India, Nov. 8 -- The district health department has rolled out QR codes to fill forms for Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) IDs at all health facilities, including government-run hospitals, officials said on Friday.The initiative is part of an extensive exercise for mandatory record keeping of health reports to be implemented in the coming months, according to health department officials.

Dr Alka Singh, civil surgeon and chief medical officer (CMO) of Gurugram, said that the 14-digit unique identifier number will be used at healthcare centres, polyclinics, and public health units (PHCs) to access medical records of patients. "Residents who have not created ABHA IDs have been encouraged to fill a form by scanning the QR codes. As part...