(HBO) - The use of chip-based citizen ID cards to replace paper health insurance cards in medical facilities in Hoa Binh is expected to be the start of a roadmap for the gradual replacement of paperwork in health care procedures, thus reducing the waste of time and money of local residents.
Under the Government's Project No. 06, the
province’s health sector set a target of having 100% of medical establishments
accept the use of chip-based citizenID cards in examination and treatment
services instead of paper health insurance card.
Photo: Local people register for medical
examination and treatment with health insurance by chip-based citizenID
cards at Luong Son district’s health centre.
As many as 232 medical stations in Hoa Binh have
accepted the use of chip-based citizenID cards in place of traditional
health insurance cards, bringing convenience for local residents and ending the
situation that patients use other people's health insurance cards to get
insurance-covered medical treatment or cheat to take advantage of health
insurance funds.
The provincial General Hospital has been
equipped with more than 10 chip-based citizenID card readers.
Recently, the ratio of patients
usingchip-based citizenID cards to access medical treatment covered
by health insurance has increased.
Luong Son district’s health centre leads medical
establishments in Hoa Binh in applying chip-based citizenID cards for
registering medical examination and treatment services, with 8,202 successful
transactions out of 11,268 attempts. The unsuccessful transactions were due to
insufficient data in the database.
The centre has been equipped with five ID card
readers, reducing waiting time for patients.
According to statistics of the Vietnam Social
Security’s chapter in Hoa Binh, so far, there have been nearly 562,000
chip-based citizen ID cards synchronized with insurance data. All public
healthcare facilities at district level and above have implemented lookups of
health insurance information via chip-based citizen ID cards with a success
rate of 61.5%./.
In the afternoon of December 17, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism organized a summary and awarding ceremony for the Online Competition on preventing and controlling the Family Violence in 2024.
Implementing the Resolution of the 17th Provincial Party Congress to reach a health insurance coverage rate of 95% or more of the population, the Women's Union at all provincial levels has deployed the creative models and methods and effectively replicated them. These activities not only contribute to completing the social security goals, but they also spread the spirit of solidarity and sharing in the community.
Hoa Binh is carried out investment projects to upgrade three district medical centres in Lac Son and Yen Thuy districts and Hoa Binh city. The projects are funded by the central budget under the Economic and Social Recovery and Development Programme, aiming to improve healthcare services. The goal is to gradually develop a system of modern and quality district-level healthcare facilities.
To improve the cultural and spiritual life of the elderly, the associations for the elderly at various levels in Hoa Binh province have created many interesting and meaningful activities, attracting the participation of a large number of old people. These activities provide opportunities for them to improve both their physical and mental health, enabling them to live happily and healthily.
The pilot programme for sending Vietnamese workers to the Republic of Korea (RoK) for seasonal agricultural jobs continues under a collaboration between localities of the two countries, running for five years from January 1, 2022.
Staff of the Red Cross Society of Hoa Binh province were deeply moved by a meaningful and humanitarian act by Mr Vu Huu Lung, 86, in Hoa Binh city, to donate his corneas, which brought hopes to those yearning for the light. Before passing away, Lung left behind a noble wish to donate all of his organs, including his corneas, to help patients suffering from blindness and those in need of organ transplants to revive their lives.
