Mumbai civic body to launch 100-day drive for digital health IDs from October 2

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC will launch a 100day Mumbai DigiHealth Connect MDC campaign from Friday October 2 with a focus on increasing Ayushman Bharat Health Account ABHA registrations among eligible citizens and expanding digital health services across MumbaiThe campaign will run across all administrative divisions of the civic body for 100 days Along with increasing ABHA registrations it will focus on issuing Ayushman Vay Vandana Cards to citizens aged above 70 yearsThe BMC will also seek to register all its health institutions under the Health Facility Registry HFR and eligible healthcare professionals under the Healthcare Professional Registry HPR Doctors nurses AYUSH practitioners pharmacists physiotherapists and other eligible medical practitioners will be encouraged to complete their registration under the digital health frameworkThe initiative aims to link health records with ABHA and expand digital services compatible with the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission ABDM These include Scan and Share facilities for outpatient services eprescriptions edischarge summaries digital laboratory and radiology reports and electronic medical records and hospital management information systemsMDC campaign to be implemented in three phasesThe first phase will focus on creating awareness about the campaign training officers employees and volunteers registering volunteers and distributing promotional materialThe second phase will involve largescale ABHA registration at municipal hospitals clinics Aapla Dawakhana facilities maternity homes and administrative ward offices Registration drives will also be held at schools and colleges housing societies slum settlements markets and ration shopsSpecial ABHA registration camps will be organised at the BMC headquarters and divisional and administrative offices for civic officials and their family membersThe third phase will focus on senior citizens persons with disabilities and disadvantaged sections through doortodoor and special outreach campaigns Additional ABHA registration camps will also be organised during this phaseMedical Health Officers will have a key role in the campaign while Assistant Commissioners and Deputy Municipal Commissioners will review ABHA registration progress in their respective administrative divisionsBMC Commissioner Ashwini Bhide has directed officials to ensure citizen participation in the campaign Additional Municipal Commissioner City Prajakta Verma has instructed the Public Health Department to maximise ABHA registrations and ensure that all BMC health institutions are registered under the HFRVerma has also called for eligible healthcare workers including doctors nurses AYUSH practitioners pharmacists and physiotherapists to be registered under the HPRPublic Health Committee Chairman Harish Bhandirge appealed to Mumbai residents to participate in the campaign and make use of the digital health facilities being promoted through the initiativePMJAY and MJPJAY registration at ration shopsThe campaign will also include registration for PMJAY and MJPJAY cards for eligible beneficiaries at ration shops across Mumbai Community Health Volunteers CHVs and ASHA workers will assist with identifying eligible rationcard holders and the card registration processEligibility will be verified using ration cards and eKYC while timings for registration at individual ration shops will be decided as part of the campaignThe MDC campaign is being undertaken under the Government of Indias Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission which seeks to provide citizens with an ABHA digital health identity and connect health facilities and healthcare professionals to a national digital health ecosystem