Participants discuss smart healthcare at a workshop held in HCM City (Source: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – has invested extensively in smart
healthcare development, with a focus on and the
use of information technology in hospital management and expertise management, said
a municipal health official.
HCM City-based
hospitals are required to create electronic medical records of international
standards for local residents, said Tang Chi Thuong, Deputy Director of the municipal
Department of Health.
Each
citizen would have a single national patient identifier, he said while speaking
at a workshop on smart healthcare in HCM City on December 14.
Thu Duc
District Hospital was the first medical centre in the city getting approval
from the Ministry of Health to create electronic medical records, he said,
adding that many hospitals were set to follow suit.
To
develop smart healthcare, the city would first build a smart emergency medical
response centre and a database on disease surveillance, he said.
Since
2016 the department has been calling for the use of IT in hospital
administration.
A lot of
specialised software has been developed for managing medical workers, patient
health records, drugs and pharmaceuticals, and health warehouses.
Many
hospitals have adopted artificial intelligence to enhance their treatment
quality, including robot-assisted surgery by Binh Dan Hospital and 115 People’s
hospital.
Le Thanh
Liem, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, said the extensive use
of IT in the health sector had shown positive results and contributed to the
development of a smart city in future.
In 2017,
the city finalised the project to become a smart city in 2017-2020.
It
involves the development of an platform for a smart city
and technology solutions in many areas such as traffic, environment, public
security, and healthcare.
Experts
said in a smart hospital the software is fully inter-connected to actively
support technical and professional activities and improve medical examination
and treatment and hospital management.
The
workshop attracted 300 hospital managers, doctors and international health
experts./.
Source: VietnamPlus
