In news– The National Health Authority (NHA) has released a consultation paper on ‘Operationalising Unified Health Interface (UHI) in India’ that outlines the market rules that will govern the UHI Network.
About the consultation paper-
- It focuses on the different elements of UHI and the market rules that will govern them.
- These include guidelines that will govern the way search & discovery will take place in a fair and transparent manner, payment & settlement processes, rules around cancellation & rescheduling, grievance redressal mechanism, and more.
- Each section has specific open questions where feedback from stakeholders is sought.
What is UHI?
- It is a network of open protocols that enable the interoperability in health services.
- UHI aims to enable interoperability in health services in India through open protocols.
- UHI is powered by protocols built by an open community of developers and deployed on a Gateway built by National Health Authority (NHA).
- UHI is one of the foundational layers in the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) Stack that focuses on the discoverability and delivery of health services.
- While the current ABDM building blocks enable the interoperable exchange of personal health data and provide registries for doctors, patients and health facilities, UHI leverages these building blocks to provide a seamless end-to-end experience for the users.
- Through UHI enabled applications, patients can discover, book, conduct and pay for services offered by a variety of participating providers from any application of their choice.
Source: PIB
