Healthcare in Poland: Highlights in Hospital Management – Focus on the Digitization of

Polish Healthcare Systemprof. dr Mieczyslaw Pasowicz

Vice-President of the EAHM

President of the Polish Association of Hospital Directors

Electronic Platform for Collection, Analysis and Sharing of Digital Medical Records

(P1)

Functionalities:

• Patient Portal (pacjent.gov.pl)

• Data Warehouse

e-prescription e-referral Electronic Health Record

• System for health professionals (gabinet.gov.pl)

• Patient Summary

e-Prescription – How does it work?

1 The doctor issues an e-prescription

2 You receive

SMSwith a 4-digit code

or an e-mail with PDF informationabout the e-prescription

The doctor can also give youa printable version

3 At the pharmacyYour pharmacist will give you medicine based on paper document

the pharmacist scans the code from the e-prescription

you enter the code and PESEL (Personal Identification Number)

e-referral – How does it work?

1 Doctor electronically issues and signs e-referral.

2 You get an e-referral electronically – via an e-mail or SMS with a 4-digit code. You can also request a printable version.

3 You can schedule a visit by phone, website or personally.

4 To register for a visit you should provide 4-digit code and your PESEL (Personal Identification Number).

5 You receive date of your appointment.

Service provider 1 Service provider 2

P1 System

EHR

EHR Exchange Scheme

EHR

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2

3

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Functionalities of the Online Patient Account:

Prescriptions Visits Referral

Releases First aid kit Prevention

eKrew / eBlood

Benefits:

Adjusting the number and types of donations to the projected demand for blood and blood

components

Optimisation of blood stock management

Making decisions based on reliable, accurate and up-to-date

data.

eBlood supports public blood service (the Ministry of Health, the National Blood Center, the Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine) and supervision of blood therapy in the optimal use of blood resources and its components

Poltransplant

Poltransplant – an integrated information system, which will be the only source of information about donors and recipients of tissues, organs and cells.

Benefits:

Covering and linking in one place all areas related to tranplantation medicine

Data gathered in one systemIncreasing interoperability with external systems (including foreign

registries of blood cell donors)

Project P2/PR2.0 – Platform for providing online services and digital medical records resources for entrepreneurs

• Register of Healthcare Entities• List of Pharmaceutical Raw Materials• Register of Centers and Banks• Register of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers• Registry of Coding Systems• Central Register of Pharmacists• Register of Laboratory Diagnostics• Pharmacy Register• Register of Units Cooperating with the State Emergency Medical System • Registers of trauma centers, trauma centers for children and organizational

units of hospitals specialized in providing services for emergency medical services

Project P2/PR2.0 – Platform for providing online services and digital medical records resources for entrepreneurs

Benefits:

Electronic storage of documentation

Electronic communication, registration and data update

Guarantee of data reliability

Possibility of current data update

Ability to preform comprehensive analysis

Data safety

Other ICT systems implemented by CSIOZ

P4 – Domain ICT systems of the information system in healthcare:

Health Statistical System

System of Record of Healthcare Resources

Hazard Monitoring System

Monitoring System for Training of Health

Professionals

Integrated Monitoring System for Trade in Medicinal Products

(ZSMOPL)

The importance of changes for the functioning of hospitals in Poland

Implementation of the P1 system: ● makes it possible to improve system efficiency,● will enable better coordination and continuity of treatment, ● improve patient safety, ● shortens queues and eliminates repetition of unnecessary procedures and tests, ● will lay the foundations for registries and the implementation of the next steps in

digitisation.

Thank you for your attention!

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