Hospital software and ABDM: what buyers are being told to ask for

One 2026 implementation guide reports that hospitals acting as Health Information Providers under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission keep records at the hospital and share them only with explicit, time-limited and revocable patient consent.

The building blocks

• ABHA, the 14-digit health ID.
• The Health Facility Registry and Health Professional Registry.
• FHIR R4 as the required data format.
• Three certification milestones, from ABHA creation to consent-based exchange of encrypted records.

The guide says the hardest work is mapping a hospital's own data layout to FHIR. It also says NABH's 6th edition, effective 1 January 2025, puts more weight on digital records. The source is a vendor blog, so verify each claim with ABDM and NABH before you commit.

For buyers

Ask a software vendor which milestones they have completed, on which hospitals, and for a test log. Insist on audit logs and encryption in the contract.

Sample story, checked against the source on 17 October 2026. Confirm details with the source before you rely on them.

Source: ABDM HIP integration guide