India’s ABHA health ID ensures quality healthcare: Deepak Tuli, Eka Care

New Delhi: Recognizing the abha, or splendor, of good health is not an unreachable goal on this World Health Day. With the development of digital tools and the introduction of ABHA, India’s own health ID system, we can now guarantee that all citizens have ready access to care. The inadequate doctor-patient ratio in India’s healthcare system is a major problem due to the country’s low healthcare spending and uneven distribution of healthcare facilities. As a result, ABHA’s implementation can improve the efficiency of healthcare administration. Electronic health records (EHRs) are made possible by digital technologies, facilitating the storage and transfer of patient data between medical facilities. Data-driven decision making, made possible by digitization, further enhances healthcare outcomes by facilitating real-time patient monitoring, accurate problem identification, and individualised care. On this World Health Day, let’s acknowledge the power of digital health solutions to get us closer to our ultimate goal of universal health coverage.

About Eka Care

Eka Care is a connected healthcare platform, whose goal is to build a digitally enabled healthcare ecosystem between doctors and patients for better health outcomes. The Eka Care platform allows the creation of multiple patient profiles and the storage of health records such as vaccination charts, prescriptions, and lab reports, along with the option to share these records with healthcare providers.

Eka’s Symptoms Checker is a unique feature, which helps one understand one’s medical condition better. Additionally, the platform’s Health Locker has helped lakhs of Indians to stay on top of their and their family members’ health records. Eka Care has built a Heart Rate Monitor as well, which provides one with accurate readings to keep track of one’s heart health at regular intervals.

Eka Care was founded by Vikalp Sahni, Deepak Tuli, and Abhishek Begerhotta in December 2020 with a vision to build a connected healthcare ecosystem for India. In the past, Vikalp and Deepak have successfully built the travel booking platform Goibibo. Before Eka Care, Vikalp was a Volunteer Architect at Aarogya Setu, while Deepak was working with MakeMyTrip.