NABH Build. Comply. Sustain – The SHCO Digital Health Programme

Small and mid-size healthcare organisations (SHCOs) form the backbone of India’s healthcare delivery, yet they face unique challenges when adopting digital systems — limited budgets, lean teams, varied digital skill levels and cautious, owner-led decision-making. “Build. Comply. Sustain. — The SHCO Digital Health Programme,” an intensive four-in-one programme offered under Gunvatta Pathshala, is designed specifically for SHCOs that want to move from digital awareness to practical, structured action, and to prepare confidently for NABH Digital Health Standards (DHS) certification.

Across four connected modules, participants will understand the digital-transformation needs of SHCOs, build a phased digital roadmap and maturity plan, plan infrastructure and HIS/EMR implementation (including ABDM and NHCX readiness), and demystify DHS compliance, its sustenance and data-privacy obligations under the DPDP Act, 2023 — all through real-life hospital examples and ready-to-use templates

To help SHCOs understand why and how to approach digital transformation within their operational and financial realities.
To equip participants to build a practical, phased digital roadmap and assess digital maturity against the NABH Digital Health Standards.
To guide infrastructure planning, HIS/EMR selection and phased implementation, including ABDM and NHCX readiness.
To demystify DHS compliance, the assessment process, and strategies to sustain compliance after certification.
To build awareness of data privacy, the DPDP Act, 2023, and digital-trust practices relevant to SHCOs.

Module 1 — Understanding SHCOs’ Need for Digital Transformation: SHCO realities, constraints, digital skill gaps, and managing the psychology of digital change and resistance.
Module 2 — Digital Transformation Playbook: digital maturity framework (Silver/Gold/Platinum), needs and gap assessment, phased roadmap, cost and risk planning, and leadership buy-in.
Module 3 — Digital Infrastructure Planning & HIS/EMR Implementation Framework: infrastructure planning, HIS vs EMR, vendor selection, ABDM/NHCX compliance, and phased implementation, data migration and adoption.
Module 4 — Demystify DHS Compliance & Sustenance: the DHS assessment process, internal readiness checks, sustaining compliance post-certification, and data privacy & digital trust (DPDP Act, 2023).

Owners, directors, and medical superintendents of small and mid-size hospitals (SHCOs).
Hospital administrators, operations managers and quality managers.
IT managers, digital leads and HIS/EMR coordinators.
Clinicians and department heads driving digital adoption in patient-care areas.
Digital Mitras and digital-health consultants supporting SHCOs.
Healthcare organisations preparing for NABH Digital Health Standards (DHS) certification.

Build a clear, practical and phased digital-transformation roadmap suited to SHCO budgets and skill levels.
Learn to assess digital maturity (Silver/Gold/Platinum) and prioritise high-value quick wins.
Plan infrastructure and select/evaluate HIS/EMR vendors with confidence, including ABDM and NHCX readiness.
Understand the DHS assessment process and how to achieve and sustain compliance after certification.
Strengthen data-privacy readiness (DPDP Act, 2023) and digital trust.
Manage staff resistance and drive adoption using practical change-management techniques and templates.