Health digitisation raises privacy concerns
India’s digital move in healthcare can serve as a template - istock.com×
The storage of health data, without sufficient safeguards on who accesses it, can lead to a premature end to the privacy debate
On August 15, 2020, on the occasion of India’s 74th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM).
The NDHM, according to the government, is the first step in strengthening India’s health system and moving it toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3: achieving universal health coverage. It aims to digitise the health records of all individuals clinical tests, illnesses, medical prescriptions, and reports under one health identification.