The Government of India has extended the Digital Health Incentive Scheme (DHIS) till June 30, 2025.
- The scheme is meant for digitising patients’ health records and linking them with the Ayushman Bharat Digital Health Account (ABHA ID).
- The scheme was launched by the National Health Authority (NHA) on January 1, 2023 to promote digital health transactions and to provide a boost to the healthcare providers for adopting digital health.
- Under the scheme, government and private hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, diagnostic labs, and pharmacies are paid Rs 20 for each additional record they digitise, over and above the threshold of 100 transactions a month.
- The scheme is applicable to both public and private hospitals and digital solution companies (DSCs) creating digital health records.
- Under it, each facility or digital solution company can earn incentives up to Rs 4 crores. The scheme helps reimburse hospitals their expenditure on digitising their facility.
- This expenditure was often reported as a significant bottleneck for hospitals to move to digital health. Hospitals and clinics have to install computers and laptops, purchase an internet connection, and software (HMIS/LMIS) to go digital.
