India, June 3 -- India's health care journey over the past decade has been defined by an expansion of access at an unprecedented scale. Flagship initiatives such as Ayushman Bharat and the strengthening of the National Health Mission have widened the reach of services, while investments in digital public infrastructure through the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission are laying the foundation for more integrated care, with the past year seeing over 80 crore Ayushman Bharat Health Accounts (ABHAs) created signalling rapid progress in building portable health histories at a population scale.

The next frontier is to ensure that expanded access translates into trusted, continuous and good-quality care at the last mile. India's healthcare system i...