Vietnam targets over 90 percent of population using electronic health record in 2022 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam aims to have over 90 percent of its population usingelectronic health record in medical examination - treatment and healthmonitoring activities by the end of 2022.
According to an action plan recently issued by the National Committee on DigitalTransformation, the committee will focus on directing and coordinating ministries,sectors and localities to promote digital transformation; develop e-government,digital economy and society; and prioritise resources to achieve importantindicators of the country’s programmes and strategies on digitaltransformation.
The Ministry of Information and Communications and localities will cooperate tobuild an electronic identification and authentication system on the basis ofthe national database on population and citizen identification database. About 15-20percent of the population are expected to use e-identification applications bylate this year.
The Ministry of Education and Training will coordinate with the Ministry of Informationand Communications to develop and promote the use of an online teachingplatform, a digital university platform, and a national digital educationresource repository; universalise and maintain a certain ration of online teachingeven after the COVID-19 pandemic; and develop a pilot higher education modelin training digital human resources.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Planning andInvestment will work with the Ministry of Information and Communications andlocalities to speed up the digital transformation in small- and medium-sizedenterprises.
Digital and cashless payments will also bepromoted through coordination between the State Bank of Vietnam, the Ministryof Information and Communications and others ministries and localities, towardsthe non-cash payments of tuition and hospital fees reaching at least 50 percentby the end of 2022./.
