The National Health Authority (NHA) has issued a directive to state mission directors (SMDs) to expedite the verification of hospitals listed on the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) platform. This move comes as state governments have yet to verify 23,954 health facilities for their inclusion in the Health Facility Registry (HFR). The states with the highest number of health facilities awaiting verification are Maharashtra (5,351), Uttar Pradesh (5,212), Madhya Pradesh (1,964), Andhra Pradesh (1,868), and Rajasthan (1,840).
An NHA official, in a communication seen by Mint, has urged SMDs to designate at least two district verifiers (DV) and one district nodal officer (DNO) in each district across the state to ensure the registry is fully populated at the earliest. The HFR serves as a core building block of the ABDM, the Centre’s flagship scheme aiming to create a national digital health ecosystem. It seeks to establish a comprehensive repository of the country’s health facilities across all systems of medicine. Currently, 310,345 healthcare facilities have been verified under the ABDM, with 122,260 being private and 188,085 government centers.
The official further emphasized that the goal is to build a trusted national platform where patients can easily access details of registered health facilities across the country, improving discoverability.
Alongside the HFR, the ABDM is mandated to develop digital health IDs—Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) IDs—for citizens. To date, 651,760,110 health IDs have been created, enabling doctors within the ABDM network to access patients’ medical records. Mint previously reported that the Centre extended the Digital Health Incentive Scheme (DHIS) by one year until June 30, 2025, to digitize patients’ health records and link them to ABHA IDs.
Hospitals receive ₹ 20 per patient for digitizing their health records and linking them to ABHA IDs. Queries sent to the Union health ministry spokesperson remained unanswered until press time.
