The National Health Authority (NHA) has released a consultation paper on ‘Operationalising Unified Health Interface (UHI) in India’ that outlines the market rules that will govern the UHI Network.

UHI is envisioned as a foundational layer of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) and aims to enable interoperability in health services in India through open protocols.

“Unified Health Interface will enable interoperability of health services in India. Since the development of UHI involves several stakeholders, it is important to clearly define how different elements will be operationalised in a fair, efficient and transparent manner,”  Dr R. S. Sharma, CEO of the National Health Authority, stated while speaking about the importance of the consultation paper.

Pointing out that stakeholder participation can help avoid roadblocks in implementation and help make adoption faster and easier, Dr Sharma added, “We urge the stakeholders to share their valued comments and play a role in shaping India’s digital healthcare ecosystem.”

The Consultation Paper focuses on the different elements of UHI and the market rules that will govern them. These include guidelines that will govern the way search and discovery transparently, payment and settlement processes etc.

Comments from the public are invited to ensure that the UHI Network is designed and operationalised in a collaborative and consultative manner.