eHealth Development in Viet Nam: Current Status, Needs and Plans 2011-2015

1. eHealth Development in Viet Nam: Current Status, Needs and Plans 2011-2015 Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on ICT Applications Bangkok, 18-22 May, 2011 • Luong Chi Thanh, MD PhD • Central Health Information Technology Institute (CHITI) • Viet Nam

2. SR Vietnam: Basic statistics Territory: 331,051km2 Population: 86,024 Millions Urban: 30% Rural: 70% Population density: 260 Life expectancy(2010): 75 Revenue per capita: 1.200USD Low middle-income status HDI: rank 113/169 CPI: 11,75% (2010 vs. 2009) Total expenditure on health as % of GDP: 6,6%

3. Six priority areas of WHO in Vietnam Health policy, legislation and system development; Communicable disease surveillance, prevention and control; Promotion of a healthy environment and healthy lifestyles and prevention of noncommunicable diseases; Family and community health and nutrition; HIV/AIDS, and tuberculosis; and Partnerships and coordination

4. Ministry of Health of VietnamStructure and components for health services • MoH • H.Dept in 63 Provinces • >500 H. Divisions at district level Administrative machinery Research and Education Preventive Medicine Therapeutic Pharmacy and Equipment • 63 centers for PM at provincial and metropolitan level • 672 centers for PM and district level • 63 centers for HIV/AIDS prevention • 29 centers for malaria prevention • 63 dept. for food safety and population • Nearly 1.100 hospitals • 30 central • 400 provincial • 30 industrial • 10.000 private clinics • 10.000 health stations • 24 research institutions • 18 medical universities • 25 medical colleges • 94 centers for continuing educations • >170 drugs companies • >39.000 drug stores • 9.000 pharmacies • >600 ME trading companies. • >40 ME enterprises

5. Ministry of Health of VietnameHealth management and Implementing VN Government National Steering committee Ministry of Health Ministry of Information and communications Dept. of Science and Training MoH Steering committee at provinces CHITI Dep't. of MoH Hospitals Institutions Colleges 63 DHS at provinces

6. CHITI: root and formation CHITI: Main functions • ICT applications in health • Library services • Publishing

7. eHealth in Vietnam: current statusGood and ambitious policies Government Starting from 2000, as first declaration appeared on ICT application and orientation toward eGov. Most recent: Gov.'s Plan for Vietnam become a strong country in IT in 2020 In health sector 2006: Guidelines on hospital management softwares building and on IT project creation. 2007: Establishment of steering committee, that renewed in 2010. 2008: Approval for two years 2009-2010 plan for IT application in health. 2009: Order 02/CT-BYT for enhancing IT application in health. 2010: Decision 1191/QĐ-BYT, of organizing structure for IT services in health sector. 2011: 2011-2015 plan for eHealth

8. eHealth in Vietnam: current statusInfrastructures favorable Global Observatory for eHealth, GOe Conducted by WHO in 2008 For Vietnam: ICT Development Index is 3,05 ranking 86/ 114 countries and territories Number of mobile phones: 111,53/100 persons Internet user:26,55/100 persons

9. eHealth in Vietnam: current statusVietnam white book 2010: Number of MB users

10. eHealth in Vietnam:the needs eHealth strategy well defined Enterprise architecture Capacity building program: Training and educational program in ICT ICT Project Managing and coordinating capacity Improve governance Health standards To set up the indicator list with defined numerators and denominators To adapt and issuing the appropriate health informatics standards

11. eHealth in Vietnam:the needs Health databases: To integration of various data resources into a single database and coordination between various sources.focus on data analysis Develop the software system for implementing electronic and online health reporting manner at 4 levels of health services. To set up the central health data repository To formulate a comprehensive privacy and confidentiality act for sensitive health data Health information platforms

12. eHealth in Vietnam: Plan 2011-2015

13. eHealth in Vietnam: Plan 2011-2015

14. eHealth in Vietnam: Plan 2011-2015Main objectives • Insuring the appropriate technical infrastructures • Softwares • Network security • Email • Websites • Equipment • Building and managing the health databases • To Insuring the human and financial resources • Serving for administrative procedures reforming and insuring the information exchanges by longitudinal and sagittal directions

15. eHealth in Vietnam: Plan 2011-2015Three national projects • Telemedicine (2007) • Establishing the Call center facilities (mHealth project being conducted with Path finder) • Video-conferencing connection between central and provincial levels of health services • Electronic health records and health information system (2009) • Health information management in preventive medicine (2009)

16. eHealth in Vietnam: Plan 2011-2015Group of technological projects • Building the standards: • For electronic information exchange • Health functional services • ICT used in health • Establishment of health WAN

17. eHealth in Vietnam: Plan 2011-2015Group of projects on policies and strategies,capacity building • Issuing the appropriate policies • Building the whole architecture of health ICT • Training and education in IT and ICT • For management of human resources in health • Inter-libraries services

18. eHealth in Vietnam: Plan 2011-2015Group of projects on health databases • National health databases • Building database on population and for managing the mechanic population changes • Building database of traditional medicine • Health statistics database

19. Thank you for your attention! Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on ICT Applications Bangkok, 18-22 May, 2011