The National Health Stack is a set of foundational building blocks that will be built as shared digital infrastructure, usable by both public sector and private sector players.
Healthcare delivery in India faces multiple challenges today. The doctor-patient ratio in the country is extremely poor, a problem that is exacerbated by the uneven distribution of doctors in certain states and districts. Insurance penetration in India remains low, leading to out-of-pocket expenses of over 80% (something that is being addressed by the Ayushman Bharat program). Additionally, the current view on healthcare amongst citizens as well as policymakers is largely around curative care.
Preventive care, which is equally important for the health of individuals, is generally overlooked. The leapfrog we envision is that of public, precision healthcare. This means that not only would every citizen have access to affordable healthcare, but the care delivered would be holistic (as opposed to symptomatic) and preventive (and not just curative) in nature. This will require a complete redesign of operations, regulations, and incentives – a transformation that, we believe, can be enabled by the Health Stack.
iSPIRT Foundation in partnership with Swasth Alliance is hosting an Open House Discussion on the following building blocks of the Health Stack
- Doctor Registry
- The ability for doctors to digitally authenticate themselves and share their electronic credentials with a third-party application such as a telehealth provider
- Personal Health Record (PHR) System
- The ability for every Indian to be empowered with control over their health data such that they can share it with trustworthy clinical providers to access a digital service
- Open Health Services Network
- A unified health services network that comprises of a common set of protocols and APIs to allow health services to be delivered seamlessly across any set of health applications, doctors, and providers.
The virtual session will be from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM on Saturday 23rd May.
To confirm your participation and receive the virtual link, please click here.
Recommended Reading
- National Health Stack by NITI Aayog: https://niti.gov.in/writereaddata/files/document_publication/NHS-Strategy-and-Approach-Document-for-consultation.pdf
- Holistic Health Leapfrog: https://pn.ispirt.in/towards-a-holistic-healthcare-ecosystem/
- What does the Health Stack mean for you? https://pn.ispirt.in/what-does-the-health-stack-mean-for-you/
- Federated Personal Health Records: https://pn.ispirt.in/5-what-is-the-federated-phr-component-of-the-health-stack/
- Data Empowerment & Protection Architecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW__azI8_ow
- Care Intermediaries: https://pn.ispirt.in/7-healthcare-leapfrog-but-where-is-the-problem/
- Personal Health Record Specifications: https://projecteka.github.io/content/documentation.html
- Open Health Services Network Specifications: https://developers.beckn.org/Healthcare