Kazakhstanis will be able to find out their medical data in the new section of eGov mobile

Purposeful systematic work is underway to introduce digitalization in the field of healthcare. The issues of digitalization of healthcare were discussed at a meeting with central and local executive bodies chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Altai Kulginov, the official website of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan reports. The digitalization of healthcare is aimed at increasing the availability of medical care and simplifying the work of physicians. In this regard, targeted systematic work is being carried out in the country to deepen digitalization and integrate existing information systems in the field of healthcare. To date, a new eDensaulyq section is being implemented in the pilot mode in the eGov mobile application, which contains extended medical data of the population, including donor status (lifetime), electronic prescriptions, information about medical taps, pregnancy records, dispensary records, hospitalization facts, information about vaccination, information about the results of laboratory tests, provided clinical and diagnostic services (doctor's appointment, and so on), sick leave. It is worth noting that the presence of all this information in one section of the application ensures the transparency of medical care. Residents of the country at any time can obtain the necessary information regarding their medical data. “It is necessary to activate and deepen the processes of digitalization of healthcare in order to make medical care even more accessible, to increase the list of services that can be obtained without leaving home, and to improve the quality of their provision,” Kulginov noted. As a result of the meeting, local executive bodies were instructed to strengthen work on the integration of information systems and the further development of digital medicine, taking into account the protection of confidential medical data.