1. Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on ICT Applications
eHealth Development in Viet Nam: Current Status, Needs and Plans
Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on ICT Applications
Bangkok, 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: USD
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. Administrative machinery Research and Education Pharmacy and Equipment
Ministry of Health of Vietnam Structure and components for health services
Administrative machinery
MoH
H.Dept in 63 Provinces
>500 H. Divisions at district level
Preventive Medicine
Therapeutic
Research and Education
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 hospitals
30 central
400 provincial
30 industrial
private clinics
health stations
24 research institutions
18 medical universities
25 medical colleges
94 centers for continuing educations
>170 drugs companies
> drug stores
9.000 pharmacies
>600 ME trading companies.
>40 ME enterprises

5. Ministry of Health of Vietnam eHealth 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
1904
Library in Indochina Medical College
1954
Library in Vietnam Pharmaco-medical School
1964
Central Medical Library, MoH
1979
Central Institute for Medical Science Information
(CIMSI), MoH
2009
Central Health Information and Technology Ins
(CHITI), MoH
CHITI: Main functions
ICT applications in health
Library services
Publishing

7. eHealth in Vietnam: current status Good 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 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: plan for eHealth

8. eHealth in Vietnam: current status Infrastructures 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 status Vietnam 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 2011-2015 Main objectives
Insuring the appropriate technical infrastructures
Softwares
Network security
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 2011-2015 Three 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 2011-2015 Group 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 2011-2015 Group 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 2011-2015 Group 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, May, 2011