Government of India has launched Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) which aims to develop the backbone necessary to support the integrated digital health infrastructure of the country and create longitudinal Electronic Health Record(EHR) for the citizen. Union Health Ministry has notified Electronic Health Record (EHR) Standards to promote data standards which can facilitate interoperability of healthcare information across various health IT systems.

The National Health Authority (NHA) has issued several guidelines and notification to govern the conduct of digital health applications which are integrated with ABDM ecosystem. These include Health Data Management Policy, Data Privacy Policy & ABDM Health Records (PHR) Mobile App Privacy Policy which sets out the minimum standards for data privacy and protection.

NHA has also defined policies and procedures for authenticating digital healthcare applications which are part of ABDM ecosystem. Through a Sandbox environment, applications are validated and integrated within ABDM framework for facilitating wider use of digital health application across the country.

The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Prof. SP Singh Baghel, stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

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