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National Health Authority & C-DAC Signed MoU to Launch 'e-Sushrut@Clinic' for Digital Healthcare Infrastructure.

MOUs and Agreement | Dated: 19 Aug 2025

In August 2025, the National Health Authority (NHA) under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) signed an MoU in New Delhi to launch ‘e-Sushrut@Clinic’, a lightweight, cloud-based Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) for outpatient clinics.

🎯 Key Highlights:

  • - The MoU was signed in the presence of Punya Salila Srivastava, Secretary of the Department of Health and Family Welfare (DoHFW), MoHFW, highlighting the government’s commitment to expanding digital healthcare solutions.
  • - e-Sushrut@Clinic is an affordable and government-backed HMIS solution designed specifically for small and medium healthcare providers to strengthen digital healthcare accessibility.
  • - The system represents an important expansion of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), launched in September 2021, which aims to build an interoperable national digital health ecosystem.

💡 Other Important Facts:

  • (i) The platform is tailored for outpatient management, pharmacy, and nursing modules, while also enabling digital patient records and offering telemedicine services.
  • (ii) Healthcare providers can easily onboard through the Health Facility Registry (HFR) and Health Professionals Registry (HPR), ensuring inclusion of both institutions and individual practitioners.
  • (iii) The platform integrates with AIIMS Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) for hypertension and diabetes, while already being implemented across 17 AIIMS and more than 4,000 health facilities nationwide.

📚 Test Your Knowledge:

NHA recently signed an MoU with which organisation to launch e-Sushrut@Clinic for strengthening digital healthcare infrastructure?

Correct Answer: C-DAC

🚀 Quick Recap:

About Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)

  • Established : 1988
  • Headquartered : Pune