National Digital Health Ecosystem
Union Health Ministry has adopted a holistic approach to safeguard the IT system from critical security threats across computational layers
Government of India has launched Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) which aims to create a platform enabling interoperability of health data within the health ecosystem to create longitudinal Electronic Health Record (EHR) of every citizen.
‘Privacy by Design’ is one of the key guiding principles of ABDM and implemented following the principles of federated digital architecture. There is therefore no centralised repository of data. ABDM facilitates secure data exchange between the intended stakeholders on the ABDM network after the patient’s consent. National Health Authority is the implementing agency of ABDM.
Under ABDM, to ensure security & privacy by design and embedding the same into the integrated solutions, Health Data Management Policy (HDM Policy) was released on 14th December 2020 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. It is a guidance document, which sets out the minimum standards for privacy and data protection that should be followed by all the participants/stakeholders of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) ecosystem. Health Data Management Policy specifies that no data shall be shared with any other entity without consent of the individual .
To ensure adequate security measures, NHA has also onboarded the Ministry of Electronics and IT empanelled Tier 3 cloud service provider to design, develop, implement, operate and maintain ABDM IT solutions.
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Data Protection Officer undertakes a periodic review of the security safeguards and takes appropriate measures to update such safeguards.
The Union Health Ministry has adopted a holistic approach to safeguard its IT system from critical security threats across computational layers. Specific model is conceptualized considering security requirements to safeguard its IT ecosystem from a range of security threats and abiding mitigation measures covering compliance, infrastructure, application, and other security domains.
The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Prof. S.P. Baghel stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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HFW/National Digital Health Ecosystem/25July2023/4
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