Sunil Kumar Barnwal, CEO, National Health Authority
ABDM is designed to place citizens at the centre of the digital health ecosystem. With consent-based sharing of health records, individuals can access their medical information whenever required and share relevant records with healthcare providers digitally. This will help make healthcare delivery more accessible, efficient and patient-centric.”
The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), implemented by the National Health Authority under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, has achieved a major milestone with over 100 crore health records successfully linked with Ayushman Bharat Health Accounts (ABHA). The achievement marks a significant step towards building an integrated, citizen-centric and interoperable digital healthcare ecosystem in the country.
The milestone reflects the growing adoption of ABDM across Government health programmes, State health platforms, public digital systems and private health technology partners.
At present, more than 450 public and private health technology solutions have successfully integrated with the ABDM ecosystem, accelerating the digitisation and seamless exchange of health records across healthcare facilities.
The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission is creating the digital public infrastructure required for an interoperable healthcare ecosystem in the country. Through key digital building blocks such as Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA), Healthcare Professionals Registry (HPR), Health Facility Registry (HFR), Health Information Exchange and Consent Manager (HIE-CM), Unified Health Interface (UHI) and National Health Claims Exchange (NHCX), ABDM enables secure, consent-based and interoperable exchange of health information across the healthcare ecosystem.
Sunil Kumar Barnwal, CEO, National Health Authority, said, “The linking of over 100 crore health records with ABHA is an important milestone in the journey of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission. It reflects the increasing adoption of digital health services across Government programmes, States, health facilities and private technology partners.
ABHA-linked health records empower citizens with secure and consent-based access to their health information and support continuity of care across the healthcare ecosystem.”
He further said, “ABDM is designed to place citizens at the centre of the digital health ecosystem. With consent-based sharing of health records, individuals can access their medical information whenever required and share relevant records with healthcare providers digitally. This will help make healthcare delivery more accessible, efficient and patient-centric.”
ABHA serves as a unique digital health identity that enables citizens to securely link and access their health records across hospitals, clinics, laboratories and healthcare providers. Through ABDM’s consent-based health information exchange mechanism, citizens can digitally share their medical records with registered healthcare providers, ensuring paperless and efficient access to healthcare services while maintaining privacy and security of personal health information.
Demonstrating rapid expansion and adoption, ABDM doubled the number of linked health records from 50 crore in February 2025 to over 100 crore in just 15 months. Nearly 10 crore health records are now being linked every two to three months. From fewer than 1,000 linked records during its initial phase to over 100 crore today, ABDM has evolved into one of the world’s largest digital health ecosystems.
States and Union Territories have played a pivotal role in driving this milestone. Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the leading contributor with over 15.03 crore ABHA-linked health records, followed by Andhra Pradesh with over 11.95 crore linked records. Bihar, Rajasthan and Gujarat have also recorded substantial progress by linking over 7.37 crore, 6.32 crore and 4.77 crore health records respectively. Several other States and Union Territories have further strengthened the nationwide growth of digital health records under ABDM.
Among the major Government programmes and digital platforms contributing to the milestone are the Non-Communicable Disease Programme and CoWIN under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY), Government of Uttar Pradesh’s eKavach platform, Government of Andhra Pradesh’s health programmes, the Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) programme under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, eHospital by National Informatics Centre, eSushrut by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Government of Gujarat’s TeCHO platform and Government of Rajasthan’s iHMS platform.
In addition to Government initiatives, several private health technology partners and ABDM-enabled digital solutions are also contributing significantly towards the creation and linkage of ABHA-linked health records, further strengthening the country’s digital health ecosystem.
With over 100 crore health records now linked with ABHA, ABDM has marked another important milestone towards creating longitudinal digital health records for citizens and enabling a more connected, paperless, efficient and patient-centric healthcare ecosystem in the country.