ABHA

Ayushman Bharat Health Account — unique digital health ID under ABDM

ABDM

Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission — national digital health initiative

ACF

Active Case Finding — proactive screening of high-risk populations for TB

AMRIT

Application for Managing and Recording Information in Telehealth — central platform

BPaL

Bedaquiline, Pretomanid, Linezolid TB drug regimen

CHC

Community Health Centre

DMC

Designated Microscopy Centre

DOTS

Directly Observed Treatment Short-course — standard TB treatment strategy

DH

District Hospital

DPDP

Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 — India's data privacy legislation

DS-TB

Drug-Sensitive Tuberculosis

HWC

Health and Wellness Centre

INH Mono

Isoniazid Monotherapy TB prevention regimen

LFU

Lost to Follow-up

NAAT

Nucleic Acid Amplification Test

Nikshay

National TB Information System — India's web-based TB patient management portal

NPVTG

Non-Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group

NPY

Nikshay Poshan Yojana — DBT scheme of Rs. 500/month for TB patients

NTEP

National TB Elimination Programme — India's programme to eliminate TB by 2025

PHC

Primary Health Centre

PVTG

Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group

SC

Sub-Centre

TPT

TB Preventive Treatment — given to close contacts of DS-TB cases at risk of active TB

TruenatNAAT

Portable PCR-based molecular diagnostic device for TB (Molbio Diagnostics)

TU

Tuberculosis Unit — administrative health unit in NTEP structure

All Beneficiaries

Beneficiary Registration module with floating Registration button in right corner

List of all registered beneficiaries; Registration button initiates new registration

TB (Tuberculosis)

Tuberculosis module; next screen shows 3 cards

TB Screening  |  Suspected TB Cases  |  Confirmed TB Cases

Referrals

Referrals module; next screen shows 4 cards

Digital Chest X-ray  |  NAAT   Truenat  |  Liquid Culture  |  Health and Wellness Centre

Field Name

Input Type

Options / Values

Logic & Validations

Date of Registration

• Should be auto selected and updated when the volunteer logs in the application to do the screening.

Beneficiary ID (AMRIT ID)

• Unique ID auto generated by the system

Photo

Camera

Optional

• Should have face detection/ Facial recognition
• Camera should identify & capture human face but not any objects
• Show an Alert if Photo is not captured, just as reminder but Not Mandatory

• Alert: "Do you like to Take Photo", Yes or No If "Yes", open Camera; If "No", go to next

I want to add a person from*

Radio

·       Public Sector

• Private Sector

·       Mandatory

·       Single select

• Default: Public Sector selected.

Type of Case Finding*

Radio

·       Passive (Routine programme)

• Active (Active Case Finding)

·       Mandatory

·       Single select

• Default: Passive selected.

First Name*

Text Input

·       Free text

·       Mandatory

·       Only English letters

• No numbers/special characters.

Middle & Last Name*

Text Input

• Free text

·       Mandatory

·       Only English letters

• No numbers/special characters.

Beneficiary Status

Radio Button

·       Alive

·       Death

·       Enable only in the “Edit” Beneficiary screen

·       Auto-populate, if ‘Death’ is reported from any module

·       Default value is “Alive”

·       If “Death” is selected, enable below four fields and mark it mandatory-

1. Date of Death

2. Time of Death

3. Reason for Death

• 4. Place of Death or Other Place of Death

Date of Death

Date picker

·       Enable if “Beneficiary status”= “Death”

·       Mandatory if enabled

·       By default, date is null

·       Not greater than Today’s Date

·       Accept ‘Date of Death’ after date of registration

• ·       Auto-populate, if ‘Death’ is reported from any module (eg: Tuberculosis)

Time of Death

Time picker

·       Show only if above value is “Death”

• ·       Optional

Reason for Death

(Type of Death)

• Tuberculosis
• Maternal Death

·       Natural Death

·       Accident

·       Infectious Disease

·       Animal Bite Death

·       Suicide

·       Undetermined

·       Enable if “Beneficiary status”= “Death”

·       Mandatory if enabled

• Show only above value is “Death” and it is Mandatory

• If Gender is Female, and Age is 15-49 Years, show “Maternal Death” in dropdown list otherwise hide

Place of Death

• Home
• Subcenter
• PHC
• CHC
• District Hospital
• Medical College Hospital
• Private Hospital
• In Transit
• Other Place of Death

·       Enable if “Beneficiary status”= “Death”

·       Mandatory if enabled

• If ‘Place of Death’ is selected as “Other Place of Death” then enable below field “Other Place of Death” and is mandatory. 

Other Place of Death

Textbox

• Enable if “Beneficiary status”= “Death”

•  Mandatory if enabled

Age*

Number Input

1–99

·       Required.

·       Numeric. Min 1 Max 99 in years

• Either Age or DOB required.

Date of Birth

Date Picker

• Populate automatically if entered

• Auto Calculate 'Date of Birth' based on the Age entered

Gender*

Radio

·       Male

·       Female

·       Transgender

·       Mandatory

• Single select

Mobile number not available

Checkbox

• If this check box is selected, disable mobile number field.

Primary Phone*

Number

• Mandatory
• In case mobile number is not available, consider this number (9999999999) as mobile number

• Exactly 10 digits.

Whose mobile number

dropdown

·       Self

·       Husband

·       Mother

·       Father

·       Family Head

• Other

•  Default select "Self" option.

Address*

Text

• Free text

• Required. Max 2000 chars. Only English letters.

State*

Dropdown

• Required. Drives District.

District*

Dropdown

• Required. Cascades from State.

TU*

Dropdown

• Required. Cascades from District.

Health Facility*

Dropdown

·       Required. Must select.

·       Cascaded

Village*

Dropdown

• Required. Must select.
• Cascaded

Caste*

Radio

·       SC

·       ST

·       Other

·       Mandatory

• Single select

Religion

radio button

• Hindu
• Muslim
• Christian
• Sikhism
• Buddhism
• Jainism
• Parsi
• Other
• Not disclosed

• should be editable

• optional

Area*

Radio

·       Tribal-NPVTG

·       Tribal-PVTG

·       Rural

·       Urban

·       Urban Slum

·       Unknown

·       Mandatory

Default Unknown.

Marital Status*

Radio

·       Single

·       Married

·       Unknown

·       Mandatory

·       Default Unknown.

Are you Pregnant*

 radio button

• Yes
• No

• Enabled if "Marital status"= "Married" and “Gender”= “Female”
• Mandatory
• If ""Are you pregnant"= "Yes", then referral to Truenat NAAT and not digital chest x-ray.

Husband's/ Wife's Name

Textbox

·       Optional

• Should be enabled if "Marital status"= Married
• Based on the Gender show label name as: 'Husband's' or 'Wife's Name'
• Accept alphabets only
• Character limit 50

All letter should be in caps

Father's Name

Textbox

·        

• Optional
• Accept alphabets only
• Character limit 50

• All letter should be in caps

Mother's Name

Textbox

·        

• Optional
• Accept alphabets only
• Character limit 50

• All letter should be in caps

Occupation*

Dropdown

·       Unknown

·       Student

·       Unemployed

·       Homemaker

·       Farmer

·       Laborer / Daily Wage Worker

·       Self-employed / Business

·       Government Employee

·       Private Employee

·       Health Care Worker

·       Retired / Pensioner

·       Other

·       Mandatory

·       Default Unknown.

Socioeconomic Status*

Radio

·       APL

·       BPL

·       Unknown

·       Mandatory

• Default Unknown.

Cancel

Button

• Yes

·       No

• If cancel is selected, a pop up message "Are you Sure?" with options "Yes" and "No" will come.
• If selected "yes" navigate back to home page

·       If selected "no" then do not erase the patient health data and let the page remain open so it can be submitted by volunteer as sometime by mistake cancel button is clicked.

Submit

• On clicking this, it must display the Pop up msg "Patient Registered successfully"
• This must store the data of the patient and display the required fields over the Beneficiary card.

 Continue next to "Anthropometry" Screen

Date

Calendar / Date Picker

Date

Mandatory. Default: Today's Date.

Not greater than Today's Date. Accept date >= Date of beneficiary registration.

Not editable once submitted.

Coughing More than 2 weeks *

Radio button

Yes  |  No

Mandatory.

Blood in Sputum *

Radio button

Yes  |  No

Mandatory.

Fever > 2 weeks *

Radio button

Yes  |  No

Mandatory.

Rise of fever in evening *

Radio button

Yes  |  No

Mandatory.

Loss of Appetite *

Radio button

Yes  |  No

Mandatory.

Loss of Weight *

Radio button

Yes  |  No

Mandatory.

Night Sweats *

Radio button

Yes  |  No

Mandatory.

History of TB *

Radio button

Yes  |  No

Mandatory.

Are you currently taking Anti-TB drugs **

Radio button

Yes  |  No

Mandatory.

Anyone in Family Currently Suffering from TB **

Radio button

Yes  |  No

Mandatory.

Referred for digital chest x-ray

Radio button

Yes  |  No

·       Default: Yes.

·       Do NOT show for pregnant women.

·       Mandatory.

·       Move beneficiary to Referral list titled 'Digital Chest X-ray'.

Referred for Sputum Collection

Radio button

Yes  |  No

·       Enabled if:

Ø  History of TB = Yes

Ø  Are you pregnant = Yes

Ø  Currently taking Anti-TB drugs = Yes

Ø  Key Population / Risk Factors = Pregnancy

·       Default: Yes (when enabled). Mandatory when enabled.

Sputum Sample submitted at

Dropdown

DMC  |  DH  |  CHC  |  PHC  |  SC

·       Optional.

·       Kept available in case Truenat NAAT device is non-functional.

Recommended for Truenat NAAT test

Radio button

Yes  |  No

·       Enabled if Referred for Sputum Collection = Yes.

·       Mandatory if enabled.

·       Move beneficiary to Referral list titled 'TruenatNAAT'.

Recommended for liquid culture test

Radio button

Yes  |  No

·       Enabled if: Referred for Sputum Collection = Yes AND History of TB = Yes AND Currently on Anti-TB drugs = Yes.

·       Mandatory if enabled.

·       Move beneficiary to Referral list titled 'Liquid Culture'.

Reason for denial for getting tested

Dropdown (multi-select)

·       Fear and anxiety

·       Misconceptions

·       Social stigma

·       Cultural and gender-related barriers

·       Prior negative experiences with healthcare staff

·       Privacy concerns

·       Long waiting times at the camp

·       Loss of daily wages

·       Lack of trust in government programs or camp organizers

·       Others

·       Multi-select.

·       Optional.

Submit

Button

—

Continue to General OPD module. If skipped → move directly to Diagnostics Results screen.

Date

Calendar / Date Picker

Date

Mandatory. Default: Today's Date. Not greater than Today's Date. Accept date >= Date of beneficiary registration. Not editable once submitted.

Name

Textbox (read-only)

Auto-filled

Auto-fill from Beneficiary details. Shows First Name + Last Name. Read only.

Age

Textbox (read-only)

Auto-filled

Auto-fill from Beneficiary details. Read only.

Gender

Textbox (read-only)

Auto-filled

Auto-fill from Beneficiary details. Read only.

Nikshay ID

Textbox

Auto-populated

Auto-populated after all mandatory fields per Nikshay application are filled.

Is Digital Chest X-ray conducted

Radio / Auto

Yes  |  No

Enabled for everyone EXCEPT 'Are you pregnant = Yes' and Key Population / Risk Factors = Pregnancy.

Auto-populated by cross-device sync between STOP TB app and digital chest X-ray device.

Digital Chest X-Ray Test Result

Radio / Auto

Positive  |  Negative

Enabled only if 'Is Digital Chest X-ray conducted = Yes'.

Auto-populated by cross-device sync.

If Positive → move case to Confirmed TB cases module AND show patient in Truenat NAAT referral list for further testing.

Is Truenat NAAT test conducted

Radio / Auto

Yes  |  No

Enabled if 'Are you pregnant = Yes', Key Population / Risk Factors = Pregnancy and "Digital Chest X-Ray Test Result"= "Positive"

Auto-populated by cross-device sync between STOP TB app and Truenat NAAT device.

Truenat NAAT test result

Radio button / Auto

Positive  |  Negative

Enabled only if 'Is Truenat NAAT conducted = Yes'.

Auto-populated by cross-device sync.

If Positive → move case to Confirmed TB cases module.

Recommended for liquid culture test

Radio

Yes  |  No

Enabled only if History of TB = Yes AND Currently on Anti-TB drugs = Yes.

Liquid Culture test result

Radio button

Positive  |  Negative

If Positive → move case to Confirmed TB cases module.

Option to edit/select after form submission as results come after 40-45 days.

Submit

Button

—

Save diagnostics data.

Counselling Date

Date picker

Date

Mandatory. Default: Today. Not > Today. Must be >= Registration date.

Counselling Officer Name

Auto-filled (read-only)

Logged-in user

Auto-filled from logged-in Counselling Officer account. Read only.

— PATIENT HEADER (AUTO-FILLED, READ-ONLY) —

Beneficiary Name

Textbox (read-only)

Auto-filled

First Name + Last Name from beneficiary record.

Beneficiary ID (AMRIT ID)

Textbox (read-only)

Auto-filled

From beneficiary record.

Nikshay ID

Textbox (read-only)

Auto-filled

From Diagnostics screen. Read only.

Age / Gender

Textbox (read-only)

Auto-filled

Age (years) and Gender from beneficiary record.

Diagnosis

Textbox (read-only)

Auto-filled

X-ray Result  |   Truenat  NAAT Result  |  Liquid Culture Result — populated from diagnostic records. Read only.

SECTION A: DISEASE AWARENESS

TB disease explained to patient

Radio button

Yes/ No

Mandatory.

Must be checked before proceeding.

Confirms counsellor has explained TB to the patient.

Transmission route explained

Radio button

Yes/ No

Mandatory.

Symptoms explained

Radio button

Yes/ No

Mandatory.

Treatment duration explained

Radio button

Yes/ No

Mandatory.

Disease awareness notes

Free text

—

Optional. Max 500 chars.

SECTION B: DO'S AND DON'TS

Cover mouth while coughing — advised

Radio button

Yes/ No

Mandatory.

Complete full treatment course — advised

Radio button

Yes/ No

Mandatory.

Regular follow-up attendance — advised

Radio button

Yes/ No

Mandatory.

Nutritional guidance provided

Radio button

Yes/ No

Mandatory.

No smoking / alcohol — advised

Radio button

Yes/ No

Mandatory.

Isolation precautions explained

Radio button

Yes/ No

Mandatory.

Do's & Don'ts notes

Free text

—

Optional. Max 500 chars.

SECTION C: GOVERNMENT SCHEMES

Nikshay Poshan Yojana (NPY) eligibility explained

Radio button

Yes/ No

NPY: DBT of Rs. 500/month for duration of treatment.

DOTS free treatment explained

Radio button

Yes/ No

 Confirm patient understands treatment is free under NTEP.

Schemes notes

Free text

—

Optional. Max 300 chars.

SECTION D: TREATMENT REGIMEN

Regimen explained to patient

Radio button

Yes/ No

Mandatory.

Medication names explained

Radio button

Yes/ No

Mandatory.

Side effects explained

Radio button

Yes/ No

Mandatory.

Importance of adherence explained

Radio button

Yes/ No

Mandatory.

Treatment regimen notes

Free text

—

Optional. Max 300 chars.

SECTION E: COUNSELLING COMPLETION

Counselling completion status

Radio button

Complete  |  Refused

Mandatory.

Make all the above sections obsolete if “Counselling completion status” = “Refused”

If Refused → enable 'Reason for refusal' field.

Reason for refusal

Free text

—

Mandatory if Counselling status = Refused. Max 300 chars.

Counsellor remarks

Free text

—

Optional. Max 500 chars.

SECTION E: Follow Up to TU

To be done within 15 days

Editable

Has the patient started the prescribed TB treatment regimen?

Radio button

Yes/ No

If No is selected, then enable “Reason for not starting the prescribed TB treatment regimen”

Reason for not starting the prescribed TB treatment regimen

Free text

To be enabled if “Has the patient started the prescribed TB treatment regimen” = “No”

Up to 500 characteristics

Has the patient visited the DOTS centre / referred health facility for treatment collection?

Radio button

Yes/ No

Has the patient reported side effects to the treating doctor or DOTS centre?

Radio button

Yes/ No

Submit

Button

—

Save counselling record. If status = Complete → Nikshay record updated; case marked 'Counselled'.

Digital Chest X-ray

All beneficiaries who are not pregnant and are referred for X-ray from TB Screening

All non-pregnant beneficiaries (all genders, all ages) who have any * symptom = Yes in TB Screening

TruenatNAAT

a) Pregnant beneficiaries (direct referral, skipping X-ray) b) Beneficiaries with positive Digital Chest X-ray result

Pregnancy → direct to TruenatNAAT. Positive X-ray → referred to Truenat NAAT for further testing.

Liquid Culture

Beneficiaries recommended for liquid culture test

History of TB = Yes AND Currently on Anti-TB drugs = Yes AND Referred for Sputum = Yes

Health and Wellness Centre

Beneficiaries with abnormal vitals

Auto-referred: Pulse < 60 or > 90; Systolic BP >= 140 or < 90; Diastolic BP >= 90 or < 60; Random Blood Sugar >= 100; Temperature >= 100°F

Total TB Screenings  (Total Positives / Negatives)

Yellow card

Male — Positives / Negatives

Female — Positives / Negatives

Children (<15 yrs) — Positives / Negatives

Others

Auto-populate based on filter selected. Total shown in bold.

Total TB Suspected Cases  (Total Positives / Negatives)

Yellow card

Male — Positives / Negatives

Female — Positives / Negatives

Children (<15 yrs) — Positives / Negatives

Others

Auto-populate based on filter selected. Total shown in bold.

Total TB Confirmed Cases  (Total Positives / Negatives)

Yellow card

Male — Positives / Negatives

Female — Positives / Negatives

Children (<15 yrs) — Positives / Negatives

Others

Auto-populate based on filter selected. Total shown in bold.

Total Digital Chest X-Rays conducted  (Total Positives / Negatives)

—

Male — Positive / Negative

Female — Positive / Negative

Children (<15 yrs) — Positives / Negatives

Others

Age >= 60 years — Positives / Negatives

Auto-populate based on filter selected. Total shown in bold.

Total Sputum collections conducted  (Total Positives / Negatives)

—

Male — Positives / Negatives

Female — Positives / Negatives

Children (<15 yrs) — Positives / Negatives

Others

Age >= 60 years — Positives / Negatives

Auto-populate based on filter selected. Total shown in bold.

Total Truenat NAAT tests conducted

—

Male — Positives / Negatives

Female — Positives / Negatives

Children (<15 yrs) — Positives / Negatives

Others

Age >= 60 years — Positives / Negatives

Auto-populate based on filter selected. Total shown in bold.

Total sputum samples sent for liquid culture

—

Male — Positives / Negatives

Female — Positives / Negatives

Children (<15 yrs) — Positives / Negatives

Others

Age >= 60 years — Positives / Negatives

Auto-populate based on filter selected. Total shown in bold.

Total cases referred to Health and Wellness Centres

—

Male

Female

Children (<15 yrs)

Others

Age >= 60 years

Auto-populate based on filter selected. Total shown in bold.

NIKSHAY IDs

Yellow card

Total count

Total number of Nikshay IDs created in selected time period or village.

ABHA IDs

Yellow card

Total count

Total number of ABHA IDs created in selected time period or village.