NHA approved DRiefcase to store personal healthcare records through Whatsapp

Mumbai: India's National Health Authrotity under its flagship scheme Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) has announced that DRiefcase, a mobile app for personal health records, integration with WhatsApp to further enhance the user experience. DRiefcase users will now be able to directly store personal medical records into their accounts by directly uploading them over WhatsApp, taking the commitment one step further.

ABDM is a digital framework that will connect patients, doctors, and other healthcare stakeholders nationwide to facilitate the safe and secure movement of health information.

Sohit Kapoor, Founder, DRiefcase, said, "We have always believed that any software platform cannot expect patients or doctors to adapt to their user journey. The user journey of the platform has to work the way they do and minimise disruptions for them. Keeping this conviction in mind, we have now enabled using WhatsApp as a method of uploading medical records onto our health locker."

Further added that this integration will now ensure the safe and efficient flow of information and hence bridge the information gap that exists between patients and caregivers, and through them, the other stakeholders in the ecosystem, such as pharma companies, insurance companies, and governments, all through an everyday app like WhatsApp.