Application of information technology in hospital management

On April 27, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Health organized a conference on the application of information technology in hospital management in 2006 and development orientation in the period of 2006-2010 in the presence of medical leaders. provinces and cities and diseases v

On April 27, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Health organized a conference on the application of information technology in hospital management in 2006 and development orientation in the period of 2006-2010 in the presence of medical leaders. international provinces, cities and major hospitals nationwide.

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Currently, the application of information technology in hospital management has become an urgent requirement to improve the quality of hospital management, contributing to promoting comprehensive hospital development, each steps to meet the requirements of medical examination and treatment for the people. In fact, many hospitals with financial potential have built their own hospital management software system and successfully applied computerization management to hospitals such as Hanoi maternity hospital and hospital. Central pediatric.

The application of information technology has helped hospitals manage and effectively use resources, charge hospital fees, publicize transparency of patients' health, and help control rational and safe use of drugs.

In addition to the successful application of IT in management, many hospitals have built their own electronic information sites with rich and attractive professional contents such as Viet Duc Hospital and Central Children Hospital. , Cho Ray hospital, contributing to bringing health services closer to people.

However, at this conference, many delegates also frankly said that the application of information technology in hospital management in Vietnam is still limited and far from many countries in the world.

According to data reported by hospitals across the country, the application of information technology in most Vietnamese hospitals currently stops at exploiting office, statistics and reporting work. Some hospitals have only been able to apply individual parts such as human resource management, hospital fees, pharmaceutical warehouse management, patients going into the hospital and only a few hospitals deploy synchronous management to patients in whole treatment process.

According to data from the Department of Treatment (Ministry of Health), in 2005 there were nearly 1,000 public hospitals in the country, but only about 5% had relatively comprehensive hospital management software applications but due to goods dozen different software vendors. In some hospitals, there are some shortcomings such as: information of a health insurance patient must be made 3 times on 3 different software (hospital management software; health insurance payment software; statistical reporting management software has caused many troubles for patients who have to wait and waste hospital data.

Many delegates also mentioned some other shortcomings such as computer systems used in asynchronous hospitals, obsolete network systems, poor design consultancy and qualifications of officials in many hospitals. limited, leading to difficulties in implementing hospital management software.

The conference agreed to strengthen the application of information technology in hospital management, in the direction of strengthening the management of hospital activities based on the management system of informatics application, strengthening the operational capacity of staff. , help managers capture information quickly and accurately; simplifying administrative procedures, eliminating intermediate activities, facilitating quick, convenient and timely medical examination and treatment services; Unified data for industry management activities.

Update 12 December 2018
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