Urgently complete electronic medical records in September 2025

Deploying electronic medical records is the top priority of the medical industry today - Photo: VGP/HM

Top priority task

According to Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Tri Thuc, the implementation of electronic medical records is a key and top priority task, so heads of agencies and units must take full responsibility for this work, prioritize resources, mobilize the participation of organizations, businesses and people, and resolutely implement, ensure quality and progress at all hospitals and institutes with beds nationwide, to be completed in September 2025, according to Directive 07/CT-TTg dated March 14, 2025 of the Prime Minister.

The implementation of electronic medical records must ensure substance, bring specific effectiveness, improve productivity and quality of medical examination and treatment, disease prevention, and bring practical benefits to people and medical facilities.

At the same time, ensure the connectivity and sharing of electronic medical records data between medical examination and treatment facilities and related information systems and databases; ensure information security, network security and information confidentiality according to regulations.

Urgently complete the institution

To achieve the above goal, Deputy Minister Nguyen Tri Thuc requested the Department of Science, Technology and Training to preside over the revision and update of the circular guiding the implementation of electronic medical records (replacing Circular 46/2018/TT-BYT) in April 2025.

The Department of Medical Examination and Treatment Management is responsible for completing the list of clinical terminology and the list of paraclinical indicators to apply in electronic medical records. The Ministry requires this task to be completed by April 2025.

Traditional paper medical records, hundreds of pages thick, are a "nightmare" for doctors - Photo: VGP/HM

The Ministry also assigned the Department of Traditional Medicine and Pharmacy Management to preside over the completion of a list of specialties and clinical terminology in the field of traditional medicine and pharmacy to apply in electronic medical records, to be completed by April 2025.

Regarding financial resources, the Ministry of Health said that it will structure the cost of applying information technology into the price of medical examination and treatment services. The Ministry of Health assigned this task to the Department of Planning and Finance and requested that it be completed by June 2025.

The Ministry of Health will also develop technical and economic norms for medical imaging diagnostic services on the RIS-PACS system in April 2025.

The Ministry of Health requests the Department of Health of provinces and cities; health departments of ministries and branches; and hospitals nationwide to have plans to deploy electronic medical records at their units and ensure the completion of the deployment of electronic medical records at all hospitals nationwide by September 2025 at the latest.

Previously, Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan issued a Decision on promoting digital transformation and implementing Project 06 in agencies and units in the health sector. Accordingly, the Ministry of Health set a goal that by the end of 2025, 100% of administrative procedures that meet the conditions prescribed by law will be provided in the form of full-process online public services, and 80% of administrative procedure records will be processed online.

The rate of adults (in need) using online public services reaches 40% or more; by the end of June this year, 100% of administrative procedure settlement records will be attached with personal identification.

In the trend of digital transformation, implementing the direction of the Politburo in Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW dated December 22, 2024 on breakthroughs in science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation; Resolution No. 03/NQ-CP of the Government: Promulgating the Government's Action Program to implement Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW dated December 22, 2024 of the Politburo on breakthroughs in science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation, early digital transformation at medical facilities is necessary to promote meeting management requirements as well as having big data to serve the direction and operation in the medical field.

Thuy Ha

Source: https://baochinhphu.vn/gap-rut-hoan-thanh-ho-so-benh-an-dien-tu-trong-thang-9-2025-102250404100931008.htm