Modi Govt Proposes Creation of National Health Stack, invites comments
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According to a consultation paper titled 'National Health Stack Strategy and Approach', the NHS will facilitate collection of comprehensive healthcare data across the country.
To address the health needs of citizens, the Government of India had announced comprehensive policy response – the Ayushman Bharat Yojana. However, achieving such scale of the yojana requires a rethink the core technology backbone of our system and leverage cutting edge digital solutions to tackle the challenge.
To address this issue, NITI Aayog has came out with a blueprint of the the National Health Stack (NHS), a shared digital healthcare infrastructure, with a view to implement the Centre's flagship scheme Ayushman Bharat and other public healthcare programmes in the country. The NHS is proposed to be the country's first futuristic nationally shared digital healthcare infrastructure usable by both the Centre and states across public and private sector
New Delhi: India today is witnessing significant trends in health: increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases for instance, as well as marked demographic shifts. Climbing out-of-pocket costs is becoming difficult for most households.
To address the health needs of citizens, the Government of India had announced comprehensive policy response – the Ayushman Bharat Yojana. However, achieving such scale of the yojana requires a rethink the core technology backbone of our system and leverage cutting edge digital solutions to tackle the challenge.
To address this issue, NITI Aayog has came out with a blueprint of the the National Health Stack (NHS), a shared digital healthcare infrastructure, with a view to implement the Centre's flagship scheme Ayushman Bharat and other public healthcare programmes in the country. The NHS is proposed to be the country's first futuristic nationally shared digital healthcare infrastructure usable by both the Centre and states across public and private sector
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