Digital technology is changing health care in Vietnam
Thanks to digital transformation, patients can make an appointment with a doctor without having to see the doctor directly and without needing to have a special connection with hospital officers to get priority to receive medical treatment.
Dr Nguyen Ba Viet, director of Quang Ninh General Hospital, on December 4 reported to the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) working group that his hospital had been carrying out digital transformation and building a smart hospital. It has made heavy investment to build an IT infrastructure at level 6/7 as scaled by MOH.
Digital transformation of healthcare and elimination of paper records, paper prescriptions, with no need to print plastic films, helps hospitals save billions of dong, reduce plastic and hazardous waste, and protect the hospital environment. With digital transformation, patients are most satisfied to be able to keep track of the medical examination and treatment process without having to wait with anxiety, not knowing when their turn will come and when the results will be available. A survey found that the total time patients have to spend, from the moment of arriving at the hospital to leaving, has been cut by more than 2 hours. Doctors find it more convenient making diagnoses and treatments. When they go to the examination rooms, they can look up patients’ information using software on the phone instead of flipping through pages of medical records.
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