New Delhi, Nov. 9 -- India is looking to reduce long queues, paperwork and the tension of missing medical records at hospitals by setting up model digitalized healthcare facilities across the country. The National Health Authority (NHA) plans to develop two such "champion" centres in each district-one government-run and another private-that other hospitals can study and replicate, according to an official familiar with the plan.

India has about 1.2 million healthcare facilities, and nearly 99 crore Ayushman Bharat Health Accounts (Abha), which are 14-digit healthcare IDs that allow people to link, access and share their medical records electronically through digital lockers. The records can be shared with doctors through consent-based ac...