Lok Sabha Question No. 130 (STARRED), answered on 2023-07-28
Subject: Scan and Share OPD Registration Service
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Geeta Kora

## GOVERNMENT OFINDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE

## LOKSABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 130 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 28 TH JULY, 2023

## SCAN AND SHARE OPD REGISTRATION SERVICE

## †*130. SHRIMATI GEETA KORA:

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

- (a) whether the facility of instant OPD registration and Scan and Share service through/under Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission is benefitting the patients;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with number of patients that have availed the said facility/service so far;
- (c) the number of Health Care Institutions that have started the service so far, State/UT-wise;
- (d) whether the said facility has also been rolled out in Jharkhand; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

- (a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 130 FOR 28 TH JULY, 2023

(a) to (e) Government of India has launched Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) which aims to create a digital platform enabling interoperability of health data within the health ecosystem to create longitudinal Electronic Health Record (EHR) of every citizen.

Under ABDM, the 'Scan and Share' feature has been enabled for quick and seamless OPD registration for patients at hospitals using their smartphone. This facility has been provisioned through the use of a hospital-specific QR code and an ABDM-enabled personal health record (PHR) application.

Byscanning the QR code, patients can share their demographic details with the hospital via the Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) profile. In return, they receive a token number that they can use to obtain their OPD printed card from the OPD registration counter. This process not only saves patients time by reducing waiting hours for patients, it also ensures that the hospital receives accurate patient information in a timely manner. In addition, the OPD crowd also reduces.

As on 24 th July 2023, a total of 1774 health facilities across 32 States/UTs including Jharkhand have adopted this service of Scan and Share (State-wise detail is at Annexure A) and over 52 lakhs tokens have been generated using the service. In Jharkhand, 6 health facilities (All India Institute of Medical Sciences Deoghar; District Hospital Chatra; Sadar Hospital Giridih; MGM medical college Jamshedpur; East Singhbum, Sadar Hospital Khunti; & Dr A Kumars Pathology, Hazaribagh) have adopted this service.

## Annexure -A

| S.No   | STATE/UT                 |   Number of healthcare facilities |
|--------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1.     | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                                 1 |
| 2.     | Andhra Pradesh           |                               336 |
| 3.     | Arunachal Pradesh        |                                 1 |
| 4.     | Assam                    |                                27 |
| 5.     | Bihar                    |                               277 |
| 6.     | Chandigarh               |                                 5 |
| 7.     | Chhattisgarh             |                                23 |
| 8.     | Delhi                    |                                14 |
| 9.     | Goa                      |                                 4 |
| 10.    | Gujarat                  |                                21 |
| 11.    | Haryana                  |                                 5 |
| 12.    | Jammu and Kashmir        |                                55 |
| 13.    | Jharkhand                |                                 6 |
| 14.    | Karnataka                |                               224 |
| 15.    | Kerala                   |                                11 |
| 16.    | Ladakh                   |                                13 |
| 17.    | Lakshadweep              |                                 1 |
| 18.    | Madhya Pradesh           |                                15 |
| 19.    | Maharashtra              |                               137 |
| 20.    | Manipur                  |                                 3 |
| 21.    | Meghalaya                |                                 7 |
| 22.    | Odisha                   |                                 3 |
| 23.    | Puducherry               |                                 3 |
| 24.    | Punjab                   |                                24 |
| 25.    | Rajasthan                |                                 2 |
| 26.    | Sikkim                   |                                 3 |
| 27.    | Tamil Nadu               |                                 5 |
| 28.    | Telangana                |                                 5 |
| 29.    | Tripura                  |                                13 |
| 30.    | Uttar Pradesh            |                               522 |
| 31.    | Uttarakhand              |                                 6 |
| 32.    | West Bengal              |                                 2 |
|        | Total                    |                              1774 |

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