​01/31/2020

Press Bulletin No. 017, 2020

What is the interoperability of the medical history?

The interoperability of the medical history is the process that allows information to travel through a system, between several institutions, so that the medical staff can view all the health history of a patient in a network.

What is the interoperability of the medical history for?

The interoperability of the medical history serves so that doctors can consult patient information from anywhere in the country regardless of the patient's place of care, allowing health professionals to have clear, real and reliable data on all health records of people, in order to deliver better diagnoses and safer care.

How is the interoperability of the medical history useful for patients and doctors?

The interoperability will grant patients safer and faster care because the doctor will be able to visualize all the information of the patient's medical history through a system.

Therefore, users will no longer have to carry their physical medical record documents, because the most important data will be available to medical staff on this system.

What happens if I have already implemented a clinical history system?

The clinical history interoperability mechanism will allow the flow of information between health care providers, therefore having an information system already implemented will allow you to access the interoperability mechanism more easily.

What kind of information will be shared on the clinical history interoperability mechanism?

The Ministry of Health and Social Protection will regulate the data that will be interoperable in the early stages of project development. This information will allow continuity of patient care and safety.

When will this mechanism begin to operate?

The Ministry of Health and Social Protection, collaborating with the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, has advanced in the development of the mechanism that will be available for the interoperability of the clinical history. The first pilots have had successful results.

Is the implementation of clinical history interoperability immediate?

Implementation of the mechanism will be gradual. It will be carried out by services, and all institutions that have the capacity to do so can be linked to the mechanism.