The Digital Health Incentive Scheme (DHIS) has been extended for a year by the central Government.
- The scheme was launched on January 1, 2023 and is now extended till June 30, 2025
The Digital Health Incentive Scheme (DHIS)
It is meant for digitising patients’ health records and linking them with the Ayushman Bharat Digital Health Account (ABHA ID).
- Launched by: National Health Authority (NHA)
- Objective:
- To promote digital health transactions in the country and also provide a boost to the healthcare providers for adopting digital health.
- To incentivise providers of digital health solutions such as hospital’s health management information system (HMIS) and laboratory management information system (LMIS) to make available the right software at an affordable cost
- Incentive Based:
- Government and private hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, diagnostic labs, and pharmacies are paid Rs 20 for each additional record they digitise, over and above the threshold of 100 transactions a month.
- The scheme is applicable to both public and private hospitals and digital solution companies (DSCs) creating digital health records which can earn incentives up to Rs 4 crores.
- Public Digital Solution Companies include companies such as National Informatics Centre (NIC) and Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), which provide eHospital and eSushrut solutions to government hospitals.
- Significance:
- Financial Incentive: To help hospitals reimburse their expenditure on digitising their facility which was reported to be a hindrance for hospitals to move to digital health.
- Boosting Hospital Digital Infrastructure: The scheme is on the lines of the incentives given for promotion of UPI by incenivising Hospitals and clinics have to install computers and laptops, purchase an internet connection, and software (HMIS/LMIS) to go digital.
- Ease for Patients: DHIS enables better healthcare services and more convenience for patients by enabling digital transactions in the form of reduced waiting time, avail quick OPD registrations by scanning a QR code
- Streamline Healthcare Records: Patients can also securely view, access, and share their health records with the care providers specifically benefiting the migrant workers and patients travelling from one state to another
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Ayushman Bharat Digital Health Account (ABHA ID)
ABHA ID is a unique 14 digit identification identity for people, like an Aadhaar ID allowing one to store and share their medical records digitally.
- As per NHA, around 64 crore ABHA IDs have been created
- The ID is linked to the digital framework of the hospitals, and all the patients records are linked to it.
- This ID can then be used to securely store, access, and share the healthcare records, such as doctor’s prescriptions, diagnostic test results.
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June 15, 2024