The Central government has allocated Rs 4.39 crore to Meghalaya under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) from 2021-22 to 2023-24 to develop the backbone necessary to support the integrated digital health infrastructure.
Out of the Rs 4.39 crore allocation, the Centre has released an amount of Rs 1.50 crore for implementation of ABDM in the State of which Rs 1.28 crore has been spent by the State for the purpose.
The core components of the Mission include Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) for citizens, Health Professional Registry (HPR), Health Facility Registry (HFR) and ABHA Application. The digital health ecosystem created by ABDM supports continuity of care across primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare in a seamless manner.
ABDM, is a central sector scheme with an outlay of Rs 1600 crore for five years from 2021-2022 to 2025-2026.
ABDM was launched in September 2021. It aims to create an online platform enabling interoperability of health data within the health ecosystem. The aim of this mission is to create an Electronic Health Record (EHR) of every citizen.
Under the scheme, funding for Human Resources, Capacity Building (CB) and Information Education and Communication (IEC) activities is provided to all states and Union Territories (UTs) to drive this mission and to facilitate necessary handholding support in on-boarding all the facilities/health professionals and to integrate all state health programmes/ solutions under ABDM ecosystem.
