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National Electronic Health Authority
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- The Union health ministry has finalised the draft of the proposed Digital Information Security in Healthcare Act (DISHA).
- It is a crucial step in establishing the National Electronic Health Authority (NeHA) which would function as an independent regulator.
- NeHA is a nodal agency for creating regulatory framework and guidelines for interoperability and exchange of digital healthcare data in the country.
- The authority will play a key role in promoting e-health standards by enforcing privacy and security measures and regulating storage and exchange of healthcare records.
- This Act will also pave the way for the setting up of Health Information Exchanges.
- The draft Digital Information Security in Healthcare Act enables people to have the right to privacy, confidentiality and security of their digital health data.
- The NeHA will have the power to formulate standards, operational guidelines and protocols for the generation, collection, storage and transmission of the electric health records (EHR).
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