Kazakhstan will fully switch to the electronic format of medical services as early as 2019.
“The coverage of local information systems at the level of“ City, district center ”is 96.7%. By the end of the year it is planned to reach 100% coverage. On September 14, 2017, a memorandum of cooperation was signed between the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan and IBM, within which a pilot introduction of artificial intelligence in health care is planned - Watson for oncology, ”said Vice-Minister of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan Olzhas Abishev.
He added during the pilot testing on the basis of the Research Institute of Oncology and Radiology with the participation of oncologists conducted 57 treated cases on 13 types of nosology. According to a survey of doctors, more than 90% of the participants in the pilot approbation gave positive feedback.
The Vice-Minister noted that digitalization is associated with the introduction of medical information systems, the introduction of mobile health elements, the creation and implementation of artificial intelligence in terms of establishing diagnosis and management of treatment plans, and supplying a platform for informatization and ensuring interoperability of health information systems.
Olzhas Abishev stressed the importance of the E-health passport, which includes data from the results of the examination and treatment of the patient in the medical organizations of the country, including previously experienced chronic diseases, possible allergic reactions to medicines, dietary recommendations, diet and other.
