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The ABHM school health guidance, in practical terms

The Ayushman Bharat Health Mission establishes a digital health profile for every citizen. Its school health care programme guidelines, and the mandatory health care provider guidelines that accompany them, set what a school programme must include.

What the guidance requires

And how RISE and EPIC map onto it

Requirement areaHow the programme meets it
A digital health identity for every beneficiaryABHA number generated or linked at registration, for students and staff alike.
An emergency health record accessible at the point of needEmergency Health Profile issued on an NFC and QR card, readable without our software.
Clinical screening by qualified providersPaediatrician or general physician 4Ds screening under RISE; dental, ophthalmology and ENT added under EPIC.
Laboratory investigationBlood grouping and complete blood picture under RISE; thyroid and lipid profiles added under EPIC.
Referral for identified conditionsStructured referral into connected laboratories, pharmacies and hospitals, tracked to closure.
ReportingAnnual disease statistical report to the school, and de-identified aggregation upward.
Provider obligations

The mandatory guidelines, summarised

The health care provider guidelines that accompany the school health programme set expectations on qualification, on record-keeping and on the handling of identifiable data. Our position on each is set out in full on the compliance page, including the items we have not yet closed.

Read the source

Schools reviewing a proposal should read the government guidance directly rather than relying on any provider's summary of it, including ours. We supply the references in the proposal pack.

Standards the record is built to

So it remains valid outside our system

IdentityABHA number · ABHA address04ExchangeHL7 FHIR R4 · DICOMweb · vendor-neutral APIs03MeaningSNOMED CT · ICD-10 / ICD-11 · LOINC · ATC02StorageIndia-resident, encrypted, consent-scoped01
Identity, exchange, meaning, storage

See how it is implemented.

The week-by-week delivery plan.