Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) addresses the need for interoperability in health services through a unified health interface. Elaborate its significance in digitising the health ecosystem.

Ayushman Bharat digital Mission ABDM - Integrate healthcare provider + health care data and citizen for seamless accessibility towards Quality healthcare. Need for Interoperability in Healthcare: (1) Duplication of test - By various Healthcare Providers → Increased cost - Reducing Affordability (2) Shortage of doctors → less than WHO standard 1:1000 Vs India - 1:1456 (3) Telemedicine - To make Quality health services at Remote areas as tertiary health care is concentrated in Urban Areas [Inverted health care Institutions → Primary health centre centres] (4) In sync with Digital India mission and Benefiting citizen by accessing Health records any where - Improving operationability between Hospitals ABDM + Its significance:- (1) Improving availability of Healthcare opportunities at affordable rate - [Reducing travel charges and three visiting Hospitals] (2) Early diagnosis of disease - Reduced DALY [disability adjusted years of living] (3) Upright structure of Healthcare Institutions - as ABDM Improves Accessibility of Primary health centre (4) Unified Record - leading to efficiency + effective Service delivery (5) Addren manpower shortage in Healthcare especially in rural areas (6) Improve affordability to poor in accening expert consultation - [Reduced actual spending [poor Pocket expenditure] → Poverty Indicator

Save resources and cost effective. Other ways - SDG goals - 6 & 10. (gender and regional equal access). Universalization of Health care (A - 21). ABDM + Its significance:- (1) Improving availability of Healthcare opportunities at affordable rate - [Reducing travel charges and three visiting Hospitals] (2) Early diagnosis of disease - Reduced DALY [disability adjusted years of living] (3) Upright structure of Healthcare Institutions - as ABDM Improves Accessibility of Primary health centre (4) Unified Record - leading to efficiency + effective Service delivery (5) Addren manpower shortage in Healthcare especially in rural areas (6) Improve affordability to poor in accening expert consultation - [Reduced actual spending [poor Pocket expenditure] → Poverty Indicator] Thus ABDM acts as stepping stone towards 'Health services For all' in achieving goal (3) in Sustainable development goals.

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