Digital Health Standards for Clinic Management System(CMS)
This 2-years validity certification is tailored for Clinic Management System (CMS) solution providers. It evaluates software products on their ability to support safe, secure, and interoperable healthcare delivery. The certification provides a quality benchmark for solution providers, encourages regulatory compliance, and fosters trust among healthcare providers and patients. It also plays a critical role in enabling digital health transformation in alignment with national frameworks like ABDM and DPDP
For CMS solution providers:
- Enhances market credibility by aligning with recognised NABH standards, making the products more trustworthy and marketable.
- Supports regulatory compliance, reducing the risk of non-compliance by ensuring systems meet legal requirements.
- Promotes product quality by encouraging the development of reliable, secure, and benchmarked systems.
- Builds customer satisfaction by delivering user-friendly and compliant systems.
- Offers a competitive edge by demonstrating commitment to quality and standardisation.
For Clinics:
- Enables better patient care by ensuring timely and accurate access to patient information for improved clinical decisions.
- Drives operational efficiency by streamlining both administrative and clinical workflows.
- Enhances data security and privacy, protecting sensitive patient data through robust IT controls.
- Assists in regulatory compliance, helping meet legal and accreditation norms with ease.
- Leads to cost savings by reducing errors and improving system efficiencies.
Other Stakeholders:
- Promotes standardisation, leading to consistent and high-quality healthcare delivery across the sector.
- Encourages technological innovation by setting high performance and functionality benchmarks.
- Strengthens patient empowerment by enabling patients to access and engage with their health data.
- Supports resource optimisation through better allocation and use of healthcare resources.
Any CMS product with a minimum of ten (10) deployments in operational clinics in India along with a valid ABDM M3 compliance certificate is eligible to apply for certification.
Interested CMS providers can apply through the NABH Digital Health portal: https://digitalhealthcms.nabh.co/account/login. Please refer to the General Information Brochure for detailed application guidelines.
Applicable for 2 maturity levels (Basic and Advanced).
Certification validity: 2 years.
NABH Digital Health Standards Certification Programme for Clinic Management Systems
(1st Edition September 2025)
Level Basic
| CMS Only | Diabetes Management Only | Both (CMS + Diabetes) |
| 25,000 | 15,000 | 30,000 (if both are at Basic level) |
Level Advanced
| CMS Only | Diabetes Management Only | Both (CMS + Diabetes) |
| 35,000 | 15,000 | 37,500 (if any one or both are at Advanced level) |
18% GST applicable extra.
Notes
Certification Fees: Payable to NABH at the time of application. Non-refundable if the software does not achieve the desired certification.
Testing Charges: Certification fees exclude testing charges. Vendors must pay testing charges directly to NABH Empaneled Software Testing Agencies (NESTAs) for conducting software testing.
Taxes: Applicable GST/other taxes are not included in the above fees.
| NABH organises regular workshops for CMS providers and NABH-empanelled software testing agencies. Details and announcements are posted on the NABH website. |
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