ABHA-based Scan & Share service helps 10+ lakh patients save time within six months, Health News, ET HealthWorld
ETHealthWorld
March 29, 2023, 14:30 IST
New Delhi: The National Health Authority (NHA) under its Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) scheme is enabling digital interventions for bringing efficiency to the delivery of healthcare services. One such intervention is the Scan and Share service that is enabling instant registrations for patients in outpatient department (OPD) blocks of participating hospitals.
The utilisation of the service has crossed 10 lakh patient registrations within six months of its launch. It is notable to see that the service clocked five lakh patient registrations only last month (Feb 23, 2023). The impact and acceptance of the Scan and Share service is evident from the steep rise in numbers.
Speaking about the Scan and Share service, CEO, NHA said, ABDM aims to build a seamless healthcare delivery ecosystem using digital solutions. With the Scan and Share feature, hospitals are offering digital registration services to their patients via direct sharing of their ABHA profile. This is helping patients get instant registration tokens without having to stand in queues and without entering many details. Currently, the per-day average is about 25,000 OPD tokens. We intend to cross one lakh tokens per day soon. Further, we plan to extend the feature for other interactions between the patients and healthcare service providers.
The Scan and Share service works on a simple modality of QR-code-based direct information sharing. The participating hospitals display their unique QR codes at their patient registration counters. The patients use their smartphones to scan the QR codes using the supported mobile app for the service (currently available in the ABHA app, Aarogya Setu, Driefcase, Paytm, Bajaj Health and Ekacare). The patient then creates their ABHA (
Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 9:00 am