New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission via video conferencing on Monday. The pilot project of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission had been announced by PM Modi on 15th August 2020. Currently, Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission is being implemented in the pilot phase in six Union Territories.

The nation-wide rollout of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission coincides with NHA celebrating the third anniversary of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY). Union Health Minister will be present on the occasion.

Key components of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission: 

• The key components of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission include a health ID for every citizen that will also work as their health account, to which personal health records can be linked and viewed with the help of a mobile application; 
• A Healthcare Professionals Registry (HPR) and Healthcare Facilities Registries (HFR) will act as a repository of all healthcare providers across both modern and traditional systems of medicine. 
• This will ensure ease of doing business for doctors/hospitals and healthcare service providers.
• Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission Sandbox, created as a part of the Mission, will act as a framework for technology and product testing that will help organizations, including private players, intending to be a part of the National Digital Health Ecosystem become a Health Information Provider or Health Information User or efficiently link with building blocks of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission.