Kazakhstan to fully switch to paperless and digital medical records by 2022
As part of paperless medical records management in healthcare organizations in Kazakhstan, more than 85% of accounting records (132 forms out of 155 forms) have been converted to electronic format, the Republican Health Development Centre’s press service informs.
The switch to electronic medical certificates and documents was due to the joint work of the Republican Health Development Centre and the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan to amend the order of the Acting Minister of Health of Kazakhstan dated November 23, 2010 No. 907 “On approval of primary medical documentation of healthcare organizations”.
Due to the lack of integration with other departments, 23 accounting forms are kept in paper format (health reports, recruitment cards, certificates and trips to a health camp and sanatoriums, a medical report on transferring a pregnant woman to another job, an exchange card, etc.) A complete transition to paperless and digital medical records is planned by 2022.
In addition, in order to optimize the work of healthcare organizations, 126 forms of medical records were excluded, and the number of primary medical records was reduced by 44.8%.
