India is on the cusp of a digital revolution in healthcare.

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The government has launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), under which comes the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM). The Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) endeavours to build the necessary framework to support the digital infrastructure that will ultimately create a digital healthcare ecosystem. 

The National Digital Health Mission aims to bring connected healthcare to Indians across every sector of society. Through the National Digital Health Mission, anyone can create ABHA (your unique health account) which will enable healthcare along with safe and secure, sharing and storing of health-related information, thus allowing a centralized digital health management system. 

What is ABHA? 

Those who wish to participate in ABDM and have their health records available digitally, must create a Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA). ABHA is an account that has a randomly generated 14-digit number used to uniquely identifying persons, authenticating them, and linking their health records (only with their informed consent) across multiple systems and stakeholders. 

Your ABHA will be unique to you, and you will have the option to link all your health records to the ABHA. You can also choose to create multiple accounts to link different sets of health records with different ABHA numbers. 

What details are needed to register for ABHA? 

Your ABHA is created by using your basic details in addition to your associated mobile number or Aadhaar number. To create ABHA through an associated mobile number, you will need to provide: name, year of birth, gender, address, mobile number.  

To create ABHA through Aadhaar, you need to provide:  name, year of birth, gender, address, mobile number and Aadhaar number. 

How to create an ABHA? 

You can get ABHA through self-registration on the ABHA web portal or by downloading the ABDM Health Records application from the Google Playstore. You can also request for the creation of your ABHA at a participating health facility, which may include public/private hospitals, community health centres and health & wellness centres across India. 

Create ABHA from the JioHealthHub platform for oneself 

You can now create your ABHA from the JioHealthHub app. Here are the quick and simple steps for creating ABHA through JioHealthHub for oneself: 

1. Download the JioHealthHub app
2. After signing up on JioHealthHub, open JioHealthHub dashboard and select the first option under the Quick Access section - ‘National Health ID’
3. Choose Self from the option of choosing profiles
4. For creating new ID, give the consent and tap on the create button
5. Enter your Aadhar number, give consent for Aadhar and tap on the submit button
6. Enter the OTP received from Aadhar and tap on submit 
7. Enter mobile number for creation of ABHA 
8. Enter OTP received from NDHM and tap Verify
9. Enter desired health ID (eg: rahul.kumar) and save the form to proceed
10. Your ABHA Health ID is created 

Creating an ABHA from the JioHealthHub platform for your family members 

You can also create ABHA for other family members if they are added in JioHealthHub app. Family members can be added with the same OR different mobile numbers from JioHealthHub app or from the webapp. 

Follow these steps to create an ABHA for family members: 

1. Open the JioHealthHub dashboard and select the first option under the Quick Access section ‘National Health ID’
2. Choose any family member from the option of choosing profiles
3. To create a new ABHA Health ID, give the consent and tap on the Create button
4. Enter your Aadhar number and give the consent for Aadhar and tap on th Submit button
5. Enter OTP received from Aadhar and tap on submit
6. Enter the mobile number for creation of ABHA
7. Enter OTP received from NDHM and tap Verify
8. Enter desired health ID (eg: rekha.kumar) and save the form to proceed
9. Enter the OTP received on the mobile number used in JioHealthHub
10. ABHA will be shown after successful verification of OTP. 

 Your health records are safe and secure 

Rest assured that your information is safe and secure, since ABDM does not store any of your health records. Health records are stored with healthcare information providers according to their retention policies, and are shared over the ABDM network with encryption mechanisms only after express consent. 

The National Digital Health Mission is set to bring about a digital revolution in healthcare and empower every Indian with ease and access to health. Now, carrying around files of medical records, or travelling long distances to keep doctors’ appointments will be a thing of the past, as the ABDM ecosystem will help to bring healthcare and health management to the comfort of one’s home.  

Join the digital revolution in healthcare and create your ABHA to harness to power of connected health! 

 

Source:

Sudha Joshi Betarbet

Health Editor