During the HIMSS Executive Summit Bogotá, the Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies (MinTIC), of Colombia, presented its advances around the Electronic Medical Record.
At the HIMSS Executive Summit that took place in Bogotá. The theme of the event was "Interoperability and the Digital Transformation Agenda in Health in Colombia" therefore the various advances in the health sector were presented. For its part, the ICT Ministry was in charge of presenting the government's latest achievements on these issues, especially the data interoperability model implemented in the Electronic Medical Record (EHR).
In this sense, Carmen Valderrama, the ICT minister, exposed the importance of technologies such as the Internet of things, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence and Big data. In the same way, he explained how the development of the technological model of interoperability of the EHR and the collaboration with the Ministry of Health took place.
"This model allows service providers to carry out the exchange of clinical and administrative data of a patient, with the use of international semantic and technical standards," explained the minister. Thanks to this model, it is easier to access the provision of health services in the country, since the exchange of data closes gaps such as geographic location or the various social security regimes.
On the other hand, the MinTIC, also presented the new achievements in the strengthening of public hospitals in terms of information technologies. Through the Territorial strategy, the Colombian government promotes Digital Citizen Services throughout the country. In this way, the territorial health entities and the citizens can achieve an easier and more transparent interaction, as explained by Minister Valderrama.
Currently, a total of 609 health entities in 28 departments have already been incorporated into the Territorial strategy. The ultimate goal is to reach the 930 public entities in Colombia.
In the following link you can perform searches on the territorial entities integrated so far to this strategy:
