EMR platform Docon Technologies by digital health company API Holdings has received government approval to integrate with the Ayush Bharat Health Account, the health ID component of the Ayush Bharat Digital Mission. 

Docon helps in digitising healthcare practices by enabling care provision via virtual clinics. It offers a patient health record management system that empowers better diagnosis. Through its type-free interface and learning algorithms, it is able to quickly generate a prescription. The company also does home delivery of medicines and diagnostics in partnership with digital pharmacies and diagnostics providers.

WHY IT MATTERS

The digital clinic is among the country's first providers to adopt and enable the government's ABHA. The health ID is a way for patients to create their digital health records and to access and share these data with their care providers and payers. It also allows them to receive digital lab reports, prescriptions, and diagnoses from verified medical professionals. 

The ABHA ultimately enables doctors and patients to seamlessly connect within the Indian digital health ecosystem.

"Just as UPI (Unified Payments Interface) and online payments changed the way consumers transact, health ID-enabled Docon will change the way doctors and patients interact, providing deep patient health history and understanding to the doctors, allowing them to deliver the best patient outcome," Akash Valia, head of Docon, said about their platform's integration with ABHA.

THE LARGER CONTEXT

In August, the government launched the ABDM, which aims to build the digital infrastructure of India's healthcare system. This digital ecosystem consists of the following: digital health ID, doctor registry, health facility registry, personal health record and electronic health record. 

Early this month, the National Health Authority said it will proceed to develop the Unified Health Interface (UHI), an open network for interoperable digital health services. A core component of the ABDM, the UHI will adopt an open protocol to ensure interoperability.