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Hanoi (VNA) – An official of the has called digital transformation in health care an irreversible
trend.
Associate Professor, Dr. Phan Le Thu Hang, Deputy Director of the Department of Financial Planning, held that the Fourth Industrial Revolution and
smart medical solutions will help Vietnam concertedly improve its health coverage,
service quality, and medical costs, dubbed the three vertices of a triangle, which remains
a hard nut to crack for every health system.
The health sector will prioritise optimising
information-technology and digital transformation to better grassroots health
care, with attention to be paid to upgrading infrastructure, personnel
training, and perfecting relevant policies, she said.
Vietnam now counts about 11,400 at
the communal level which have played a crucial role in ,
helping ease overload for hospitals at higher levels.
Citing a directive issued by the Secretariat of the
Party Central Committee on continuing to consolidate, perfect, and improve the quality of in the new situation, Hang
said the document set higher requirements in terms of mindset, responsibility, and
action by all-level Party Committees, authorities, and the entire political
system in this regard.
The health ministry will coordinate closely with other
relevant ministries, agencies, and localities to further consolidate the policy
framework and implement core solutions to promote the sustainable development
of grassroots health workers.
To effectively mobilise the participation of
non-public health care in primary health care, it is necessary to roll out harmonious
solutions on governance, technology and finance, Hang suggested./.
Source: VietnamPlus
