ABDM Connect Extensions & Plugins
ABDM Connect is designed to help health IT applications achieve seamless integration with the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).
The core deployment covers all certification milestones (M1, M2, M3), offering flexibility for developers to build custom workflows.
But for organizations that need faster go-live, reduced development effort, or support for distributed healthcare environments, ABDM Connect comes with a powerful suite of extensions and plugins.
These ready-to-use modules simplify ABDM integration, reduce engineering overhead, and accelerate certification without compromising compliance.
🚀 Why Extensions & Plugins?
- Speed up ABDM certification (M1, M2, M3)
- Minimize custom development and ongoing maintenance
- Simplify FHIR bundle handling and UI workflows
- Support distributed HIS/HIMS deployments
- Ensure scalable and cost-effective integration
🔧 Extensions
Simplified Bundle Extension
- Collapses multiple atomic APIs into a single flexible API
- Supports extended JSON exchange for 7 hiTypes + invoice
- Reduces developer workload while ensuring compliance
Multiple Health Systems Extension
- Enables facility-level configuration for distributed HIS/HIMS
- Supports both single SaaS instances and hybrid deployments
- Routes requests intelligently across multiple backend systems
🧩 Application Plugins
M1 App Plugin
- Implements full M1 patient registration + ABHA linking
- Built in React, integrates via iframe into any web app
- Works with any tech stack, minimizing development effort
M3 Consent App Plugin
- Implements complete M3 consent management workflows
- Ready-to-use React + iframe integration
- Seamlessly exchanges data with parent applications
M3 Bundle Viewer Plugin
- Parses and displays received FHIR bundles for clinicians
- Provides doctors with a readable UI for patient data
- Works with any web technology via iframe embedding
📊 Core vs. Extensions & Plugins
| Considerations | Core ABDM Connect | With Extensions & Plugins |
|---|---|---|
| Certification Coverage | Full (M1, M2, M3) | Full, with faster go-live |
| Development Effort | High – granular APIs, custom UI | Low – APIs collapsed, prebuilt UI plugins |
| Flexibility | Maximum control | Optimized workflows, reduced choices |
| Time-to-Market | Longer | Faster deployment |
| Deployment Model | Multi-tenant, single backend | Facility-level, distributed HIS/HIMS supported |
| UI Development | 100% custom | Pre-built React + iframe plugins |
| Maintenance | More custom code to manage | Standardized modules maintained with ABDMc |
✅ Choosing the Right Approach
Use Core ABDM Connect if:
- You want full control of data workflows.
- You have a strong dev team to build APIs & UI.
- Flexibility matters more than speed.
Use Extensions & Plugins if:
- You need to fast-track ABDM certification.
- You want to reduce engineering effort & cost.
- You operate across distributed HIS/HIMS environments.
- You prefer ready-to-use UI workflows for ABHA, consent, and FHIR bundle viewing.
👉 With ABDM Connect Extensions & Plugins, you get the best of both worlds:
rapid compliance, reduced costs, and a scalable foundation for digital health innovation.
Get Started with ABDMc Today
Whether you’re a healthcare startup, hospital IT vendor, or PHR app developer, ABDMc makes ABDM integration simpler, faster, and secure.
📩 Contact our team to explore how ABDMc can help you go live on ABDM with confidence.
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