Notes on the future of healthcare.
Digitization, compliance, and lessons from building the connected platform for healthcare.
- 5 min readOperations
The referral you never hear back about
Most clinic referrals are one-way. Closing the loop costs nothing, prevents the errors nobody audits, and is the cheapest repeat business a practice has.
- 4 min readDPDP
The DPDP deadline is May 2027. What clinics need before then.
The DPDP Rules were notified in November 2025 with an eighteen-month runway. Health data gets the strictest treatment, and small clinics are not exempt.
- 4 min readClinics
How to choose clinic management software in India
The feature list is the least useful part of the decision. Five questions, one demo run on your own busiest day, and two references you actually call.
- 4 min readABDM
What “ABDM-ready” actually means when a vendor says it
The phrase has no fixed definition, so it costs a vendor nothing to say. Four questions separate a real integration from an intention.
- 4 min readABHA
What is an ABHA number, and how do you create one?
India's health ID is free and takes about ten minutes. It is also not the same thing as an Ayushman card, which is where most of the confusion starts.
- 5 min readPatients
Your rights as a patient in India
A national charter sets out seventeen. Four of them decide most real disputes: emergency care, your records, a written estimate, and a second opinion.
- 3 min readABDM
ABHA at the front desk: making it a 30-second step
The technical part of ABHA is solved. Adoption fails at the registration counter, for reasons that have nothing to do with technology.
- 4 min readPatients
How to get a copy of your medical records
Hospitals often say records are theirs. The file is — the information is yours, and after discharge you should have copies within 72 hours.
- 4 min readPatients
Ayushman Bharat: are you covered, and how do you check?
₹5 lakh a year per family, no waiting period for pre-existing conditions, and since late 2024 everyone aged 70 and above regardless of income.
Building the platform healthcare runs on
Clinic, hospital group, or a partner somewhere else in the ecosystem — we'd like to talk.