DIGITAL
HEALTH INCENTIVE SCHEME (DHIS) – GOVERNMENT SCHEME
News:
National Health Authority
announces extension of its Digital Health Incentives Scheme till December 31,
2023
What's
in the news?
● The
National Health Authority (NHA) has extended its Digital Health Incentives
Scheme (DHIS) under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) until December
31, 2023.
Features
of DHIS:
● It
is functioning under the Ayushman Bharat
Digital Mission (ABDM).
● Hospitals, diagnostic labs, and
digital health solution providers
are incentivized to embrace transformative digitization practices.
Aim:
● To
give a thrust to digital health
transactions in the country under the ABDM.
Eligibility:
● Health
facilities such as hospitals, diagnostic labs and registered Digital Solution
Companies (DSCs) under ABDM's Health Facility Registry (HFR) are eligible to
participate based on the number of digital health records created.
Incentives:
● Can
earn financial incentives of up to Rs.4 crores based on the number of digital
health records created and linked to ABHA (Ayushman Bharat Health Account).
Go
back to basics:
Ayushman
Bharat Digital Mission:
● To
develop the digital health
infrastructure.
● Launched
in September, 2021.
● Implementing
Agency
○ National
Health Authority (NHA)
National
Health Authority (NHA):
● Responsible
for implementing AB PM-JAY.
● Successor
of the National Health Agency.
● Designing
strategy, building technological infrastructure to create a National Digital
Health Ecosystem.