Recently, the Union Cabinet has expanded the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY). Now under this scheme, health coverage of all senior citizens aged 70 years and above has been approved. That is, all senior citizens aged 70 years and above, irrespective of their social and economic status, will now be able to avail the benefits of Ayushman Bharat Yojana. Soon the process of making their Ayushman cards will be started.
The National Health Authority, the organization implementing the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) of the Government of India, has been suggested to use special tools by Google's research team. With the help of these tools, developers will be able to easily integrate into the ABDM architecture. Google has given this information in a blog on its website.
According to Google's blog post, the integrations that used to take six months earlier can now be completed in less than two weeks using these tools. It has been told in the blog that the ABHA ID card will be made available on Google Wallet next year through a partnership with eka Care.
It has also been further told in this blog that with the help of Google Wallet, more than 60 crore people will be able to easily access ABHA ID cards on their smartphones. With the help of ABHA Health ID, people will be able to show their medical records like lab results, and prescriptions in any hospital across the country.
Know how the Ayushman Bharat card will work on Google Wallet.
First of all, the user has to link his ABHA Health ID number to Google Wallet. Authenticate your device with the help of a fingerprint, PIN, or passcode. Through these security codes, the medical records of the user can be secured.
What is Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM)?
The Government of India launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) in 2021 to promote digitalization in the health sector. Through this, the government aims to revolutionize the digital healthcare ecosystem of the country by promoting better access and transparency to health services.
Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA)
Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) is an account number used to maintain all the health records of a person such as treatment history and medical reports. Through the ABHA card, the government aims to maintain digital health records of citizens to increase efficiency and accountability within the health care system.
These documents will be required to create the ABHA number.
There are two ways to generate an ABHA number. ABHA number can be obtained by self-registration through Aadhaar and driving license. These documents will be required while generating numbers through Aadhaar:
1. Aadhaar number
2. Mobile number linked with Aadhaar number
Documents required while generating ABHA number through driving license:
1. Driving license
2. Name
3. Date of Birth
4. Gender
How to create your ABHA address?
You can create an ABHA address with the help of a PHR application (like the ABHA mobile application). Apart from this, there are two ways to create an ABHA address:
1.) By using the allotted ABHA number
2.) By declaring your information like your name, email-id/mobile number, gender, etc. through the PHR application (like ABHA mobile app).
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