Dong Nai province steps into era of electronic medical records

A patient gets treatment at the Long Khanh Regional General Hospital in Dong Nai Province.
(Photo: VNA)

Dong Nai (VNA) – The has begun
piloting the at the Long
Khanh Regional General Hospital.

The department plans to expand it to all health facilities in the province in the future following the trial. It said maintaining electronic medical records would help save time and cost
for both medical authorities and patients.

Patients would not have to preserve and bring all their medical records when
visiting health facilities, and even if they lose test results, they could be
retrieved at any time.

Phan Van Huyen, Director of the Long Khanh Regional General Hospital, said the
hospital had installed Hospital Information System, Laboratory Information
System and Picture Archiving and Communication System software for the purpose.

Phan Huy Anh Vu, Director of the department, said the Long Khanh Regional
General Hospital had been chosen for the pilot because it had good
infrastructure.

After the trial period the department would assess the IT infrastructure at the
to calculate the cost of introducing the
new system at other health facilities, and then seek the approval of the province
People’s Committee for expanding the system to other health facilities around
the province.

The Ministry of Health has introduced the system in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and
the provinces of Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Ha Tinh, Khanh Hoa, Lam Dong, and Long An,
where 90 percent of all health stations in communes, wards and towns now
maintain electronic records.

It requires all health facilities ranked in the first category – the second
highest of four behind ‘special’- to upgrade their IT infrastructure.

By 2028 throughout the country will go electronic.-VNA