Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission takes Scan and Share service to more OPDs: How the service works – Times of India

The National Health Authority (NHA) under its flagship scheme Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) offers faster OPD registration service for patients via Scan & Share functionality. The service which was piloted from a single hospital in New Delhi in October 2022 is now available in 200+ health facilities across 18 states in India. Within 75 days of its launch, the Scan and Share service is claimed to have already helped more than 1 lakh patients to save their time and efforts by enabling instant registration for OPD consultations. The states of Karnataka, Delhi, UP are among the leading states which are using this facility for providing better service delivery to patients.
How Scan and Share service works
The Scan and Share service service allows patients to simply scan the unique QR Code of the participating hospital/health facility using any health application of their choice (such as ABHA App, Arogya Setu App, EkaCare, DRiefcase, Bajaj Health, PayTM) and share their ABHA profile. The patient’s demographic details like name, guardian’s name, age, gender, address, mobile number etc from their ABHA (Ayushman Bharat Health Account) is directly shared with the Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) resulting in digital registration. The patient can then simply visit the counter to collect their outpatient slip and visit the doctor.

The OPD registration has been made simple, seamless and accurate by this Scan and Share functionality. The process helps patients to register oneself, especially in the case of revisits without standing in long queues. This not only provides immediate and real benefit to patients but also encourages them to accept digital solutions to their health needs.
Updates on the OPD token generation via the Scan & Share service are available under the ‘Health Facility Token Generated’ tab in the ABDM public dashboard — https://dashboard.abdm.gov.in/abdm/
This dashboard offers a range of services, which can help both patients as well as the caretakers.
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