No. | Tasks | Unit assuming the prime responsibility | Coordinating units | Deadlines | Targets |
I | IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RESOLUTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT |
1 | To disseminate implementation of the resolution | | | | |
1.1 | To organize conferences to guide the implementation of the Resolution of the Party's Designated Representation of the Ministry of Health on digital transformation in healthcare | The Office of the Party's Designated Representation of the Ministry of Health | - The Ministry Office - The Electronic Health Administration | 2nd Quarter/2023 | The units must thoroughly comprehend the Resolutions’ contents and objectives |
1.2 | To organize thematic seminars to disseminate the implementation of the Resolution | - Agencies, Departments, etc. of the Ministry and other units in the health sector | | 1st Quarter - 2nd Quarter/2023 | 100% of the units organize such events |
2 | To revise the Program on digital transformation in healthcare until 2025, with a vision to 2030 | The Electronic Health Administration | - Agencies, Departments, etc. of the Ministry and other units in the health sector | 2nd Quarter/2023 | All instructions of the Government and the Ministry of Health about digital transformation in healthcare shall be updated and added thereto |
3 | To revise, amend and issue legal documents on IT application and digital transformation in the health sector |
3.1 | To amend legal documents on IT application | The Electronic Health Administration | - The Department of Legal Affairs | 2nd Quarter/2023 | 100% of IT-related documents issued under the authority of the Ministry of Health are revised, amended, or issued |
3.2 | To issue legal documents on IT application and digital transformation in the health sector | The Electronic Health Administration | - The Department of Legal Affairs | Annual plans | The requirement of a legal framework for digital transformation in healthcare is fulfilled |
3.3 | To issue legal documents and guiding documents on the structure and standards of IT human resources for units in the health sector | The Electronic Health Administration | - The Department of Legal Affairs - The Department of Organization and Personnel | Annual plans | There must be adequate human resources in terms of both quantity and expertise that meet the needs for digital transformation in healthcare |
4 | A Decree on management of health data | The Electronic Health Administration | - Agencies, Departments, etc. of the Ministry and other units in the health sector | 4th Quarter/2023 | The draft Decree shall be submitted to the Government on schedule as specified in Decision No.48/QD-TTg dated February 03, 2023 |
5 | To set out the digital transformation indicators (DTI) for the health sector | The Electronic Health Administration | - Agencies, Departments, etc. of the Ministry and other units in the health sector | 3rd Quarter/2023 | The digital transformation of the entire health sector can be comprehensively evaluated |
6 | To compile guidance on digital transformation in healthcare | The Electronic Health Administration | | 3rd Quarter/2023 | It contains sufficient guidance on digital transformation in healthcare |
7 | To communicate the policies on digital transformation in healthcare | The Ministry Office | The Electronic Health Administration | Monthly | Sufficient information on digital transformation in healthcare shall be timely made available in newspapers, radio broadcasts, mass media and social networks |
II | DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, DIGITAL FOUNDATION AND DIGITAL DATA |
1 | To restructure and build digital infrastructure for digital transformation of the healthcare sector |
1.1 | To review, build and update the e-Government architecture of the health sector | The Electronic Health Administration | Related units | 3rd Quarter/2023 | The overall architecture is in line with the vision of healthcare digital transformation to 2030 |
1.2 | To develop digital infrastructure technical standards in service of IT application and digital transformation of units in the health sector | The Electronic Health Administration | Related units | 2nd Quarter/2023 | |
1.3 | To build infrastructure for private data connection and transmission in service of digital transformation of the health sector | The Electronic Health Administration | Related units | 4th Quarter/2023 | The confidentiality, privacy, safety of information as well as cybersecurity shall be ensured |
2 | To develop and create a digital data warehouse for the health sector and connect to the national database on population (data on medical examination and treatment, human resources, medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, ...) | - Agencies, Departments, etc. of the Ministry and other units in the health sector | The Electronic Health Administration | 4th Quarter/2024 | The requirement of forming an general data warehouse of the health sector for the formation of a national data warehouse on health care is fulfilled |
3 | To build a data center of the health sector To build a data center of the health sector that can manage and store information systems, specialized databases, and medical big data in prompt service of the management and operation, and digital transformation of the health sector, and can connect and share health data with the national database on population | The Electronic Health Administration | - The Ministry Office - The Department of Planning and Finance - The Department of Medical Equipment and Works - Related units | 4th Quarter/2024 | Information systems, database systems and big data of the health sector shall be adequately and securely stored; meet the requirement of “complete, clean, living data”: be effectively utilized for the management and administration of the health sector as well as connected and shared with the national database on population. |
4 | To build and deploy digital health platforms | | | | 100% of State authorities at ministerial and provincial levels have a centralized data processing and analysis platform, and AI-based applications to optimize their operations. 100% of communicable diseases and infected cases are managed on the digital health platform. |
4.1 | Digital health platforms: - The platform for remote health consulting, examination and treatment; - The electronic health record platform; - The vaccination platform; - The platform for health stations. | The Electronic Health Administration | Units of the health sector and relevant units | 4th Quarter/2023 |
4.2 | Other healthcare-related digital platforms: | The Electronic Health Administration | Units of the health sector and relevant units | 4th Quarter/2024 |
5 | To upgrade and improve the personal health information management application integrated with the national database on population | The Electronic Health Administration | - The Department of Medical Services Administration - The Department of Health Insurance - Related units | 4th Quarter/2023 | Every citizen has a digital personal health record and 90% of the population have their own electronic health records |
III | INFORMATION SECURITY AND CYBERSECURITY |
1 | To conduct training in information security and cybersecurity for units in the health sector |
1.1 | To organize in-depth training courses on information safety for technicians at hospitals and medical units | The Electronic Health Administration | In coordination with the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Information and Communications | Annually | Each hospital has at least 01 IT staff who has attended an in-depth training course and obtained a certificate in information security |
1.2 | To organize training courses to raise awareness about information safety for health workers | The Electronic Health Administration | Units in the health sector | Annually | All health workers are trained and well understand about digital transformation in healthcare |
1.3 | To organize information security incident and cyberattack simulation exercises for units in the health sector | The Electronic Health Administration | In coordination with the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Information and Communications | Annually | The simulation exercises must cover the practices and stick to the reality as well as be appropriate to the health sector, especially hospitals |
2 | To deploy Security Operations Centers (SOC) | The Electronic Health Administration | | | Information safety and cybersecurity of 100% of health information systems are ensured under the approved information assurance levels and evaluated as meeting the requirements of information safety and cybersecurity before being put into operation |
2.1 | To support units in the sector to hire services of Security Operations Centers (SOC) | The Electronic Health Administration | Units in the health sector | Annual plans |
2.2 | To deploy Security Operations Centers (SOC) for information systems managed by the Ministry of Health | The Electronic Health Administration | - Departments, Agencies, etc. under the Ministry of Health. - In coordination with the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Information and Communications | 4th Quarter/2023 |
IV | DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL GOVERNMENT, DIGITAL ECONOMY AND DIGITAL SOCIETY |
1 | To improve the provision of level-4 public services by the Ministry of Health on mobile versions with Smart CA function connected to the national database on population. | Departments, Agencies, etc. under the Ministry of Health | The Electronic Health Administration | 4th Quarter/2024 | 100% of eligible public services can be provide fully online and on various means of access. |
2 | To deploy and improve IT applications for administration and management, administrative reform, document digitization, electronic authentication and electronic transactions towards the paperless approach in activities of the health sector | Departments, Agencies, etc. under the Ministry of Health | The Electronic Health Administration | 4th Quarter/2025 | 100% of reports are made on the national information and reporting system; 100% of records are created, stored and shared electronically in accordance with the regulations. |
3 | To build a general information system for the leadership, administration, and decision-making of the Ministry of Health in the digital environment, which can connect information to the local authorities | The Ministry Office | The Electronic Health Administration | 4th Quarter/2023 | 100% of internal directions, administration and management of medical units are made on a general, unified governance platform |
4 | To build an information system for supervision, checking and inspection of the health sector | The Ministry Inspectorate | - The Electronic Health Administration - Agencies, Departments, etc. of the Ministry and other related units | 4th Quarter/2024 | At least 50% of supervision and inspection activities of the regulatory authorities are carried out in the digital environment and via their information systems. |
5 | To build a system of recruitment and promotion examinations for specialist, main specialist, senior specialist or equivalent title | The Department of Organization and Personnel | - The Ministry Office - The Electronic Health Administration | 4th Quarter/2024 | At least 70% of the units organize computer-based or online recruitment and promotion examinations for specialist, main specialist, senior specialist or equivalent title |
6 | To encourage and develop medical services providers on digital platforms and cyberspace | | | | |
6.1 | To organize digital transformation seminars and symposiums in each specialized field of the healthcare sector so that digital-based health service providers can understand the needs, business processes, and system models, etc. thereby offering appropriate and effective digital transformation solutions for each specialized field of the health sector | The Electronic Health Administration | Units in the health sector | Annual plans | Digital technologies: AI, Big Data, IoMT, Blockchain, etc. are successfully applied to medical and healthcare activities |
6.2 | To create favorable conditions for digital-based health service providers to experiment and pilot the sandbox model of new digital technologies and new medical digital transformation solutions, thus step by step standardizing and building a legal framework to spread such model nationwide | The Electronic Health Administration | - Agencies, Departments, etc. of the Ministry and other related units | Annual plans |
7 | To encourage remote medical consultation, examination and treatment; Every hospital and public health center to employ electronic medical records and non-cash payment of hospital fees, and electronic prescriptions; to publicize the prices of drugs, medical equipment, medical examination and treatment services. | The Department of Medical Services Administration | - The Electronic Health Administration - Related units | Annual plans | 100% of grade-1 or higher-graded medical examination and treatment establishments deploy paperless medical examination, where electronic medical records must satisfy the requirement of using paperless medical records. |
8 | To promulgate regulations on management of identifiers for medical equipment, supplies and pharmaceuticals; to build a traceability database linked to the international system | The Electronic Health Administration | - The Drug Administration of Vietnam - The Department of Medical Equipment and Works - Other related units | 4th Quarter/2024 | 100% of medical equipment, supplies and drugs that have been granted marketing authorizations in Vietnam can be each identified by a unique identifier that is consistent with the international standardized product identifiers. |
V | HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION |
1. | To form a human resource network to carry out unified medical digital transformation from central to local levels |
1.1 | To train experts in healthcare digital transformation at all levels from central to local, and in all fields of the health sector | The Electronic Health Administration | Related units | 4th Quarter/2025 | There are at least 50 experts in digital transformation at the central level and each province/city has at least 5 experts of the same. 100% of cadres, civil servants and public employees are trained, fostered and universalized basic digital skills; 50% of cadres, civil servants and public employees are trained and fostered skills in analysis, data mining and digital technology. |
1.2 | Every year, IT staff in medical units must be trained, fostered and assessed according to national digital skills standards | The Electronic Health Administration | Related units | Annual plans |
1.3 | To establish a medical digital transformation society to connect members in the health sector | The Electronic Health Administration | Units in the health sector | 2nd Quarter/2023 |
1.4 | To improve the Health Connection Network so that it will become an online forum connecting, sharing and exchanging experiences in healthcare digital transformation | The Electronic Health Administration | Units in the health sector | 4th Quarter/2023 |
2 | To promote international cooperation and attract foreign investment to conduct digital transformation in healthcare |
2.1 | To organize international conferences, seminars, trade promotion events in relation to healthcare digital transformation and to develop policies to attract international investors providing medical digital transformation services and conducting cooperation, research, and digital technology transfer in healthcare | The Electronic Health Administration | - The Department of International Cooperation - The Administration of Science, Technology and Training - The Department of Planning and Finance - Units in the health sector | Annual plans | At least one international conference and meeting on healthcare digital transformation must organized every year |
2.2 | To promote research cooperation with major technology corporations in the world (Microsoft, Amazon, Google, etc.) on healthcare digital transformation. | The Electronic Health Administration | | Annual plans | The cooperation must be efficient and comply with the law |
3 | To send delegates to some countries around the world to learn their experiences and technological models in conducting healthcare digital transformation. | The Electronic Health Administration | Departments, Agencies under the Ministry of Health | Annual plans | The delegates shall learn the healthcare digital transformation models that are suitable to the characteristics, special features, economic and geopolitical factors of Vietnam |
4 | To encourage and support domestic enterprises and scientific research institutions to research, build and deploy healthcare digital transformation applications. | The Electronic Health Administration | Units in the health sector | Annual plans | To form a network connecting business organizations and research institutions in the field of healthcare digital transformation |
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