Here is Question No. 18 a part of our series on UPSC Prelims 2022.
Q19. With reference to the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, consider the following statements:
- Private and public hospitals must adopt it.
- As it aims to achieve universal health coverage, every citizen of India should be part of it
ultimately. - It has seamless portability across the country.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 3 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer – B
- Statement 1 is incorrect: The Government of India has launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission to promote the digitization of healthcare and to create an open interoperable digital health ecosystem for the country. Participation in ABDM is voluntary including for citizens and participation in healthcare in the institution is also voluntary and shall be taken by the respective management (government or private). However, once the management decides to register the respective healthcare facility/institution in ABDM, it is essential for all the healthcare professionals serving the said facility/institution to register in the Healthcare Professionals Registry so that the institution can become fully integrated with the National Digital Health Ecosystem (NDHE).
- Statement 3 is Correct: ABDM seeks to bridge the gap among multiple stakeholders who are part of the healthcare ecosystem by prescribing common health data standards, developing health facilities registry, healthcare professionals, etc. required for interoperability by enabling seamless data sharing across various healthcare providers who may be using different digital health systems
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