Eka Care opens its platform for creation of health ID under Ayushman Bharat Digital Health Mission

The creation of Health IDs will standardise the process of identifying an individual across healthcare providers

Eka Care becomes the first private healthcare platform to facilitate the creation of Health ID under Ayushman Bharat Digital Health Mission (ABDM).

ABDM’s initiative has opened up a completely new chapter in the healthcare industry. Under this scheme, a unique Digital Health ID will be provided to the people, which will link with all the health records of the individual.

Vikalp Sahni, CEO and Co-founder, Eka Care said, “This is the beginning of a new healthcare infrastructure in India. After revolutionizing the finance sector with UPI, the government has taken up a massive step in the healthcare industry. We are super delighted to facilitate the creation of health ID and storing of health records on our platform. To support this initiative, we are also offering free storage up to 10GB to each individual, to store their health records.”

The creation of Health IDs will standardise the process of identifying an individual across healthcare providers. The aim is to ensure that the medical records which get created are issued to the right individual or get accessed by health information users through the individual’s appropriate consent.

In order to issue a Health ID to an individual, it will require basic demography and contact details which will be passed on to the ABDM system. The ID will be used for uniquely identifying persons, authenticating them and maintaining their own and family’s health records (only with the informed consent of the individual) across multiple systems and stakeholders.

Eka Care, became the first company to integrate with the CoWIN portal in June this year, allowing booking of vaccination slots. The app is available in 12 different languages and is being used by more than 1.5 million consumers across 1500 districts in India. Through the app, patients can store their health records, book their doctor appointments, book CoWIN vaccination appointments and download vaccination certificates. The app also facilitates users to talk to a doctor 24X7.

The Eka Care team is working on building a PHR app as well as per the ABDM guidelines to facilitate consent-based sharing of records with healthcare providers.