Hospitals are responsible to the Prime Minister for the progress of implementing electronic medical records.

According to the Ministry of Health's directive, by September 30, all hospitals nationwide must complete electronic medical records. But so far, only more than 500/1,650 hospitals have implemented electronic medical records, eliminating paper medical records.

To continue ensuring that the digital transformation and implementation of electronic medical records in the health sector are carried out synchronously and effectively, meeting the roadmap assigned by the Prime Minister, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Tri Thuc has just signed an official dispatch to hospitals and institutes with beds under the Ministry of Health; Departments of Health of centrally-run provinces/cities; hospitals under universities and health care of ministries and branches, requesting units to promote the implementation of electronic medical records.

The Ministry of Health requires units to identify digital transformation and electronic medical records as key tasks, mobilizing the full participation of cadres, civil servants, public employees, and workers, in which party committees, leaders, and first of all, the leading comrades, play a decisive role.

Just by pressing the button on the electronic board right at the bedside, the doctor will know the patient's condition and treatment process.

Require heads of units to seriously implement the direction of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Health in issued documents; be determined, prioritize and focus on supplementing and allocating maximum resources to deploy electronic medical records, ensuring completion by September 30, 2025 at the latest.

When implementing electronic medical records, units must ensure compliance with legal regulations on medical examination and treatment, data, information technology, electronic transactions, network information security, network security, information access, personal data protection, data storage; regulations on management, connection and sharing of electronic data of state agencies.

The Ministry of Health requests units to seriously and urgently implement and be responsible to the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Health for the progress of implementing electronic medical records at the unit.

The implementation of electronic medical records is an inevitable development trend of the health sector, very beneficial for the people, useful for the health sector, creating convenience for doctors in their practice. The implementation of electronic medical records is considered an important breakthrough in the implementation of digital transformation of the health sector.

When electronic medical records are successfully implemented, patients do not have to store and carry all kinds of documents when going to the doctor. Electronic medical records help manage health information continuously and throughout people's lives, helping people be more proactive in disease prevention and treatment, while reducing waiting time and cumbersome procedures for patients and their families.

Patients do not have to worry about losing test results or being confused when reading the doctor's handwriting. Electronic medical records also provide information and clinical data quickly and promptly between medical examination and treatment facilities. When information about the patient's health is communicated between levels, it will help diagnose and coordinate treatment better.

Source: https://cand.com.vn/y-te/cac-benh-vien-chiu-trach-nhiem-truoc-thu-tuong-ve-tien-do-trien-khai-benh-an-dien-tu-i781778/