The Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) model has emerged as an alternative industrial policy pathway, shaping markets through systemic architecture rather than relying solely on regulations. Within this framework, Digital Public Infrastructure for Health (DPI-H) is gaining traction, as it represents a novel and evolving paradigm for replacing the traditionally siloed and fragmented digital health solutions with an integrated, interoperable and scalable health-tech ecosystems.
The policy brief explores the innovation and market-shaping characteristics of India’s DPI -H i.e., the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), alongside recent trends in the health -tech market, with a focus on segments central to the country’s flagship digital health mission. Drawing on perspectives from health-tech entrepreneurs and the broader ABDM ecosystem, the brief highlights the synergies between ABDM and health-tech startups, captures emerging opportunities and challenges, and provides recommendations to strengthen India’s DPI-H, with a focus on accelerating broad-based adoption and sustaining stakeholder participation across the healthcare ecosystem.
