ARTICLE INDEX

The work behind connected care.

Browse the articles in the November 2026 digital issue. Each feature links to its original magazine page.

16 article(s) found.

Cover story · Page 4

Infrastructure is the beginning, not the outcome

ABDM has created a route to digital identity and information exchange. Whether that route improves care is a separate question.

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Cover story · Page 5

Follow a patient, not a platform

A six-step care journey shows where digital continuity succeeds or breaks down.

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Cover story · Page 6

Five measures that tell a better story

A proposed reporting framework for facilities and district teams — illustrative, not a new national guideline.

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ABDM · Page 7

Meaningful use begins at the registration counter

The 23 October Dr RML Hospital review is a reminder that compliance and routine use are not synonyms.

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Implementation · Page 8

A facility review that can be done in one visit

A compact audit plan for programme teams and hospital managers.

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Care coordination · Page 9

The referral must carry the clinical story

Maternal and child health exposes the gaps that a generic electronic-record count can miss.

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NHCX · Page 10

NHCX is a workflow question before it is a technical one

Claims exchange can standardize messages; hospital processes determine whether those messages are reliable.

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Governance · Page 11

Trust is built into the design, not added at the end

WHO’s 22 October self-assessment tool offers a practical way to examine health-data policy choices.

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Privacy · Page 12

DPDP: avoid both the blanket refusal and the blanket permission

A legal framework should be read precisely, including its phased commencement.

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Clinical AI · Page 13

An incorrect AI answer is still a clinical risk

October research asks whether the human reviewer can catch the mistake in practice.

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Procurement · Page 14

Before procurement, test the whole human-AI team

An operational readiness framework, grounded in the October evidence and WHO guidance.

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Access · Page 15

A patient should not need to translate their own care

BHASHINI and JIPMER explored multilingual AI on 23 October. The next step is careful clinical testing.

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Standards · Page 16

Appointment links are part of the care pathway

HL7 published SMART Scheduling Links STU Edition 1 on 21 October 2026.

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News briefing · Page 17

India digital health briefing

Original government announcements, reviewed through 26 October. The verbs matter: reviewed, explored, launched.

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News briefing · Page 18

Global digital health briefing

Five October developments from WHO and the European Commission, with status kept explicit.

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Research watch · Page 19

What the October studies actually establish

A selective reading desk. Findings are drawn from original papers; interpretation is editorial.

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