Now get access to Ayushman Health Card on Google Wallet, know the process

All senior citizens aged 70 years and above, irrespective of their social and economic status, will now be able to avail the benefits of Ayushman Bharat Yojana. The process of making their Ayushman cards will be started soon.

Recently, the Union Cabinet has expanded the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY). Now under this scheme, health coverage of all senior citizens aged 70 years and above has been approved. That is, all senior citizens aged 70 years and above, irrespective of their social and economic status, will now be able to avail the benefits of the Ayushman Bharat scheme. Soon the process of making their Ayushman cards will be started.

The National Health Authority, the organization implementing the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) of the Government of India, has been suggested to use special tools by Google’s research team. With the help of these tools, developers will be able to easily integrate into the ABDM architecture. Google has given this information in a blog on its website.

According to Google’s blog post, the integrations that used to take six months earlier, can now be completed in less than two weeks with the use of these tools. The blog states that ABHA ID cards will be made available on Google Wallet from next year through a partnership with Eka Care.

This blog further states that with the help of Google Wallet, more than 60 crore people will be able to easily access ABHA ID cards on their smartphones. With the help of ABHA Health ID, people will be able to show their medical records like lab results, prescriptions at any hospital across the country.

Know how Ayushman Bharat card will work on Google Wallet

First of all, the user has to link his ABHA Health ID number to Google Wallet. And authenticate your device with the help of fingerprint, PIN or passcode. The medical records of the user can be secured through these security codes.

What is Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM)?

The Government of India launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) in 2021 to promote digitalization in the health sector. Through this, the government aims to revolutionize the country’s digital health care ecosystem by promoting better access and transparency to health services.

Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA)

Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) is an account number used to maintain all health records of a person such as treatment history and medical reports. Through the ABHA card, the government aims to maintain digital health records of citizens to increase efficiency and accountability within the health care system.

These documents will be required to make ABHA number

There are two ways to generate ABHA number. ABHA number can be obtained by self-registration through Aadhaar and driving license. These documents will be required while generating number through Aadhaar:

1. Aadhaar number

2. Mobile number linked with Aadhaar number

Documents required while generating ABHA number through driving license:

1. Driving license
2. Name
3. Date of Birth
4. Gender

How to create your ABHA address?

You can create ABHA address with the help of PHR application (such as ABHA mobile application). Apart from this, there are two ways to create ABHA address:

1.) By using the allotted ABHA number

2.) By self-declaring your details like name, email-id/mobile number, gender etc. through PHR application (like ABHA mobile app).

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