affordability and acceptability of health care through different building blocks. The purpose of this mission is to establish a national digital health ecosystem that is integrated, effective and inclusive. The interoperable frameworks, open protocols and consent artefact enable citizens, public and private healthcare providers, digital innovations and other stakeholders to come together and drive equitable digitization of healthcare across the country.