Designing Tomorrow's Healthcare: Unveiling the Guiding Principles of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM)

The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) will be designed, developed, deployed, operated and maintained by the government with the guiding principles as laid out in the NDHB. The guiding principles of ABDM are as follows.

       a. Business Principles: Nurturing Wellness-centric and inclusive care:

  1. ABDM places a strategic emphasis on wellness, fortifying wellness centers and mobile screening teams with real-time access to personal health records. This focus aims to elevate the overall health consciousness and proactive management of well-being.
  2. ABDM will educate and empower individuals to avail a wide range of health and wellness services. Mass awareness initiatives, coupled with a portfolio of Health Apps, pave the way for informed decision-making.
  3. Specialized systems within ABDM are meticulously designed to cater to the digitally illiterate, remote, hilly, tribal areas, and the “unconnected,” ensuring that healthcare reaches every corner of the nation.
  4. ABDM will ensure privacy and security by design. A national policy on security of Health Systems and Privacy of personal health records will be developed in accordance with the PDP Bill 2019. All the building blocks that require handling personal health records will be designed to comply with such a policy at the outset.
  5. The mission integrates real-time monitoring mechanisms to measure and display the performance and accountability of all health service providers. This transparency reinforces a culture of accountability in the healthcare sector.
  6. ABDM adopts a national footprint, enabling seamless portability across the country through a Health ID (Personal Health Identifier), with supporting blocks, including adoption of Health information standards will play a pivotal role in national portability.
  7. Following the principle of “Think big, start small, scale fast,” ABDM adopts a combination of strategies for minimalistic design, prioritization, and agile technology architecture, ensuring rapid and scalable development.

        b. Technology Principles: Building the Future with Innovation and interoperability:

  1. ABDM will be developed by adopting India Enterprise Architecture Framework (IndEA). Ensuring a standardized approach in design and development. The Agile IndEA Framework governs the design and development efforts.
  2. All the building blocks and components of ABDM will confirm to open standards, be interoperable and based on open source software products and open source development. This ensures a cohesive and interoperable digital ecosystem.
  3. ABDM adopts a Federated Architecture, allowing for the central development and maintenance of core building blocks while empowering regional, state-level, and institution-level platforms to operate independently but in an interoperable manner. As defined in ABDM, the data will be federated and stored close to the point of generation.
  4. ABDM mission operated based on open AI based ecosystem, conforming to the open API policy. APIs are designed with security and privacy considerations, subject to rigorous audits before deployment.
  5. All the components, building blocks, registries, and artifacts of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) will be designed adopting a minimalistic approach – Easy, early, and collective adoption of the Blueprint by majority will be critical to its success. Hence every component of the Blueprint will be designed to be minimalistic.
  6. All the registries and other master databases of ABDM will be built as single source of Truth on different aspects and backed by Strong data governance. Rigid validation processes will be applied to all mandatory ‘fields’, clear ownership and responsibilities will be defined for all core databases and strong, dedicated data governance structures will be established at the State and Central levels.

ClinAlly’s Integral Role:

At the core of envisioning tomorrow’s healthcare, ClinAlly a certified HMIS solution, assumes a pivotal role in shaping the success of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM). The platform holds M1, M2, and M3 certifications, highlighting its unwavering commitment to adhering to the guiding principles of ABDM.

ClinAlly mPower Health: 

  • A purpose-designed platform/app tailored for healthcare professionals. Facilitates seamless integration into the ABDM framework, empowering doctors to effortlessly establish and link Ayushman Bharat Health Accounts (ABHA) for their patients.

Ai.m Healthy App: 

  • Customized for residents of India.
  • Easily accessible on both the App Store and Google Play.

Empowers individuals to independently generate or link ABHA, not only for themselves but also for their family members, ensuring inclusivity and accessibility.