HOSPITAL IS SELF-ASSESS ACCORDING TO 8 CRITERIA GROUPS
On December 29, 2017, the Ministry of Health promulgated Circular No. 54/2017/TT-BYT on criteria for assessment of information technology application at health facilities.
There are 08 criteria groups in the criteria for assessment of information technology application at health facilities: Infrastructure, management software, Hospital Information System, Radiology Information System, Picture Archiving and Communication System, Laboratory Information System, non-functional criteria, Electronic Medical Record, information confidentiality and security.
Health facilities are take charge in determining levels of IT application and submit a report to supervisory health authority annually in December. Levels of IT application at health facilities nationwide shall be published on website of the Department of Information Technology (http://ehealth.gov.vn).
The determination of IT application levels must ensure the objectiveness, accuracy and truthfulness. A health facility's IT application is classified into a certain level if it fulfills all criteria in that level. If it fails to meet only one criterion of that level, it shall be classified into a lower level.
This Circular takes effect on February 27, 2018.
