Chandigarh: Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Haryana, Dr. Sumita Misra said the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) is an important initiative that is giving a new direction to healthcare delivery in the country. The Mission is not limited to creating a digital health infrastructure; it aims to develop a trusted and seamless ecosystem between patients and healthcare providers, where health information can be accessed securely and better coordination among different healthcare institutions can be ensured.
She said the success of ABDM will be possible only when the private healthcare sector, along with the public sector, actively adopts the Mission as a shared responsibility. Dr Sumita Misra was speaking on Thursday at a State-level workshop on the ABDM Model District and healthcare institutions, held at Apparel House, Sector 44, Gurugram.
Dr Sumita Misra said registration of government hospitals and doctors under ABDM in Haryana is nearly complete, but there is a need to further enhance the participation of private hospitals, healthcare institutions and healthcare professionals. She said the objective of the State-level workshop is not merely to disseminate information, but to bring all stakeholders associated with the health sector onto a common platform, understand their concerns and practical challenges, and find solutions to them.
District-level workshops will be organised across Haryana over the next two months. Through these workshops, efforts will be made to bring healthcare institutions at the local level onto the ABDM platform, increase the adoption of digital health services and resolve implementation-related issues on the ground. She directed the ABDM Haryana team to prepare a detailed action plan in this regard.
Dr Sumita Misra also called upon hospitals associated with Ayushman Bharat to accord special priority to maternal and child health. She said issues such as the Maternal Mortality Ratio, Infant Mortality Rate and Sex Ratio at Birth are not confined to the Health Department alone, but are directly linked to the future of society. Healthcare institutions and doctors, besides providing treatment, should remain sensitive to these social challenges and discharge their responsibilities accordingly.
