Ulaanbaatar
Health Information technology union established
SocietyUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Union of health information technology was established, combining 21 entities engaged in health information technology. Today, the heading council of the union held its first meeting and discussed its structure and activities. Main goal of the union is to broaden and develop information technology application and make health information and services electron based.
“ – Our union will work to develop health sector with information technology and make contribution to ease physicians’ work and give quality health services to more people. We hope more organizations and institutions will join the union” said director of ‘Acsis systems’ LLC and chairman of the heading council J.Mungunsukh.
MITAM also intends to establish unified health e-data system of Mongolians. “ - Private sector solely cannot create the e-data system. Therefore, we will collaborate with government organizations and are aiming to accomplish it by 2020. The data system will allow physicians easy access to all information on the patient with his/her permission. Electronic data saves time and it is cost effective. Moreover, it allows being evidence-based. Evidence-based medicine is an approach to medical practice intended to optimize decision-making by emphasizing the use of evidence from well-designed and conducted research” said BoD head of Onom Foundation and executive director of MITAM.
