“Challenges ahead of digitizing Medical Care in India” The Independence Day address of the Prime Minister launching the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) during and unprecedented novel coronavirus pandemic crisis, caught everyone’s attention. Yet, despite all his eloquence it was not clear to many what to expect in substantial terms, going digital has no doubt been a magic phrase that has often been repeated in multiple contexts in the country, and as yet another “Mission” for the health sector they waited for more news to emerge. Digitization play crucial role in development of medical and healthcare in the country. Whenever the health and medical emergencies hits the underdeveloped countries like India it is impossible for them to fight it back in manner that others countries do. While speaking about the statistics India ranked among the top three largest healthcare markets in the world, India has massive count of 1,96,312 hos...