Digital Networks to Provide Health for All in India
Health for All. Photo: PIB
Digital Networks to Provide Health for All in India
Through a common digital framework, India aims to create and curate Digital Public Goods, enhance access to these tools by nations across the world and promote standards for interoperability, data privacy, and data security.
This was stated by Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar, India’s Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare in the presence of Dr. Pramod Sawant, Chief Minister, Goa at the Digital Health Summit 2023.
The event was organized by the Confederate of Indian Industry (CII) and co-branded with the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, at Goa on April 16.
The theme of the event was ‘Building One Health Together – Improving Health Equity’, with the objective of bringing together policy makers, industry leaders, and global healthcare experts and thought leaders to deliberate upon key issues confronting the digital health space.
Talking about various initiatives taken by the Government of India such as Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), e-Sanjeevani Teleconsultation service, Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) as well as CoWIN and their role in strengthening creation of a digital health ecosystem in the country, Dr. Pawar said that these initiatives will help us in achieving the goal of improving health service accessibility and equity across the country.
The Session saw other enriching discussions on key areas like ‘Leveraging and compiling Health Data towards realizing the Vision of ‘Health for All’; Innovating in Digital Health as well as Driving Investments in the future of Digital Health.
