More than 1.1 million people in Ho Chi Minh City have integrated electronic health books

On December 31, Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health Tang Chi Thuong said the number of registrations increased in The 55 days and nights campaign effectively deployed the integrated electronic health book on the VNeID applicationsince November 7. Nearly 23,000 referral papers and more than 258,000 follow-up examination papers are integrated, facilitating patient record management and minimizing administrative procedures at medical facilities.

To date, all medical examination and treatment facilities in the city have uploaded full data to the Health Insurance Assessment Data Receiving Portal. Thanks to that, data is provided and updated in the VNeID electronic health book for residents of Ho Chi Minh City and people from other provinces who have health insurance medical examination and treatment at city medical facilities.

100% of medical examination and treatment facilities organize activities to guide the installation of the VNeID application and use of the Electronic Health Book, and support people in installing and using the application. Hospitals also set up communication corners with a variety of forms such as electronic kiosks, television screens, electronic boards, printed documents… about the benefits of electronic health books.

“The results of the 55 day and night campaign are the kick-off for a series of events on digital transformation of the city’s health sector in 2025,” Mr. Thuong said. Specifically, the city will build a medical management database, including data on medical equipment, public assets, price declarations, sanctions for administrative violations, scientific research, and improvement initiatives. advance. Create health data for city residents, strive for 90% of elderly people and students to have health data created.

In addition, the health sector will build an application to look up legal documents, a handbook to guide the implementation of digital transformation activities in the health sector, and deploy VNeID electronic health book data connectivity. at all medical examination and treatment facilities according to the roadmap of the Ministry of Health. The city will also build a shared data framework for electronic medical records, digitize records, and results of administrative procedures.

In October, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested to integrate the display of health information into the VNeID electronic health book and move towards medical examination and treatment with health insurance regardless of administrative boundaries. The Prime Minister stated the goal that by early 2025, all hospitals and 40 million people will use electronic health books; All people who need to be issued a criminal record card through VNeID.