Centralized health record for citizens

Government of India has issued guidelines/standards with an objective to introduce a uniform standards based system for creation of electronic health records (EHRs) by the healthcare providers by formulation of EHR Standards 2016. This uniform standard helps ensure the interoperability within different systems. The ministry has set up a National Resource Centre for EHR Standards (NRCeS) to augment facilitation for adoption of the notified EHR Standards in technical association with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune for providing assistance in developing, implementing, and using EHR standards effectively in healthcare information technology (IT) applications. The estimated cost is Rs. 23.59 crore, out of which an amount of Rs. 4 crore has been released to C-DAC, Pune for setting up of NRCeS.