ABHA linking takes eleven seconds.
Explaining it to the patient takes longer.
ABDM is worth doing and is frequently oversold. Here is what it actually gives a hospital now, what it does not, and what the front desk has to say to a patient who has never heard of it.
Linked at the desk
ABHA created or linked during registration, with the consent step done properly rather than clicked past.
Records in FHIR R4
Structured the way the standard expects, so a record is portable rather than a PDF with a patient name on it.
Consent is the whole point
An ABDM record moves on the patient’s consent, for a stated purpose and a stated period. A hospital that treats that as a formality is the one that gets a complaint.
What it does not do yet
ABHA does not pay a claim, does not replace your payer paperwork, and does not currently give you a complete history for most patients. Anybody telling you otherwise is selling something.
Works without it
Nothing in Drapto requires ABHA. A patient who does not want one is registered normally, and that has to stay true.
What we do not claim
We are not an ABDM-certified health information provider by default and we do not claim NHCX transmission on your behalf. Where that matters, ask us specifically.
The screen
2,140
2,140
918
7
7Bundle fails R4 validationfix before send
34ABHA offered, patient declinedrecorded
18Linked, no consent artefact yetrequest
918Built, validated, readyheld
0Transmitted by usnot claimed
Bundles are assembled to FHIR R4 and validated here. Drapto does not claim to transmit them, and does not pretend the gateway is live.
What runs without being asked
Improved most weeksA cancellation is offered to the next person in order, with a window, until somebody takes it.
Raised when the prescription is written, chased twice, then it stops. It does not nag.
An abnormal value escalates after thirty minutes if nobody named has acknowledged it.
Twenty-four rules, scored before submission and sorted by exposure rather than raw risk.
Ctrl-K from any screen. These are database queries, so they work offline and cost nothing.
Ask in your own words. Bring your own Anthropic or OpenAI key, or run Ollama on your hardware and nothing leaves the building.
We are deliberate about which is which. Most of what runs here is rules, not a model — because a rule is auditable, works when the connection drops, and cannot invent a figure. We build and improve both every week, and we will always tell you which one answered you.
ABHA does not pay a claim.
It is worth doing and frequently oversold. Anybody telling you it replaces your payer paperwork is selling something.
Start with the half that pays for itself.
Corporate contracts first. The clinical side is an addition, never a precondition.