1. CHRODIS + Croatian pilot from the MoH perspective
Dunja Skoko Poljak, MD
Head of Public Health Division

2. Pilot background CHRODIS +
diabetic persons
2300 general practitioners
7 diabetes centres
not all the patients with diabetes are being treated equally, by the same clinical standards and led through clinical pathways providing similar outcomes

3. Governance level CHRODIS +
STRENGHTS
3 years of available routine data collected from EHRs in GPs
WEAKNESSES
unclear institutional mandates in health information standards in Croatia
OPPORTUNITIES
decision supporting tools in GPs
THREATS
relatively slow implementation of new technical solutions in GPs

4. Improvement areas CHRODIS +
MoH jurisdiction/ participation (total/ partial)
At decision making level
align MDS with international standards and mutually between systems and
clearly define institutional responsibilities and mandates regarding eHealth and health
Improve the quality of the feedback to data sources GPs in order to maintain data quality
Improving awareness of GPs on potential benefits from MDS and CroDiab, i.e. try to raise awareness of the importance of standardised clinical practice and health information systems
Improving awareness of patients with diabetes on their potential benefits from CroDiab and how to participate within health care system organisation in order to improve their health outcomes
Improving the MDS tool that will allow better insight in patients’ health history and monitoring results
Through Croatian medical chamber improve the representation of diabetes clinical field within continuous education of health professionals
Improvement areas su definirane temeljem svih slabosti i prijetnji a MZ ima u nadležnosti ili sudjeluje u velikom dijelu aktivnosti povezanih sa tim područjima – 1,3 i 4 označeni crno (ovi drugi su posvijetljeni)

5. MoH National Diabetes Programme 2015-2020 - 2015
Diabetes Strategy and Treatment Committee
Health Information and Data Act – 2019
creates pre-conditions for comprehensive and effective use of health data and information in health care for the purpose of improving and preserving the health of the population in the Republic of Croatia.
the Act provides the basis for the harmonization of the legal framework for the management of health data and information and their quality processing at the level of the national health system as well as internationally