Telemedicine & Digital Health in India

📱 eSanjeevani — World’s Largest Telemedicine Platform

• India’s national telemedicine service; launched 2019
• Completed over 300 million consultations — world’s largest telemedicine platform
• Two variants: eSanjeevani AB-HWC (doctor-to-doctor) and eSanjeevani OPD (patient-to-doctor)
• Developed by C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing)
• Became crucial during COVID-19 lockdowns
• Part of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission

📱 Telemedicine Practice Guidelines 2020

• Issued jointly by Ministry of Health and NITI Aayog in March 2020
• First legal framework for telemedicine in India
• Allows registered medical practitioners to provide teleconsultation via video, audio, or text
• Specifies what medicines can be prescribed via telemedicine
• Enabled eSanjeevani and other telemedicine services to scale rapidly

📱 Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM)

• Launched in 2021
• Creates unique Health ID (ABHA — Ayushman Bharat Health Account) for every citizen
• Citizens can store and share health records (prescriptions, lab reports, discharge summaries) digitally
• Enables seamless healthcare delivery across providers
• Over 500 million ABHA IDs created
• Part of India’s National Digital Health Mission