Sri Vijaya Puram, November 14: The Programme Management Unit (PMU), Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), Andaman and Nicobar Islands, organised a Doctors’ Meet to strengthen the adoption of digital healthcare solutions and build a unified digital healthcare ecosystem across Government and private healthcare facilities in the Islands.
The Director of Health Services outlined the benefits of digital healthcare solutions and encouraged private healthcare facilities to adopt the ABDM framework, which allows a patient’s complete healthcare journey to be systematically recorded and managed on a unified digital platform, so that patients can securely access their health records whenever required.
State Nodal Officer, ABDM, Dr. P. Lal, briefed participants on the vision, objectives and key initiatives of the Mission. He highlighted the importance of creating Ayushman Bharat Health Accounts (ABHA), registering healthcare professionals under the Healthcare Professionals Registry (HPR) and registering healthcare facilities under the Health Facility Registry (HFR).
State Project Manager (SPM), ABDM, Mr. R. Vivek, stressed the need for coordination and collaboration among healthcare providers to speed up the digital transformation of healthcare services across the Islands.
