Centre issuing digital doctor certificates to verified healthcare professionals under Know Your Doctor service
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To curb the quackery menace and address the rising concern of unqualified practitioners treating patients, the Centre is issuing Digital Doctor Certificates with QR codes to verified healthcare professionals under a Know Your Doctor (KYD) service. The initiative aims to ensure that patients have access to verified doctors.
According to LiveMint news report, the initiative is being executed as a part of newly introduced KYD (Know Your Doctor) program under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM). It requires all verified doctors to display these certificates at their clinics. These certificates will showcase a distinctive QR code. KYD has started on the lines of Know You Customer (KYC) service used for financial transactions.
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