The Indian government's Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission aims to digitize healthcare across the nation. As per the public dashboard, over 48 crore people have created ABHA, and more than 32 crore health records have been linked with them.
Regulatory Push for ABDM
- Central Govt. Schemes: Ministry of Health has mandated ABDM adoption for entities participating in Central Govt. Schemes. All central health programs are being made ABDM compliant.
- NABH Guidelines: NABH has introduced guidelines to evaluate hospitals based on their digital health readiness. These guidelines mention use of ABDM related features such as “Scan & Share”, and “Record Linking”.
- IRDAI Requirement: IRDAI has mandated health insurance companies to link all policies with ABHA and join ABDM’s Health Claims Exchange. This’ll mean all claims related documents will have to be filed in HCX format with respective insurer/TPA.
Benefits of ABDM Integration
- Financial Incentives: The government is offering up to INR 4 crore to each diagnostic facility for linking health records with ABHA. This is a time-bound scheme and will only continue till funds last. Current funds utilisation stands at 9%.
- Better care experience: Utilizing ABHA for registration and report sharing will make lives easier for patients as they no longer have to fill long forms and carry physical reports. They can simply provide their ABHA and share their linked records.
- Increased Visibility: ABDM has multiple stacks. One of them- UHI (Unified Health Interface), will make your services discoverable to patients nearby using any ABDM-compliant application.
Challenges in ABDM Integration
Integrating with ABDM is a time-consuming & complex process spanning multiple months. While waiting for your existing platform to become ABDM-compliant you may lose the opportunity to maximise returns from government incentive schemes.
Dashmed: Your Plug-and-Play ABDM Connector
We offer an elegant solution that mimics the simplicity of a payment gateway like Razorpay. Dashmed can be integrated within your existing platform, relieving you from the need to wait months to become ABDM compliant at a fraction of the original cost. We offer:
- Rapid Deployment: Reduce your time to go-live from months to days.
- Streamlined Experience: Bypass the complications of ABDM with few lines of code.
To discuss how Dashmed can make ABDM compliance seamless for your hospital, please email us at vibhor@dashmed.app .
