IIT Guwahati working as a catalyst to revolutionise health sector in the northeast region

The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, in collaboration with the central and state authorities is working tirelessly toward revolutionising the health sector by developing a digital highway for the stakeholders of the healthcare ecosystem while ensuring accessibility, affordability, inclusivity, and interoperability.

Under this, IIT Guwahati is progressively participating in multiple initiatives to contribute in improving the health sector in the northeast region.

IIT Guwahati recently hosted the first Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) workshop with Northeastern States to understand the challenges faced by the states and support them to prepare a future roadmap.

The State Mission Directors and their representatives from Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim participated in this workshop and showcased their way forward and support required from the National Health Authority, Govt. of India.

Discussion and briefing sessions were conducted by NHA during the training programme at IIT Guwahati.

Along with this, discussions on how to address various challenges being faced by the stakeholders and workers while implementing ABDM were also discussed.

These sessions motivated the participants towards the implementation of ABDM with all the technical knowledge and effective ways of communication.

This program gave them a sense of confidence and belief in the ABDM system and a change in the country's healthcare system it can bring.

The training programme concluded with an address by Dr Akshay Jain, Joint Director, State Coordination, ABDM and certificate distribution to the participants.