Uttar Pradesh received two awards for its excellent performance in Ayushman Bharat Scheme

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Uttar Pradesh has been honored with two awards for its excellent performance in the Centre's Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-J) and Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).

An Overview of the News

• Uttar Pradesh has achieved the highest number of health accounts under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).

• The state has created over 4.7 crore Ayushman Bharat Health Accounts (ABHA), surpassing Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh with 4.19 crore and 4.10 crore accounts respectively.

• Additionally, more than 2.73 crore health records in Uttar Pradesh are linked to ABHA.

Major applications used:

• Uttar Pradesh is actively using essential applications like PM-JAY, CoWin, and e-Kavach.

• A total of 535 hospitals in Uttar Pradesh are actively using the Health Management Information System (HMIS).

• Of them, 150 hospitals are using the scan and share feature for online OPD registration, with a total of 33,79,592 tokens issued.

• Additionally, 2,73,00,607 health records have been added through this process.

• The e-Kavach application is being used in Uttar Pradesh for ABHA generation through community enumeration.

Health Professionals Registries (HPRs) and Health Facilities Registries (HFRs):

• Uttar Pradesh claims to have the best performance in the Health Professional Registry (HPR) in India, where registries of more than 42,700 health professionals are verified.

• In Health Facilities Registries (HFR), the state secured the second rank with verification of over 38,863 facilities, including both government and private facilities.

• Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the top performer among all states in Health Management Information System (HMIS) and Scan and Share program.