NEW DELHI : Despite the government aiming to get every citizen to enrol for a digital health ID, only around a fifth of Indians have bothered to do so.
Ayushman Bharat Health Account ID or ABHA card, which will digitally preserve all personal health records, has had only 240 million takers so far.
This is due to concerns over data privacy on account of data breaches, according to an official. The National Health Authority (NHA) is now working to remove personal identification information before using the health data for public health research, policy making and disease surveillance among others.
ABHA Health ID enables individual to access their digital health records and is expected to help healthcare providers offer better treatment. “Data privacy has emerged as a concern particularly in the healthcare sector.