The electronic health record system is currently being implemented throughout the nation by the Vietnamese government.
According to state media, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is in charge of the National Committee for Digital Transformation, made this declaration at the beginning of this month.
THE GENERAL CONTEXT
In 2019, Vietnam served as a test country for the digitalization of hospital patient records. Major hospitals throughout cities and provinces issued EHRs until the previous year. The government will gradually implement EHRs throughout all hospitals and healthcare facilities nationwide over the course of the following four years.
The prime minister’s most recent declaration came after the government-developed EHR platform was recently tested in the province of Thua Thien-Hue and the capital city of Hanoi. Last year, the FHIR-based platform’s deployment was approved.
Information from the Ministry of Public Security indicates that more than 32 million medical records have been digitalized to date. The e-identification app, VNeID, has integrated EHRs for about 14 million users. When the EHR system is implemented, the government hopes to save up to $45 million by doing away with paper records.
The prime minister stated that speeding up the health system’s digital transformation is in line with the country’s determination to actively engage in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. To achieve this, obtaining resources from foreign partners is one strategy. Recently, the government has forged alliances with Microsoft and Australia’s Swinburne University of Technology to change digital health.
