Context :
National Health
Authority upgraded the ABHA smartphone app /
Current Affairs / 25 May 2022
Extract :
Ayushman Bharat Digital
Mission, the National Health Authority has introduced a
revised Ayushman Bharat Health Account, ABHA mobile application to
manage health records.
The ABHA app
has been updated with a new User Interface and new functions that allow users to view their health records at any time and
from any location.
ABHA App Key Points:
·
Existing ABHA app
users can also update to the most recent version of the
app.
·
The ABHA mobile
application allows users to create an ABHA
address, which is a simple username that can
be linked to the 14-digit ABHA number created at random.
·
Users can
also link their health records created at an Ayushman Bharat
Digital Mission-compliant health institution and access them on their smartphones using
the mobile application.
·
After an
individual’s approval, the programme also allows self-uploading of physical health records as well as exchange of
digital health documents such as
diagnostic reports, prescriptions, and CoWIN vaccination
certificates
MY
TAKE :
Ø Modicare
: A Game Changer…………………………. [ 01 Feb 2018 ]
Extract :
My suggestions :
· The
scheme must cover
# Supply of Medicines / Medical Devices ( both , preventive
and curative )
# Pregnancy / Delivery related medicines / investigations /
hospitalization
Prices for each / all of these must be fixed and published , not only on the
website of the Health Ministry but at ALL places where medicines or
services
· Each eligible family member to be issued a “ Ayushman Card “ ( linked to
Aadhar ID )
Ayushman card will have inbuilt memory capacity to store that person’s health
data from “ Cradle to Grave “ (
Privacy advocate need not worry ! )
All the Health Data of all 50 crore beneficiaries to be stored on a Central Server
for BIG DATA analysis , in order to “ Predict “ WHO might become susceptible to
WHICH ailment and WHEN
As an alternative , a GPS enabled / NFC capable Smart Phone pre-loaded
with AYUSHMAN MOBILE APP , could be considered to
replace the card
# All Medical
Practitioners of India ( Allopathic - Ayurvedic – Homeopathic )
#
All India Organization of Chemists
and Druggists ( AIOCD )
#
All Medical Colleges / Medical Research Centres
#
Any other entity which I might have missed out
· The Ayushman Eco System shall be built around the BLOCK-CHAIN technology ,
which will be the main
PROCESSES , described in my following earlier blogs ( sent as emails to Cabinet
Ministers / Niti Aayog )
PROCESS :
· Beneficiary getting AYUSHMAN Card after authentication from nearest
Health Centre
· Beneficiary approaching any Registered Medical Practitioner ( RMP ) for
ailment
· RMP entering Diagnosis / Prescription in Mobile App ( or in Card using
Card Reader )
· Beneficiary presenting card at the premises of delivery of Medicines /
Devices / Services
as prescribed by RMP
· Person delivering medicines / service , entering the details in Card and
delivering
service ( including no of items / unit price / GST etc )
· Beneficiary
“ sign off “ ( in Card ) for having received medicine / service
· Person delivering service ( or medicine ) , uploading data on Central
Server of Health
Ministry
· Health Ministry updating PATIENT HISTORY in the database and
effecting DIGITAL PAYMENT to person delivering medicine / service [
DBT ]
· There will be NO CASH TRANSFER to a beneficiary ( to avoid fraud /
fake cases )
· If meticulously designed and aggressively / speedily implemented as
outlined above
, AYUSHMAN has the potential to,
#
Save millions of premature deaths annually
# Save billions of man-hours lost due to preventable illnesses
# Bring down the cost of Healthcare / Medicines / Services
# Vastly improve the quality of life for 50 crore persons
# Invigorate many industries and generate huge employment
With regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 28
May 2022
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