NHA to organise public webinars for stakeholders to brief on NDHM’s Consultation papers

Webinars on consultation papers—Health Facility Registry (HFR) and Healthcare Professionals Registry (HPR) to be held on 6th and 7th July

The National Health Authority (NHA) will organise two public webinars to brief stakeholders on the recently-published consultation papers regarding the Health Facility Registry (HFR) and the Healthcare Professionals Registry (HPR) – core building blocks of the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM). The webinars will be held on 6th and 7th July, respectively.

Last week, NHA had released these two consultation papers on its website for the public to read and share their feedback and suggestions. The last date for submitting suggestions and inputs has been extended to 20th July, 2021. This extension has been decided to ensure ample time for all stakeholders to submit their comments, in light of the upcoming nationwide roll out of NDHM.

The HFR and the HPR are two essential building blocks of NDHM which are owned, developed and maintained by the Centre. The HFR is proposed to be the single complete, up-to-date repository of health facilities in the country and is envisioned as the primary source of information for all other databases and lists. Similarly, the HPR will be the hub for a variety of healthcare professionals including doctors, nurses and community health workers (e.g. ASHAs and ANMs).

In August 2020, NDHM was launched as a pilot project in six Union Territories (UTs) after a series of comprehensive discussions with different groups of stakeholders.