New Delhi: The National Health Authority (NHA) is committed to improving healthcare access for all Indians. In line with this goal, the NHA has launched the 100 Microsites Project under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).
A Microsite, as part of the ABDM, is a cluster of small and medium-scale clinics, nursing homes, hospitals, labs, pharmacies, and other healthcare facilities that are ABDM-enabled and offer digital health services to patients. The Microsites will be established across the country in various states/UTs, with most of the implementation done by the State Mission Directors of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission. The National Health Authority will provide financial resources and overall guidance for the project. This initiative will help promote the adoption of digital health and make healthcare more accessible to all Indians.
The Microsites aim to create a small ecosystem in a specific geographic area where there is comprehensive ABDM adoption, and the entire patient journey is digitized. The State/UT can utilize a development partner and an interfacing agency to establish and operate the microsite.
Within the microsite, all healthcare facilities and healthcare professionals who serve in various systems of medicine, particularly from the private sector, should be registered in modules such as the Healthcare Professionals Registry (HPR) and the Health Facility Registry (HFR). Following this, ABDM-enabled applications should be installed. Additionally, patients visiting these centers will also be included in ABDM, and their health records will be linked to their ABHA. They will be able to access these records on their mobile phone applications like ABHA App, Aarogya Setu, and others.
Speaking about the project, CEO of NHA, stated, ‘We aim to establish 100 such Microsites across the country where focused efforts would be made to bring as many small-medium scale healthcare entities under the ABDM fold. This will not only increase adoption among private sector providers but will also help ABDM to expand its footprints among the private healthcare providers across the country as well.’
It is intended that through these microsites, as many small-medium scale healthcare providers are made aware of ABDM and its benefits, registered on ABDM’s core registries, use ABDM certified digital solutions, and eventually begin to link digital health records – all contributing towards a wider adoption of ABDM in the country. Such focused adoption efforts will activate the ecosystem to embrace ABDM.
