A regulatory body, tasked with overseeing the digitisation of health information, NeHA holds great promise. Imagine a health information network where all disparate contributors to health information are allowed to communicate with each other. Any health information architecture proposed by NeHA must therefore hardwire technical or legal solutions to these challenges. Hardwiring an API-based architecture into the NHPS could tip the balance in favour of widespread adoption of health information systems. NeHA and regulatory laws that define India’s health information landscape will have deep, long-lasting ramifications on healthcare delivery.

Source: Indian Express November 24, 2016 18:35 UTC