Karnataka government-run Okay C Normal Hospital in Bengaluru was Monday awarded the ‘Ayushman Utkrishtata Puraskaar’ by the Nationwide Well being Authority (NHA) for linking the very best variety of affected person well being information to Ayushman Bharat Well being Account (ABHA), mentioned state Well being Minister Dr Okay Sudhakar.
Over 8,450 well being information on the Okay C Normal Hospital have been linked to ABHA. District Authorities Hospital in Karnataka’s Dharwad additionally received the award for being the top-performing authorities well being facility. The awards got on the Arogya Manthan 2022 held in Delhi Monday.
Whereas Andhra Pradesh is the highest state in India which has linked 12,056,084 well being information to ABHA, Karnataka is the second within the nation to have linked 1,68,254 such information.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s imaginative and prescient of the Nationwide Digital Well being Mission (NDHM) is to create a nationwide digital well being ecosystem that helps common well being protection in an environment friendly, accessible, inclusive, inexpensive, well timed and protected method. ABHA provides a seamless on-line platform offering a variety of knowledge, data, and infrastructure companies, duly leveraging open, interoperable, standards-based digital programs, and guaranteeing safety, confidentiality, and privateness of health-related private data,” mentioned Sudhakar in a press release.
As soon as linked with ABHA, medical information will be accessed anytime with out shedding them.
Karnataka Principal Well being Secretary T Okay Anil Kumar mentioned that 36.71 lakh beneficiaries have been handled until August below Ayushman Bharat Arogya Karnataka (AB-ArK) scheme since its launch in November 2018.
“Karnataka is the primary state to have a devoted Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY Arogya Karnataka cell. We have now been proactive in extending well being care by way of the built-in Ayushman Bharat Arogya Karnataka (AB-ArK) scheme to all of the residents of Karnataka because it covers the beneath poverty line (BPL) in addition to above poverty line (APL) inhabitants,” added Kumar.
Karnataka is the primary state within the nation to have 25,175 healthcare professionals registered on the ABDM portal and it additionally maintains Healthcare Professionals Registry (HPR).
Arogya Manthan 2022, as a part of the fourth anniversary of Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), was carried out by the Nationwide Well being Authority from September 24 to 26 in Delhi with the participation of well being officers from throughout the nation. The theme was to spotlight the nation’s best well being practices in every state which will be applied in different states to reinforce the standard of healthcare offered nationwide.