E-Health Project: when will medical paper cards become history?

Medical reform is one of the most essential for the well-being of Ukrainian citizens. Of course, in the era of digital technologies, such a reform is impossible without an IT-component, which would simplify the process of storing and processing of medical data for patients and doctors. The state-owned enterprise “Electronic Health” is working on such a project as their representatives on July, 17 presented their work to IT-business and medical institutions with the support of the IT Ukraine Association.

According to Denis Matsui, SE “Electronic Health”, the project “E-Health” aims to create a reliable national ecosystem to support medical reform initiatives that would provide patients with high-quality services throughout the country.

The implementation of the system will help to:

• Gradually get rid of a paper workflow;
• Reduce the administrative burden on doctors;
• Maintain complete patient medical information within a single system;
• Create new business opportunities in the medical sector;
• Classify the information about doctors, medical institutions, their effectiveness and qualifications;
• Let patients leave their feedbacks and recommendations for doctors and health care facilities;

Ukraine is not the first country to lead the development of a national electronic medical system. Similar projects have been successfully implemented in Estonia, Singapore and the UK. The availability of analogs in other countries allows developers to analyze their strengths and weaknesses in order to create a system that meets national peculiarities and requirements of Ukraine.