The attempt by India to bring traditional medicine into the modern era witnessed a major milestone in July 2026 with the adoption of the Ayush Hospital Management Information System at 5,386 hospitals throughout India. This system helps to automate the core processes within the hospital such as registration of patients, storing their medical data electronically, facilitating referrals, and providing continuity of care at institutes of Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy.
This milestone is also a component of a larger ecosystem referred to as the Ayush Grid, which has far reaching implications beyond hospital management systems. The Ayush Research Portal currently features over 43,000 scientifically validated publications related to traditional medicine, which will enable researchers, practitioners and students to have access to a constantly increasing body of scientific literature related to traditional medicine. In addition, there are specific portals like Ayush Anudan, which is a research funding portal, and Ayush Nivesh Saarthi, which is an investment gateway that are intended to facilitate funding both from the public sector and investors to support innovation in the field.
There has been considerable public interest in these technological innovations. More than 760,000 organizations participated in the Yoga Sangam scheme on the occasion of International Day of Yoga in 2026. The planning and distribution of resources have been more systematic with 6,002 institutions already identified using the PM GatiShakti Ayush Asset Mapping Tool. Taken together, these examples show that there is a concerted effort to modernize the Indian tradition of medicine using technological innovations.
This is quite significant because the infrastructure of traditional medicine in India has always lagged behind mainstream medicine when it comes to investment in digital technologies. But by simultaneously developing the infrastructure for research, financing, and hospitals, the Ayush Grid is trying to integrate the field of traditional medicine into the Indian healthcare system by making it a more data-driven system.
