Study and analysis of Unique Health Identifiers and applicability of Aadhaar as a Unique Health Identifier

This paper studies the technical characteristics of a Unique Health Identifier (UHID) in Indian and global context while also dwells upon the usage of Aadhaar has a Unique Health Identifier in India. Specifically, we highlight the major properties of a Unique Identifier (UID) transitioning into a Unique Health Identifier and study the advantages and disadvantages of using them and limit our scope to the technical aspects of these identifiers. Further, we study and discuss National Identification Numbers/UIDs of various countries along with an in-depth policy level and feature level study of UHID in India and applicability of Aadhaar for the same.