It has been now more than two years that the (third edition of the) National Health Policy 2017 (NHP-2017) 1 of India has been notified. The NHP-2017 notes the importance of digital health and it will be elaborated further below. The broad scope of Digital Health includes categories such as mobile health (mHealth), health information technology (IT), wearable devices, telehealth and telemedicine, and personalized medicine. Digital health is about electronically connecting up the points of care so that health information can be shared securely. This is the first step to understanding how digital health can help deliver safer, better-quality healthcare. The proposed Global Strategy on Digital Health [2020-24]2 from WHO is defining digital health as “ the field of knowledge and practice associated with any aspect of adopting digital technologies to improve health, from inception to operation”.

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https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=2fCjBREAAAAJ&hl=enHealth Informatics Educationist and Independent Consultant for Digital Health Standards, MBBS (Univer of Calcutta), PhD in Biomedical Engineering from IIT, BHU, Varanasi. Roster (of Experts) for Digital Health of the World Health Organization (WHO). Formerly. Dean (Academics and Student Affairs) and Professor (Health Informatics) at IIHMR, Delhi. Previously, leading Project of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, for the Centre for Health Informatics of the National Health Portal (NHP). Founder Member of HL7 FHIR Foundation and an Expert Adviser for the ELAG (e-Learning Advisory Group) of SNOMED-CT. Founder Director of Supten Institute. Member of the Board of Governors, Commonwealth University College of Medicine, Saint Lucia. An IMA Honorary Professor (2017-20), Distinguished Fellow, HITLAB and Faculty and Fellow (2007-09) of PSG FAIMER Regional Institute.