Building smart hospitals - realizing the policy of 'digital transformation for healthy people and developed country'

At Bach Mai Hospital, we always combine technology transfer, training and professional support for lower levels, contributing to concretizing the policy of "leaving no one behind" - the spirit throughout the Draft Documents of the 14th Congress"

Developing primary health care is a prerequisite to reduce the burden on upper-level health care.

The Draft Document of the 14th Congress clearly states: Health is an important pillar to ensure social security, people's health is the center, the driving force for the country's development, Director of Bach Mai Hospital, Associate Professor, Dr. Dao Xuan Co said, to build a fair, quality, effective and sustainable health system, it is necessary to prioritize three major policies, specifically:

• Firstly , invest heavily in primary health care and preventive medicine, especially in remote areas where health care conditions are still inadequate. This is the foundation for reducing the burden on upper levels, detecting diseases early and improving community health;
• Second, develop grassroots medical human resources in both quantity and quality, and have policies on remuneration, continuous training and promotion opportunities, so that lower-level staff can stay long-term and contribute with peace of mind.
• Third , applying digital transformation, electronic health record management, disease surveillance and medical forecasting to improve the effectiveness of prevention work and service quality in the community.

"At Bach Mai Hospital, we always combine technology transfer, training and professional support for lower levels, contributing to concretizing the policy of "leaving no one behind" - the spirit throughout the Draft Document of the 14th Congress" - Director of Bach Mai Hospital Dao Xuan Co affirmed.

Associate Professor, Dr. Dao Xuan Co - Director of Bach Mai Hospital.

Associate Professor, Dr. Dao Xuan Co said that the draft documents of the 14th National Congress set important goals for the health sector, in which the human development index (HDI) strives to reach 0.78 by 2030, the average life expectancy reaches 75.5 years and the minimum healthy life expectancy is 68 years.

"These are very humane goals, clearly demonstrating our Party's vision of people as both the center and the driving force of development.

However, to achieve these indicators, he said it is necessary to deploy synchronous solutions, including continuing to invest in preventive medicine and primary health care, considering this a key factor to help people "be healthy right from the community".

At the same time, it is necessary to promote the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, take care of the health of the elderly, improve the quality of nutrition, physical fitness and a healthy living environment;

Improve the quality of primary health care services, ensuring that all people, even in remote areas, have access to quality medical examination and treatment services.

"Developing grassroots healthcare is a prerequisite to reduce the burden on upper levels and improve the effectiveness of healthcare work" - Associate Professor, Dr. Dao Xuan Co said and emphasized: The healthcare sector, including central hospitals such as Bach Mai, will continue to play a leading professional role, supporting the improvement of lower levels' capacity, contributing to the successful implementation of the goal of "health for everyone, leaving no one behind" in the spirit that the Draft Document of the 14th Congress has determined.

Three main pillars in implementing periodic health check-ups for the whole population, enhancing health care for the elderly

Bach Mai Hospital doctors provide free health check-ups for people in areas affected by natural disasters and floods.

The Draft Document of the 14th National Congress also emphasized the policy of organizing periodic health check-ups for the entire population and enhancing health care for the elderly. Associate Professor Co said that this is a very correct, humane and long-term strategic policy, clearly demonstrating our Party's consistent viewpoint of "taking people as the center of development, leaving no one behind".

Accordingly, it is necessary to implement three main pillars. That is, perfecting the universal health insurance policy, ensuring that every citizen has basic periodic health check-ups, with financial support from the health insurance fund . This will help everyone have the opportunity to have periodic health check-ups and detect diseases early.

Next, it is necessary to strongly develop the grassroots health network and the family doctor model, linking prevention, treatment and rehabilitation , especially in the care of the elderly in the community. This is a sustainable direction to help reduce the burden on the upper level, while providing regular, continuous and closer health care to the people.

Third, it is also necessary to promote communication and health education to raise people's awareness of the benefits of regular check-ups and early detection of diseases . People need to realize that early health care will help them prevent many diseases and protect their health in the long term.

Regarding the policy of public hospital autonomy, the Director of Bach Mai Hospital said: Hospital autonomy is a major, correct and inevitable policy to promote initiative, creativity, improve service quality, and reduce the burden on the state budget. However, autonomy does not mean loosening management or commercializing public health care.

"The spirit of the Draft Document of the 14th Congress clearly emphasizes: "Developing a fair and effective health care system, taking serving the people as the highest goal" - Associate Professor Co said and gave three major orientations that need to be focused on:

• Firstly , it is necessary to perfect the financial mechanism and bidding policy, creating a transparent legal corridor so that hospitals can be proactive in managing and using legal resources;
• Second , the State needs to continue to ensure its leading role in providing public health services, especially for the poor and disadvantaged areas;
• Third , it is necessary to promote publicity, transparency and social supervision in autonomous activities, so that all resources are directed towards improving the quality of people's health care.

Building smart hospitals - realizing the policy of "digital transformation for healthy people and developed country"

Party Central Committee member, Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan and many delegates pressed the button to officially deploy electronic medical records at Bach Mai Hospital - the first hospital of the Ministry of Health to deploy electronic medical records.

According to Associate Professor, Dr. Dao Xuan Co, promoting digital transformation in healthcare is an important step, applying science and technology to improve the efficiency of healthcare and hospital management. Digital transformation does not stop at computerizing administrative procedures but must aim at optimizing the treatment process and improving the efficiency of medical examination and treatment.

The Draft Document of the 14th National Congress also requires promoting national digital transformation, and in the health sector, digital transformation must aim to serve patients, improve the quality of medical examination and treatment and hospital management. Not simply computerizing administrative procedures, but digital transformation must create practical values ​​for people. From the practice at Bach Mai Hospital, Associate Professor, Dr. Dao Xuan Co said that it is necessary to build a synchronous and interconnected medical data infrastructure between levels to manage and monitor people's health throughout their lives.

In addition, it is necessary to focus on training digital human resources in healthcare, including doctors, nurses and managers capable of applying new technology, artificial intelligence and big data analysis in diagnosis and treatment.

Finally, it is necessary to perfect the legal framework on management, sharing and security of health data, ensuring people's privacy, and at the same time encouraging public-private partnership models in digital transformation of healthcare.

"At Bach Mai, we are deploying comprehensive electronic medical records, AI-assisted image diagnosis, and a smart hospital operating system, contributing to concretizing the policy of "digital transformation for healthy people and a developed country" as set out in the 14th National Congress Documents," Director Dao Xuan Co added.

According to Associate Professor Co, high-quality human resources are the "heart" of the medical industry. Retaining people means maintaining quality and maintaining people's trust in the public health system.

What to do to retain good doctors in the public health sector?

Regarding the policy of treating and attracting high-quality human resources in the health sector, the Director of Bach Mai Hospital said that the Draft Document of the 14th Party Congress clearly stated: "Developing, using and treating intellectuals and high-quality human resources in key fields, including health", this is a strategic orientation, demonstrating the deep concern of the Party and State for the medical staff - those who directly take care of people's health.

To retain good doctors in the public sector, according to Director Dao Xuan Co, it is necessary to improve salary, income and working conditions so that doctors can make a living from their profession and feel secure in their dedication, especially at the grassroots level and in difficult areas;

Building a healthy academic, research and professional development environment, creating opportunities for doctors to study, create and affirm professional values;

At the same time, innovating the hospital autonomy mechanism associated with social responsibility, allowing units to be more proactive in using legal resources to take care of staff's lives, but still putting serving the people first.

"The reality at Bach Mai Hospital shows that when the team is trusted and given the conditions to develop their capacity, they will stick around and contribute long-term. High-quality human resources are the "heart" of the medical industry. Keeping people means keeping quality and keeping people's trust in the public health system," Associate Professor, Dr. Dao Xuan Co said.

Doctors pay tribute to organ donors in the operating room of Bach Mai Hospital.

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