PATNA, Dec. 10 -- Bihar has emerged as the national leader in patient registrations through digital token generation-popularly known as the "scan and share" method-at government health facilities, officials said on Wednesday.

Speaking at a two-day international conference on "Innovations in Health Information Technology in Low- and Middle-Income Countries", organised by the Centre for Health Policy (CHP) at the Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI), Shashank Shekhar Sinha, CEO of Bihar Swasthya Suraksha Samiti, highlighted the state's sweeping digital advances in healthcare. He said Bihar also ranked first in Digital Health Incentive Scheme (DHIS) registrations and third nationally in Electronic Health Records (EHR) creation.

Sinh...