Tele-consultation, Online Test Reports & Payments: PM Modi Reviews National Digital Health Mission
News 18Chairing a high-level meeting on Thursday to review the National Digital Health Mission, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that it will bring ease of living for citizens as they can avail a large number of health services via it. The PMO said Modi directed that steps be expedited to expand operations under the NDHM, noting that the platform’s utility to the citizens will be visible only by way of enabling them across the country to avail of services like tele-consultation with a doctor, availing services of a lab, transferring test reports or health records digitally to the doctor and paying digitally. This interface will enable public and private solutions and apps to plug in and be a part of the national digital health ecosystem. This is likely to unleash a “digital health tech revolution” with innovations and various services for citizens in such a manner that healthcare infrastructure and human resources can also be utilised in a more efficient manner across the nation, it said.