(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: Health Data Management Policy

Topic: Health Data Management Policy

Guest:

Shashidhar K. J. (Associate Fellow ORF)
Lakshmipriya Nair, (Special Correspondent, Express Pharma)
Dr. Praveen Gedam, (Additional CEO, National Health Authority)

Topic Description:

The health Ministry Monday approved a policy under the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) to protect and manage personal data of patients using the digital services of the scheme.

The policy that was approved by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan acts as a guidance document across the National Digital Health Ecosystem (NDHE).

The government said that this policy is to be read along with, and not in contradiction to, any applicable law, or any instrument having the effect of any law together with the Blueprint, the information security policy, the data retention and archival policy and any other policy which may be issued for the implementation of the NDHM.

Data collected across the National Digital Health Ecosystem (NDHE) will be stored in at the central level, the state or Union Territory level and at the health facility level, by adopting the principle of minimality at each point.

The policy was approved “after over a month” of soliciting feedback from various stakeholders and the general public.