With DigiLocker, a government approved virtual storage facility, successfully completing its second-level of integration with Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), the Union Health Ministry on Thursday said that the cloud-based storage platform can be used now as a health locker for storing and accessing health records such as vaccination records, doctor prescriptions, lab reports, hospital discharge summaries, etc.

DigiLocker had earlier completed level 1 integration with ABDM wherein the platform had added ABHA or Ayushman Bharat Health Account creation facility for its 13 crore users.

“The latest integration will now enable users to utilise DigiLocker as a Personal Health Records (PHR) app.

“ In addition to this, ABHA holders can also link their health records from different ABDM registered health facilities, like hospitals and labs and access them through DigiLocker.

“Users can also scan and upload their old health records on the app. Further, they can share selected records with ABDM registered healthcare professionals,” said Ministry officials. Dr  R S Sharma, CEO, National Health Authority (NHA) said that under the ABDM, NHA is building an interoperable health ecosystem. The different applications from both the public and private sector partners integrating with ABDM are helping expand the reach of the scheme to more users and adding more functionalities.

"DigiLocker is a trusted and popular app to access authentic documents. Therefore, it is a significant development as users would now get to use it as a PHR app and get the benefits of paperless record keeping," Sharma said.

Abhishek Singh, MD & CEO, Digital India Corporation added that the team is proud to extend the benefits of ABDM to its 130 million registered users.