Lok Sabha Question No. 3956 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: Personal Health Record
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Anurag Sharma, P.P. Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3956 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2023

## PERSONAL HEALTH RECORD

## 3956 SHRI ANURAG SHARMA: SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

Will the Minister of HEALTH and FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of standardized personal health records established under the National Digital Health Mission, State/UT-wise, including Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) the details of the benefits arising from such standardization of health records;
- (c) whether the Government proposes for standardizing personal health records for the entire population; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a) to (d) Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission aims to create National Digital Health Ecosystem across  the  country  and  create  longitudinal  Electronic  Health  Record  of  all  citizens  for seamless data exchange among the different health entities.

Under the  Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), earlier the National Digital  Health Mission, health records are linked to an ABHA (Ayushman Bharat Health Account) number. These linked health records serve as the users' personal health records, and are available to the  user  in  their  Personal  Health  Records  (PHR)  app.  This  application  facilitates  an individual/users to share their records with any other healthcare provider with prior consent. The state-wise detail of ABHA linked records is at Annexure.

The  standardized/structured  data  is  key  to  enable  interoperability  within  the  healthcare ecosystem.  This  allows  a  citizen  to  maintain  their  longitudinal  health  history,  store  their health data at one place, such as in a health locker, share their health records with different healthcare service providers as warranted across facilities, geographies, physicians etc.

It  also  helps  healthcare  service  providers  to  view  patients'  health  history  and  help  in providing better care. Standardization in data can also help in data aggregation which can in turn support evidence-based policy making and research in the healthcare ecosystem.

## Annexure

| Name of the State/UT        |   No. of linked records |
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands |                  225760 |
| Andhra Pradesh              |                40471695 |
| Arunachal Pradesh           |                  185544 |
| Assam                       |                  912301 |
| Bihar                       |                16715788 |
| Chandigarh                  |                  973496 |
| Chhattisgarh                |                14689978 |
| Delhi                       |                 6407736 |
| Goa                         |                  333964 |
| Gujarat                     |                11709928 |
| Haryana                     |                 7257999 |
| Himachal Pradesh            |                 2116496 |
| Jammu And Kashmir           |                 5294554 |
| Jharkhand                   |                11127287 |
| Karnataka                   |                 7712343 |
| Kerala                      |                31776500 |
| Ladakh                      |                  121503 |
| Lakshadweep                 |                     844 |
| Madhya Pradesh              |                18884104 |
| Maharashtra                 |                13218144 |
| Manipur                     |                  684756 |
| Meghalaya                   |                  241740 |
| Mizoram                     |                  433640 |
| Nagaland                    |                  296850 |
| Odisha                      |                 3405782 |
| Puducherry                  |                  300770 |
| Punjab                      |                 8588220 |

| Rajasthan                                    |   6873598 |
|----------------------------------------------|-----------|
| Sikkim                                       |      1097 |
| Tamil Nadu                                   |   2268634 |
| Telangana                                    |   2407520 |
| The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu |    326227 |
| Tripura                                      |   1339338 |
| Uttar Pradesh                                |  22326185 |
| Uttarakhand                                  |   6031665 |
| West Bengal                                  |   6061707 |

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