by The Vietnamese government is now expanding the implementation of its electronic health record system across the country.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, head of the National Committee for Digital Transformation, made the announcement early this month. state media.
THE GREATER CONTEXT
Vietnam has piloted the digitization of patient medical records in hospitals 2019. Until last year, EHRs were issued in major hospitals in cities and provinces. Over the next four years, the government will gradually roll out EHRs to all hospitals and health facilities in the country.
The Prime Minister’s latest announcement followed the recent pilot of the government-developed EPD platform in the capital Hanoi and Thua Thien-Hue province. The implementation of the FHIR-based platform was approved last year.
To date, more than 32 million medical records have been digitized, based on data from the Ministry of Public Security. About 14 million people have integrated their EPD into the e-identification app VNeID. The government wants to save as much as $45 million when implementing the EPD system, which will eliminate the need for paper files.
According to the Prime Minister, accelerating the digital transformation of the healthcare system is in line with the national resolution to proactively participate in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. One way to do this is by acquiring resources from international partners. Lately, the government has been forging partnerships in digital healthcare transformation Microsoft and Swinburne University of Technology in Australia.
