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Unhealthy Data Governance: Problem of weak accountability extends to personal health data as well -Shefali Malhotra, Rohin Garg & Shivangi Rai

-Financial Express

The National Digital Health Mission stands on weak footing. The Health Data Management Policy’s vague provisions don’t uphold its lofty guiding principles

The CoWin portal came under criticism due to the absence of a privacy policy. In February 2021, the minister of state for health informed the Lok Sabha that CoWin follows the privacy policy of the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM), which is the Health Data Management Policy (the Policy). Other digital health initiatives, such as telemedicine, hospital management systems and insurance claims management, are also tied to this Policy. It is no exaggeration to say that the Policy forms the backbone of the NDHM.

The CoWin portal came under criticism due to the absence of a privacy policy. In February 2021, the minister of state for health informed the Lok Sabha that CoWin follows the privacy policy of the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM), which is the Health Data Management Policy (the Policy). Other digital health initiatives, such as telemedicine, hospital management systems and insurance claims management, are also tied to this Policy. It is no exaggeration to say that the Policy forms the backbone of the NDHM.

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