While paying a working visit to check out the work in the two wards, Vice Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Ngo Van Quy said that the city targets to successfully implement the model.
According to the Vice Chairman, the digital personal health records are seen as as a long-term solution to reducing public health care costs.
The individual medical record has each person’s detailed health care information, which is stored in the national digital medical records system. It includes personal information and health and disease history.
The records can help doctors detect health issues and treat patients more effectively, while supporting the establishment of public health profiles for different areas.
Maintaining an individual medical records system will encourage people to go for periodic checkups at hospitals and clinics and help doctors provide faster and more accurate diagnosis and treatment, which will reduce time and cost for patients.
The system will also encourage people to go for health checkups at clinics at the grassroots level which will limit disease outbreaks and reduce overload at central-level hospitals.
Vice Director of the municipal Department of Health Nguyen Van Dung said that the project is set to run across the city’s 10 communes and wards and will last until March 8.
Hanoi city targets to complete the establishment of individual medical records for all local residents by September 30, he noted.
According to Nguyen Trong Khoa, deputy director of the Department of Medical Examination and Treatment Department,
since earlier this year, the establishment of individual medical records is being implemented in the northern provinces of Phu Tho and Bac Ninh.
Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung said by June 30, the city will develop and install software to connect its 42 health centres at the grassroots level.
The capital already has a resident database that is updated regularly, so they will only need to add a field on health information into the system, Chung said.
“In the future, wherever people go in the city for a checkup, the information will be updated in the system.”
Chairman Chung said “Each person will have his/her own code number. The health records will be confidential and only doctors will have access to it and that too with the patient’s permission.”
Mr. Luong Ngoc Khue, Head of Healthcare Management Department under the Ministry of Health said: "With the strong determination of the city's authorities and the health sector, I believe Hanoi will soon implement the project successfully."
The model is expected to be expanded in localities across the country, he added.
Vice Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Ngo Van Quy speaks at the event.
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The individual medical record has each person’s detailed health care information, which is stored in the national digital medical records system. It includes personal information and health and disease history.
The records can help doctors detect health issues and treat patients more effectively, while supporting the establishment of public health profiles for different areas.
Maintaining an individual medical records system will encourage people to go for periodic checkups at hospitals and clinics and help doctors provide faster and more accurate diagnosis and treatment, which will reduce time and cost for patients.
Hanoi starts implementing a pilot project on establishment of individual medical records for residents. Photo by Thanh Hai
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Vice Director of the municipal Department of Health Nguyen Van Dung said that the project is set to run across the city’s 10 communes and wards and will last until March 8.
Hanoi city targets to complete the establishment of individual medical records for all local residents by September 30, he noted.
According to Nguyen Trong Khoa, deputy director of the Department of Medical Examination and Treatment Department,
since earlier this year, the establishment of individual medical records is being implemented in the northern provinces of Phu Tho and Bac Ninh.
Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung said by June 30, the city will develop and install software to connect its 42 health centres at the grassroots level.
The capital already has a resident database that is updated regularly, so they will only need to add a field on health information into the system, Chung said.
“In the future, wherever people go in the city for a checkup, the information will be updated in the system.”
Chairman Chung said “Each person will have his/her own code number. The health records will be confidential and only doctors will have access to it and that too with the patient’s permission.”
Mr. Luong Ngoc Khue, Head of Healthcare Management Department under the Ministry of Health said: "With the strong determination of the city's authorities and the health sector, I believe Hanoi will soon implement the project successfully."
The model is expected to be expanded in localities across the country, he added.
