Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan addresses the international conference on digital healthcare in Hanoi on November 8. (Photo: People’s Army daily)Hanoi (VNA) – An international
conference on is taking place in Hanoi with a view to
enhancing Vietnam – Australia cooperation in the health system development and
health security.
The hybrid event on November 8 – 9 was put on by the Vietnam Military – Civil Medicine Association, the Health Strategy
and Policy Institute under the Vietnamese Ministry of Health (MoH), and the
Iverson Health Innovation Research Institute at the Swinburne University of
Technology of Australia.
In Vietnam, digital transformation
and the building of a digital government, a digital economy and a digital
society are identified as an important pathway for the country. In the
programme for the health sector by 2025 with a vision to 2030, the MoH targets that
smart healthcare will have taken shape by 2025 with the three focuses of smart
disease prevention, smart medical examination and treatment, and smart health
administration.
In
his remarks at the conference, Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan said digital
transformation is a focal task of the health sector, which needs to prioritise
resources for boosting information technology and digital
transformation to improve specialised capacity, management effectiveness, and
people’s access to medical services.
He emphasized the necessity for the engagement, resources, and wisdom of the
entire health sector, people, and enterprises, as well as the cooperation and
assistance from international partners.
Assoc. Prof. and Dr. Tran Quy Tuong,
Chairman of the Vietnam Health Informatics Association, noted digital
transformation in health care is intended to help people better access and use
highly effective medical services, and receive continuous and life-long health
protection, care, and improvement. It will contribute to a modern, quality,
equal, and effective well integrating into the world.
However, the process is facing a
number of difficulties, including poor infrastructure that hinder the application of electronic medical records in many hospitals, and the shortage of a financial
mechanism for IT application in healthcare. Other limitations include limited IT skills of medical workers,
the shortage of IT manpower as well as standards
and guidance for connecting data among medical information systems, Tuong
pointed out.
Assoc. Prof. and Dr. Pham Le Tuan,
Chairman of the Vietnam Military – Civil Medicine Association, considered the
conference as the start of the cooperation between scientists and experts of
Vietnam and to help Vietnam build a national action plan on digital
transformation in health care.
At
the event, participants shared experiences in developing and applying
digital health apps, managing health data, using the internet for telemedicine,
and digitalising primary healthcare. This is also a chance for insiders to
introduce their Industry 4.0 technological products for the healthcare industry./.
Source: VietnamPlus
