Home / ABDM

Link your documents to your ABHA account

Gain 100% control of your health with secure and consentual sharing of ABHA-linked records with your doctors & providers

Start Linking Your Documents with ABHA

DRIEFCASE

India's 1st fully integrated ABDM app

Bringing you and your health providers closer with intuitive ABDM integrated PHR App

Create Your ABHA account

Change: Get a timeline view of your health records. Enable easy access and sharing with Doctors, Providers and healthcare ecosystem

Get your ABHA now

You only need your mobile number or Aadhaar.

Manage Consent & Share

Choose with whom you want to share your medical records with ABDM-integrated Consent Manager.

Setup Setup Your Consent Manager

Indian healthcare is changing forever… and for the better!
Our UPI moment is here, one that will change the way
healthcare is run in India.

Create you ABHA account now!

Create your unique ABHA Address

Is your email address rahul90210@something.com or pooja54321@nobody.com?

Just like email addresses, ABHA accounts will play out in a similar manner – what would you prefer someone@ndhm or someone12071989@ndhm?
This may seem like a cute fad today but a few years down the line when you need to give the ABHA address to multiple providers, it will start making a difference.

So, we suggest that you invest that 1 minute today and reap the benefits throughout your lifetime.

What is ABDM?

There are no global parallels to explain ABDM. But closer to home, the UPI framework can be used to understand ABDM quite easily. UPI enables you to transfer money from one entity to another irrespective of which bank the two entities have their accounts in. Similarly, ABDM will enable the movement of health information from one entity to another irrespective of whether the two are connected to each other or not. If you get your health check-up done at any lab and want to share the reports with your Doctor (or Hospital or Insurance Co.) the same can be done with a click.

What’s the benefit of ABDM for me?

ABDM is win-win situation for all stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystem. But the biggest beneficiary is you, the patient. With the ABDM, healthcare information can be shared seamlessly. Soon, the bulky files that you carry around to your Doctor and Hospital will be a thing of the past. No more losing records, no more re-tests, no more stress. Further, better health history will allow your doctor to provide quicker and better diagnosis. Finally, purchasing insurance and processing claims will be faster and cheaper.

How does ABDM work?

Let’s use the example of UPI again. When you use any UPI app (GPay, PhonePe, Paytm, etc), you are essentially giving consent for money to move from your bank account to another. The request for transfer could be originated by you or any vendor who you need to pay. That is also how the ABDM works.

What about data privacy?

Data privacy is non-negotiable and ABDM has built the data privacy in its basic design. No sharing of health information happens without your explicit consent. Let’s go back to UPI (again!). Can money move from your account to someone else’s account without you approving it via a PIN / OTP? Health information is protected in the same manner. But what it also means is that as a user you need to take the same precautions as you take with your bank account or UPI account. Don’t share password or OTP with anyone.

DRIEFCASE VISION

Building Integrated Digital HealthTech Infrastructure for India

With our unrivaled health-tech expertise in Public Health Record domain, we are building a suite of plug & play ABDM-linked applications for both Health Information Providers & Users.

Frequently Asked Questions

It seems that ABDM will take a long time to come, so why should I bother right now?

Participation levels in ABDM has grown since its launch in 2020, and till the end of 2021 around 15 crore ABHA numbers have been created and more than 15 thousand health facilities and over 7 thousand doctors have been registered within the ABDM. Today, most of the large hospital chains and pathlabs are in various stages of integration, so you will soon start seeing more and more providers linked to ABDM.

The first step towards joining ABDM is creation of a unique ABHA address which is a self-declared username whose format is similar to that of a UPI or Email address. So the earlier you create one for yourself the better are the chances that you can choose a preferred ABHA address which will remain as your permanent identifier in your digital healthcare journey within ABDM.

Is it compulsory for all Indians to create ABHA?

No, it is not mandatory to create ABHA. It is completely on a voluntary basis, and once registered, you can also opt out of it at any time. With ABHA, you can experience benefits such as safe and secure creation of digital health records for you and your family, consent based sharing of health records with different healthcare providers, access to verified healthcare professionals and facilities, etc. without any worries related to data security or privacy..

What information or documentation is required to create ABHA?

To create your ABHA account you need to register using Aadhaar, Driving License, or just a mobile phone number and provide basic personal details such as your name, year of birth, gender, address, and mobile number.

Usage of Aadhaar in the process of creating ABHA is voluntary. If you do not want to use your Aadhaar for ABHA creation, you can simply use your Mobile Number. However, if you use Aadhaar to generate your ABHA then please make sure that your mobile number is linked to your Aadhaar since an OTP will be sent to the mobile number linked to your Aadhaar.

What is a PHR app?

A PHR app is a secured digital platform to fetch and store your digital health records and share them with any participating healthcare provider of your choosing within ABDM. It also acts as a consent manager to provide authorisation for the movement of health records since no sharing of health information can happen without your explicit permission. Furthermore, it can be used to create your ABHA and link it across various healthcare providers registered in ABDM.

DRIEFCASE is India”s first PHR app to be approved by the National Health Association (NHA) for Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) roll-out. You can click here to download the app.