Update on Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
Update on Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
Government of India has launched Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) with a vision to create national digital health ecosystem. It aims to develop a platform enabling interoperability of health data within the health ecosystem to create longitudinal Electronic Health Record (EHR) of every citizen.
To ensure participation of citizen, Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) numbers (erstwhile known as Health IDs) are created. ABHA is Unique Health Identifier as a random 14-digit number and may be issued digitally or in the form of a hardcopy.
Creation of ABHA number is voluntary.
As on 24.01.2024, a total of 52,50,15,110 ABHA Numbers have been created.
State/UT-wise details are as under:
S.No
State/UT
ABHAs Created
1
Andaman And Nicobar Islands
437777
2
Andhra Pradesh
41231065
3
Arunachal Pradesh
332675
4
Assam
17402397
5
Bihar
18403298
6
Chandigarh
674965
7
Chhattisgarh
19822176
8
Delhi
7918415
9
DNHDD
675191
10
Goa
745858
11
Gujarat
42251129
12
Haryana
12288393
13
Himachal Pradesh
5568590
14
Jammu And Kashmir
8596224
15
Jharkhand
7133354
16
Karnataka
25611817
17
Kerala
14866214
18
Ladakh
370982
19
Lakshadweep
99540
20
Madhya Pradesh
42837762
21
Maharashtra
47116865
22
Manipur
587272
23
Meghalaya
860215
24
Mizoram
579740
25
Nagaland
639014
26
Odisha
25973337
27
Puducherry
1091093
28
Punjab
8930344
29
Rajasthan
29095048
30
Sikkim
399541
31
Tamil Nadu
9182178
32
Telangana
17325015
33
Tripura
566640
34
Uttar Pradesh
66203035
35
Uttarakhand
6387162
36
West Bengal
29787043
Total (A)
511991364
Not Yet Updated (B)
13023746
Grand Total (A+|B)
525015110
The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Prof. S P Singh Baghel stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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