National Health ID
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement
of a national health ID for
every Indian while addressing the nation on the occasion of 74th
Independence Day.
- It
was already been planned by "Niti Aayog" proposal
to create a centralized mechanism on year 2018 to identify every
participating user in the National Health stack.
Media/News Channel :
- Some local media/newspaper has been published the matter in their portal.Some sample copy mentioned in below-
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| Firstpost,Dated 17th August,2020 |
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| The Hindu,Dated 15th August,2020 |
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| The Indian Express ,Dated 22nd August,2020 |
- According to the National Health
Authority (NHA), every patient who wishes to have their health records
available digitally must start
by creating a Health ID.
What is the benefits or purpose of National Health ID :
- Through the government's One Nation one health card scheme, everyone has to get a health card made. The complete information about the treatment and test that results from this will be digitally saved in this card.
- Record of this information will be kept.Its biggest advantage will be that when you go to any hospital or doctor in the country for treatment, you will not have to take all the prescription and test reports together. The doctor will be able to sit from anywhere and see all the medical records through your unique ID.
- The Health ID is created by using a person’s basic details and mobile number or Aadhaar number. This will make it unique to the person,who will have the option to link all of their health records to this ID.This ID probably have 14 digit no,will be generated for everyone.
- Hospitals,clinics,doctors will be linked to a central server to keep medical data of the person. For the hospital and the citizens, it will now depend on their will whether they want to join this mission or not. A unique unique ID will be issued for every citizen. Login will be done on the same basis. The National Digital Health Mission mainly focuses on four things-Health ID, personal health records, registration of Digi doctors and health facilities across the country.
Government Funding ?
- According to the report, this scheme will be started first in select union territory of the country,such as Andaman,Nicobar,Poduchery,Ladakh etc. and after that it will be implemented in different phases in the country.
- For this, the Finance Ministry has also approved Rs 470 crore (Approx.) In this scheme, the privacy of the data of the health ID holders will be fully taken care of. No one else will get their information without their consent. People can also add this unique Health ID to the Aadhaar card, for this the option will remain open.
Conclusion:
- It is envisaged that various healthcare providers,such as hospitals, laboratories, insurance companies, online pharmacies, telemedicine firms will be expected to participate in the health ID system.
- It is not mandatory,whether you can avail or not,entirely up to your decision.But as per as my suggestion we have to avail it through this new unique system.We should always welcome good things.
Many thanks for addressing a very important issue. However, it appears to be fine for Doctors in Cities and towns,but I am doubtful how far it will be managable for rural patients and doctors. In any case, we need to start sometime from somewhere.
ReplyDeleteYou are right,someone has to start.Thanks for your comment.
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