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ABDM crosses 100 crore linked records: what changes in 2026
ABDM linked its 100 croreth health record in May 2026 and reached 93.95 crore ABHA numbers by July. What the figures mean for hospitals and labs not yet on it.
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The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission linked its 100 croreth health record to an ABHA in May 2026, and by July the count of ABHA numbers had passed 93.95 crore. The pace of linking has doubled in fifteen months and the health ministry has said the next phase is about adoption and use, not registration. Hospitals, labs and clinics that have not integrated will feel that shift through the schemes, incentives and patient expectations that follow.
The numbers, and where they come from
The National Health Authority announced on 22 May 2026 that more than 100 crore health records had been linked with ABHA accounts. Linked records went from 50 crore in February 2025 to over 100 crore in fifteen months, and nearly 10 crore records are now being linked every two to three months. More than 450 public and private health technology solutions have integrated with the ecosystem.
On 10 July 2026 the third meeting of the Mission Steering Group of ABDM reviewed the totals: over 93.95 crore ABHA numbers, 105 crore linked records, 5.33 lakh health facilities on the Health Facility Registry, 9.85 lakh professionals on the Healthcare Professionals Registry, 2.72 lakh facilities using ABDM-enabled software, and around 24 crore scan-and-share tokens for OPD registration.
| Indicator | Figure | As of |
|---|---|---|
| ABHA numbers created | 93.95 crore | 10 July 2026 |
| Health records linked | 105 crore | 10 July 2026 |
| Health facilities registered (HFR) | 5.33 lakh | 10 July 2026 |
| Healthcare professionals registered (HPR) | 9.85 lakh | 10 July 2026 |
| Facilities using ABDM-enabled software | 2.72 lakh | 10 July 2026 |
| Scan-and-share tokens generated | about 24 crore | 10 July 2026 |
| Integrated software solutions | more than 450 | 22 May 2026 |
Who is doing the linking
The May release lists the leading states: Uttar Pradesh with over 15.03 crore linked records, Andhra Pradesh 11.95 crore, Bihar 7.37 crore, Rajasthan 6.32 crore and Gujarat 4.77 crore. The main contributors are government programmes and state platforms: the Non-Communicable Disease programme, CoWIN, PM-JAY, Uttar Pradesh's eKavach, the RCH programme, eHospital, eSushrut, Gujarat's TeCHO and Rajasthan's iHMS. Private health technology partners are described as contributing significantly, but the bulk of volume is public.
That gap is the point. Of 5.33 lakh registered facilities, 2.72 lakh use ABDM-enabled software. The steering group listed increased participation of private healthcare providers among the items it reviewed, alongside Model Districts, Model Facilities, Aarogya Setu 2.0 and integration with PM-JAY, CGHS, ESIC and Nikshay.
What the mission is for, in the government's words
A PIB backgrounder of 6 July 2026 describes ABDM, launched in September 2021, as connecting patients, insurers, hospitals and doctors on one network, with records exchanged only through the patient's revocable, time-bound consent. It also says anonymised data from the ecosystem is expected to feed India's health AI work, which connects to the SAHI strategy and the BODH benchmarking platform launched in February 2026.
What this means for hospitals and labs
- Patients arrive with ABHA. With over 93 crore numbers issued, a walk-in patient in most districts already has one, and the scan-and-share token, used around 24 crore times, is becoming the expected way to register at OPD.
- Scheme integration is being done at the platform level. PM-JAY, CGHS and ESIC integration reviewed by the steering group means claims and records will increasingly flow through ABHA-linked channels.
- Incentives reward linking. The Digital Health Incentive Scheme pays facilities and software companies per KYC-verified record linked above a monthly threshold; the current corrigendum runs April to September 2026.
- The registries are the address book. A hospital not on HFR, or a doctor not on HPR, cannot have records linked under its name.
For a hospital, the practical unit of work is the milestone certification of its software: M1 for ABHA creation, M2 for sending records, M3 for receiving them with consent. We wrote a plain-language guide to what ABDM integration involves for a 30-bed hospital. Healthixio and Pathixio are certified on all three milestones, and HFR registration is part of onboarding.
Three things to do this quarter
- Check your facility on the Health Facility Registry and every consultant on the Healthcare Professionals Registry; fix names, specialities and addresses.
- Ask your software vendor which milestones it has cleared and whether it is on the v3 ABDM APIs that the current incentive corrigendum refers to.
- Put a scan-and-share QR code at reception and measure what share of OPD registrations use it after a month.
Frequently asked questions
Is ABDM integration mandatory for private hospitals?
The sources reviewed for this article describe incentives, scheme integration and steering-group priorities rather than a legal requirement. In practice, PM-JAY empanelment, insurer claims and patient expectations are doing the work a mandate would do, so the cost of staying out rises each year even without one.
How fast are records being linked now?
The NHA said in May 2026 that nearly 10 crore health records are being linked every two to three months, after the count doubled from 50 crore in February 2025 to 100 crore in May 2026. By 10 July 2026 the figure reported to the Mission Steering Group was 105 crore, against 93.95 crore ABHA numbers.
What is a scan-and-share token?
It is the OPD registration flow where a patient scans a QR code at the hospital with an ABHA-enabled app, shares their profile, and receives a token so the front desk does not retype demographics. The ministry reported around 24 crore such tokens generated by July 2026, which is why the QR code at reception matters.