The Health Facility Registry is a comprehensive repository of health facilities in the country. It covers modern and traditional systems of medicine, such as Unani, Siddha, ayurveda, homoeopathy, and others. Health Facility Registry includes public and private health facilities, including hospitals, clinics, diagnostic laboratories, imaging centers, pharmacies, etc.
With HFR, you can gain access to a host of digital services and be part of the digital healthcare ecosystem. The Health Facility Registry provides the real-time updated information of the health facilities across the country.
Registering your facility at the Health Facility Registry is a voluntary process and takes around 20-30 minutes, provided that all the necessary documents are readily available with the applicant. This article will cover a step-by-step process of registering into the Health Facility Registry.
Steps to Register your Facility at Health Facility Registry
To register for HFR, you must have a health professional ID. After getting an HPID, follow the below-mentioned steps:
Step 1: Go to the portal of the National Healthcare Provider Registry, here: https://nhpr.abdm.gov.in/home
Step 2: Click on Login or Registration. Provide the details to login.
Step 3: For facility registration, select the role as “I am a facility manager/administrator if you are only a facility manager, but if you are a facility manager as well as running your own clinic, then choose the role as “I am a healthcare professional and facility manager.” Choose category as Facility Manager. Type your HPID/username that you wish to keep, set a password for the same, and submit.
Step 4: When facility manager HPID is created or manager has logged in. You will land on my dashboard screen. You must select Add New Facility to register a new facility.
Step 5: Fill in all the basic details, such as pin code, address, district, and some of the fields shall be auto-populated based on the pin code and location of the facility. Once the pin code is entered, country, state/union territory, and district shall be autopopulated. To locate your facility, click on the location icon, and a map will open up.
Step 6: Enter the pin code and click on the map icon present on the right side of the Locate your facility. The map would open, where you can search your facility by either entering the name of the facility or by dragging and dropping and clicking on the balloon icon.
Step 7: Select the facility’s ownership, which can be a government, private, or public-private partnership. Then select the ownership subtype, which is mandatory for the government only.
If the ownership subtype is “Central,” select ownership subtype 2 from the drop-down menu. Select the system of medicine that is provided by the health facility. You may select multiple systems if you are providing different systems of medicines. Then select the facility type, which could be a medical college, hospital, dispensary/clinic, pharmacy, blood bank, laboratory, and so on. Then, select the type of service, such as OPD, IPD, or daycare, in case the facility type is clinic/dispensary, hospital, or medical college. Click on save and next.
Step 8: Fill in the type of speciality services provided by the health facility.
Step 9: Fill in the bed details.
Step 10: Update Additional Facility Details such as Days of Operation, Shift timings, etc
Step 11: Upload a clear picture of the facility building photograph and the facility board photograph. The building photograph that is being uploaded here shall be visible on the digital certificate. Select the type of address proof and upload a document of the same.
Step 12: Update the linked ID fields if you are registered in any database. Select YES if the facility has been using any HMIS; otherwise, select NO. Mention the name of the particular HMIS, if you are using any.
Step 13: All the information shall be displayed like this, and if you wish to preview the details that you have filled, click on “click here” in blue to check for any inaccurate information. You can also keep the settings for public display as per your convenience. For this, click on “click here” in red color.
Step 14: There are some mandatory fields that will be visible on the public search page. You can only edit the optional fields and select the fields that you want to display on the public search page and proceed by clicking on the submit button.
Step 15: Tick the check box after reading, comprehending, and agreeing to it, then click the E-sign & submit button.
Step 16: Enter the Aadhar Number.
Step 17: Enter the OPT that has been received on the registered mobile number and click on the Submit button.
Step 18: A PDF shall be generated after the successful submission of the facility.
Step 19: A facility ID is created and submitted for verification.
Step 20: After the facility has been approved by the verifier, the status shall change from submitted to approved, and a digital certificate will be generated. You can download the certificate by clicking on Certificate.
Step 21: Digital certificate downloaded.
With this, you have completed your health facility registration.
See Also: Health Care Professional Registry: A Step-By-Step Guide To Register
