The records will be compiled from 2019 to 2025 which was approved by Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem.

The database connections will ensure updated information on patients, and ultimately universal health coverage for all its residents.

Patients receive physical therapy at District 11 Hospital in HCM City.

By 2022, the city will collect initial data on residents’ health including name, age, gender, birth, address, ID, and medical history. The data will be updated year-by-year until 2025.

After collecting and setting up the data, relevant agencies will analyse and carry out a surveillance health index of residents to evaluate disease scenarios in the city.

Artificial intelligence will be applied in research and will forecast trends relating to health. Then suitable strategies to improve health of residents will be suggested.

The committee has instructed relevant agencies to increase investment in IT infrastructure to ensure data security.

Software used for electronic medical records will have to match the city’s electronic architecture and the Ministry of Health’s technical standards.

The software will also be used widely and be compatible with relevant health information systems.

When a health facility admits a patient, it will be responsible to search for information related to their health and medical history in the system and update their medical information in their electronic medical records.

According to the committee, via electronic medical records, patients will be examined and treated more rapidly and accurately.

When typing the code of a patient’s electronic medical record, doctors will access the latest information about the patient, helping them improve diagnosis and treatment.

Residents in the city will also have access and be aware of their records so they can be proactive in maintaining their health.

A steering board, which will be set up for the implementation of electronic medical records, will include managers of agencies in health, IT and other sectors.

Bac Giang speeds up roadmap for universal health insurance

(BGO) – With flexible methods of attracting participants, every year, the number of people joining health insurance increases rapidly, with benefits of medical examination and treatment guaranteed. To speed up the roadmap for universal health insurance in 2020, the Social Security Agency of Bac Giang province focuses on assessing people’s health insurance participation to make timely adjustments in line with the reality.

Sanitation and Clean Water Programme improves community health

(BGO) – After implementing the programme “Expanding the scale of rural sanitation and clean water  basing on the result” (Sanitation and Clean Water Programme) for 4 years, many households in the rural areas in the northern province of Bac Giang have improved the living condition and enhanced the awareness of sanitation and disease prevention. The programme also helps protect the environment and build up civilized lifestyle.

Health ID cards to be issued for citizens

Each Vietnamese citizen will be issued with a unique health ID card, which they will be able to use throughout their lives, according to the Ministry of Health.

5,000 older people in Bac Giang have their health checked

(BGO) – Song Thuong General Hospital mobilized some 500 million VND (21,600 USD) to organize health examination and consultation on eye diseases to the elderly in the northern province of Bac Giang in response to the Action Month for Vietnamese Elder People in 2019 (from September 30 till October 30) under the theme “Join hands to care for the olders’ health and happiness”.

Bac Giang accelerates to make public health record

(BGO) – Initially launched in 2017 in Yen The district, to date the public health record has been made in 10 districts and city in the northern province of Bac Giang.

Source: VNA