405 medical facilities deploy IT software to manage medical examination and treatment and pay health insurance

(Baonghean.vn) - On November 30, the Department of Health coordinated with VNPT Nghe An to organize a conference to expand the project of applying information technology in medical examination and treatment management and health insurance payment phase 2 in Nghe An province and provide training on operating and exploiting the VNPT - HIS system for IT staff at medical facilities.

Attending the event were Prof. Dr. Nguyen Viet Tien - Deputy Minister of Health; Mr. Ngo Hung Tin - Deputy General Director of VNPT Group; Comrade Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee; representatives of leaders of departments, branches, sectors and IT officers of units under the health sector.

Leaders of the Department of Health inspect the smart medical examination card system at Quynh Luu General Hospital.

In September 2015, the Department of Health coordinated with VNPT to pilot the Project of applying IT in medical examination and treatment management and payment of health insurance, phase 1, at 45 medical facilities at 3 levels: province, district and commune. Of which, the provincial level was deployed at Nghe An Mental Hospital, the district level was deployed at 3 medical facilities and the commune level was deployed at 41 medical stations of Hoang Mai town, Cua Lo town, Nam Dan district.

Since December 2015, the Department of Health has coordinated with VNPT Nghe An to expand the project of applying IT in medical examination and treatment and health insurance payment at 405 medical facilities at 3 hospital levels that have not yet deployed the software. Of which, the provincial level deployed it at the Rehabilitation Hospital; the district level deployed it at 7 district general hospitals and the commune level deployed it at all commune, ward and town health stations that have not deployed the medical examination and treatment management software and have electricity grid.

Speaking at the conference, Mr. Nguyen Viet Tien - Deputy Minister of Health and Mr. Le Ngoc Hoa - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee assessed that the implementation of IT application in medical examination and treatment management and health insurance payment contributes to improving the quality of management in medical examination and treatment activities, ensuring the rights of people participating in health insurance, creating favorable conditions for inspection, supervision, statistics, reporting and health insurance payment in the province. They requested the Department of Health and VNPT to complete the implementation of the project on IT application in medical examination and treatment and health insurance payment at medical facilities according to the set plan.

Thanh Hoa - Thu Hien