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eHealth Activity Plan in Latvia. Rinalds Muciņš, Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Health, Latvia. eHealth implementation roadmap in Latvia. eHealth program. Centralized activities. EU ERDF IKT/eHealth activity planning. Program management framework. Standards, legislation,
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eHealth Activity Plan in Latvia Rinalds Muciņš, Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Health, Latvia
eHealth implementation roadmap in Latvia eHealth program Centralized activities EU ERDF IKT/eHealth activity planning Program management framework Standards, legislation, guidelines eHealth policy eHealth implemen- tation plan Individual IS project IS delivery and implementation IS concept and procurement preparation Information System architecture
eHealth program - set of coordinated individual projects and activities • Common goals and outcome/output indicators • Common program management structure and processes • Common project implementation guidelines and methodologies • Usage of common standards and centralized components/solutions • Decentralized individual project management and budgeting
eHealth success factor – contribution from all stakeholders (I) • State • Vision and policy setting • IT support of public functions • Definition of framework and standards • Ensuring common infrastructure (EHR and other centralized systems) • Facilitation of IS development of service providers (including financial support of specific projects)
eHealth success factor – contribution from all stakeholders (II) 2. Service providers • Initiation and implementation of there IS projects • Looking for funding (there will no be free lunch from state!) • EU/EAA funds, internal resources, etc • Cooperation, shared services 3. Solution vendors • Preparation and delivery of eHealth solutions • Sharing experience, knowledge • Participation of public-private partnership models
eHealth policy overview Implementation plan
1. Implementation of Electronic Helath record • Implementation of Health record IS; • Standards on information exchange • Integration platform(1) • Electronic Health insurance cards(1) • Information security(2)
2. Digitalization of health care providers • Preconditions for development of electronic medical history • Promotion of development of health care providers IS • IS on assistanec for medical decisions
3. Digitalization of health care management • Development and introducing IS for ambulances service • Developments IS for statistical data collection • Common IS for health care supervision • Development of IS for another institutions
4. Digitalization of diagnostics and telemedicine • Central archive for images of visual diagnostics • Central archive for clinical diagnostics • Promotion of radiology IS • Development of telemedicine (consulting centers)
5. Digitalization of health care workflows • Development of e-prescriptions IS • Development of e-booking • Digitalization of referrals (e-referrals) • Digitalizaton of data exchange with inurance companies
6. Facilation of e-readness • Information for public (patients ad medical staff) • Education of health care staff (computer literacy) • Support for introducing computer based systems in health care institutions
7. eHelath program managment • Establishment of managment structures • Supervision of program implementation • International cooperation
Key activities in 2007 • Program management framework setup • Concept development and procurement preparation for the following eHealth components (delivery of systems in 2008) • Electronic Health Record IS • Integration platform • ePrescriptions IS • Central visual diagnostic (radiology) archive IS • Emergency Medicine IS • Implementation of particular projects • Hospital of traumatology and ortopedics • Other projects financed by EAA funds