DigiLocker has efficiently accomplished its second degree of integration with Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission and customers can now digitally retailer well being information and hyperlink them with their Ayushman Bharat Health Account. DigiLocker goals on the Digital Empowerment of residents by offering entry to genuine digital paperwork. The issued paperwork within the DigiLocker system are deemed to be at par with the unique bodily paperwork.

DigiLocker had earlier accomplished degree 1 integration with ABDM whereby the platform had added ABHA or Ayushman Bharat Health Account creation facility for its 13 crore customers. The newest integration will now allow customers to utilise DigiLocker as a Personal Health Records (PHR) app.

In addition to this, Ayushman Bharat holders also can hyperlink their well being information from completely different Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission registered well being amenities like hospitals and labs and entry them by way of DigiLocker, a Ministry of Health and Family Welfare assertion stated on Thursday.

Users also can scan and add their outdated well being information on the app. Further, they will share chosen information with Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission registered healthcare professionals.

RS Sharma, CEO of the National Health Authority (NHA), stated: “Under the ABDM, we are building an inter-operable health ecosystem. The different applications from both the public and private sector partners integrating with ABDM are helping expand the reach of the scheme to more users and adding more functionalities.”

“DigiLocker is a trusted and popular app to access authentic documents. Therefore, it is a significant development as users would now get to use it as a PHR app and get the benefits of paperless record keeping,” the CEO added within the assertion.

The well being locker providers at the moment are obtainable to all registered customers of DigiLocker.

Speaking concerning the integration, Shri Abhishek Singh, MD & CEO, the Digital India Corporation, stated, “We are proud to extend the benefits of ABDM to our 130 million registered users. The platform has already helped generate close to 85 thousand ABHA numbers. With the health locker integration, we’re positive that more people would be able to easily link and manage their health records digitally. DigiLocker aims to be the preferred health locker for ABHA users.”