Aadhaar-like health IDs under digital health plan: 10 things to know

An Aadhaar-like digital health ID for every Indian under the digital health plan, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 August, could strengthen India’s economic growth. Indu Bhushan, chief executive officer of the National Health Authority Mission (NDHM) in an interview to Bloomberg said the NDHM programme will lead to cost savings and better economic outcomes.

Here are 10 things to know about Aadhaar-like health IDs created under National Digital Health Mission:

1) Health ID under NDHM is a free of cost, voluntary.

2) This health account will contain details of every test, every disease, the doctors visited, the medicines taken and the diagnosis. This information will be very useful as it is portable and easily accessible even if the patient shifts to new place and visits a new doctor.