National Digital Health Mission: The National Health Authority (NHA) on Monday released consultation papers on two creating blocks of the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) – the Health Facility Registry (HFR) and the Healthcare Professionals Registry (HPR) for all stakeholders to give their comments and recommendations. Both HFR and HPR are core creating blocks of NDHM which are owned, created, and maintained by the Government. In light of the upcoming national rollout of the NDHM and the expanded scope of these registries, NDHM has sought inputs from all stakeholders on the consultation papers by 13th July 2021.
The Health Facility Registry (HFR) is proposed to be the single comprehensive, up-to-date repository of well being facilities in the nation and is envisioned as the key supply of information and facts for all other databases and lists. HFR aims to facilitate the exchange of standardized information of public and private well being facilities across all systems of medicine. Similarly, the Healthcare Professionals Registry (HPR) will be the hub of all healthcare specialists involving physicians, para-medics, nurses, midwives and neighborhood well being workers (e.g. ASHAs, ANMs). Currently, the Doctors Registry exists as DigiDoctor, which is a complete repository of information and facts on physicians practicing or teaching across systems of medicine. Doctors Registry will be expanded to contain a variety of other categories of healthcare specialists. This new iteration will be referred to as the Healthcare Professionals Registry.
Since the launch of the pilot project of NDHM in August 2020 in six Union Territories, various rounds of consultations with distinct groups of stakeholders have been held for each creating blocks to surface issues and challenges in adoption of the registries. Consultation papers are aimed at additional engagement with stakeholders. To assure that the policy and development is participatory and inclusive, comments and diverse viewpoints are invited from concerned stakeholders.
Commenting on the consultation papers, R S Sharma, CEO, National Health Authority mentioned, “We are developing the National Digital Health Ecosystem in a consultative manner. Therefore, I urge all stakeholders to go through these papers and provide us with their valuable feedback.”
NHA is also organizing to organize two public webinars shortly to provide an overview of every single of the above consultation papers in the next 5-seven days. The hyperlink will be shared on NDHM’s site www.ndhm.gov.in.
Full text of the consultation papers is offered for download on NDHM’s site.