New Delhi, July 17 -- India is trying to fix a basic problem holding back its digital health ambitions: the same medical test can be recorded under different names by different laboratories.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare introduced the Common Lab Codes for India (CLCI) framework earlier this month to standardize how healthcare facilities record and share laboratory test data across electronic systems. The National Resource Centre for Electronic Health Record Standards developed the reference tool for a diagnostic industry valued at $40 billion.

The aim is straightforward: give computers a common language for medical tests so records can move between systems without errors, delays or manual interpretation. Mint explains.

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