Tarun Karthick
Campbell Bay, 03 December 2022
The National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) was launched as a pilot in six Union Territories including Andaman & Nicobar Islands on 15th August 2022. The scheme was later extended to the entire country on 27th September 2021 and renamed as Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM). Under the scheme, more than 4 lakh Health IDs have been created in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Health IDs created under Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission is now called Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA).
It has been decided to promote the use of ABHA for OPD registration of new and follow-up patients at GB Pant Hospital, Port Blair. The scan & share QR code solution of the National Health Authority shall be adopted at the OPD Counter of GB Pant Hospital, Port Blair to facilitate quick registration of the patients.
At present, manual entry of patient’s demographics like Name, Age, Gender, Address and Mobile No is being done at the Registration Counter of GB Pant Hospital. Manual Entry of demographics is a time-consuming process, resulting in long queues for registration during the peak morning hours.
To mitigate this issue, a separate ABHA Counter has been set up at the OPD registration area of GB Pant Hospital. All new and follow-up patients visiting the OPD counter have been requested to carry their ABHA ID so that their demographic details can be scanned and printed on the OPD slip instead of manual entry, this will result in faster OPD registration.
Further, a QR Code Scan and Share Option is also available at the OPD entrance area of GB Pant Hospital, which can be used by patients having the ABHA app, Arogya Sethu, Paytm or eka.care installed on their iOS or Android Smartphones.