Digital Health Foundation Course for Nurses (DHFC-N)

Koita Foundation, in collaboration with Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) and Trained Nursing Association of India (TNAI), and with support from Piramal Foundation and Medvarsity, has developed the first-of-its-kind Digital Health Foundation Course for Nurses (DHFC-N). This pioneering, open-access course equips BSc/MSc nursing students and in-service nurses (including BSc-N, MSc-N, GNM and ANM) with core Digital Health knowledge and skills. DHFC-N builds on the success of the DHFC developed in 2024 for doctors by KF and MUHS.

DHFC-N highlights how digital tools can improve healthcare quality, accessibility, and efficiency and the critical role that nurses need to play for successful implementation and use of Digital Health systems within healthcare organisations. DHFC-N covers topics such as basics of digital tools for nurses, use of EMR and Hospital Management Information Systems (HMIS), telenursing, digital documentation, data privacy and security, quality assurance, healthcare data management and analytics, as well as national platforms such as Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM). The course blends expert-led, self-paced learning with hands-on training through the Digital Health Lab.

Post launch, DHFC-N will be available to over 600,000 nurses of TNAI, and 10,000+ nursing students from 243 nursing colleges across Maharashtra will be able to access the course through MUHS's e-learning platform, ePrabodhini. KF is engaged with other states and national nursing organisations to rollout DHFC-N in 2025-26.