A Glimpse Into the Deployment of Digital Health in India

The well-being of any country depends on the health of its citizens. As India is the most populated country and an emerging economy, a solution for India might also be a model for the rest of the world. Over the last eight years, India has taken significant steps to incorporate Digital Health (DH) at the core of its healthcare delivery system. Challenges, importance, fallout, specific applications, and growth of DH in the Indian setting are discussed in this report.

Digital Health is a significant component of healthcare in the new Digital India. Technology is being used to achieve the bold objective of providing universal health coverage, initially to 500 million economically challenged citizens. This report traces the initiatives of the Government of India to meet this challenge, including the formation of the National Digital Health Authority, Ayushman Bharat Digital Health Mission, and Ayushman Bharat Health Account. In addition, showcased, as a specific illustration of the use of DH, is the The TB Free India campaign — a plan to eliminate tuberculosis by 2025. This report contains many agency names and programs. The Appendix at the end of this article defines each.

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Krishnan Ganapathy, MCh (Neurosurgery), FACS, FICS, FAMS, PhD | Distinguished Visiting Professor IIT Kanpur & Director, Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India Keywords: Ayushman Bharath Digital Health Mission, digital health in India, India, TB eradication, tuberculosis