New Delhi: The National Medical Commission (NMC), the regulatory authority responsible for overseeing medical education and professionals in India, is gearing up to introduce "one nation, one registration platform." This platform is designed to streamline the registration process for doctors nationwide, eliminating duplication and bureaucratic hurdles while enabling the public to access information about physicians practicing in India.

The platform will contain essential information about a medical practitioners qualifications, registration date, place of employment (hospital or institute), and specialty, year of graduation, university, and the institute or university where the qualification was obtained. The NMC will launch a preliminary version of the National Medical Register (NMR), a system where doctors will receive unique identification numbers in the next six months.

Dr. Yogender Malik, a member of the Ethics and Medical Registration Board at the NMC, explained the mechanics of the system and stated that the idea is to provide a masked ID to undergraduate students on the NMR, and depending on when they complete their course, the ID is unmasked and allotted. This ID can be used to update any further qualifications. All state registers for licenses to practice medicine in any part of the country will be linked to this platform and accessible at the click of a button.

In a separate development, the NMC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Quality Council of India (QCI) to introduce a rating system for medical institutions in the country. Both government and private medical colleges will be evaluated based on the quality of medical education they offer, starting from the 2024-25 academic session.

(Source:https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/nmc-to-launch-one-nation-one-registration-platform-for-doctors/article67480688.ece )