Why is it in News?
→ ABDM strengthened India’s interoperable digital health ecosystem.
→ Large-scale adoption of digital health records was reported.
Important Points:
- ABDM launched in 2021 to build a citizen-centric digital health ecosystem.
- Enables consent-based sharing of medical records.
- ABHA serves as unique digital health ID for citizens.
- Four registries: ABHA, HPR, HFR, and Drug Registry.
- Three gateways: HIE-CM, NHCX, and UHI.
- Over 67 crore ABHA IDs created by 2024.
- More than 42 crore health records linked.
- Data protection aligned with Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.