(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%./.
With an allocation of 44 billion VND (1.72 million USD) under the national target programme on socio-economic development in the ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas for the 2021-2025 period, Hoa Binh city has invested in the target areas, creating many changes in the living conditions of local ethnic minority communities.
The social security system at all levels in Hoa Binh province has been making concerted efforts to ensure benefits of citizens and workers when they participate in social insurance and health insurance.
With the motto "for the interests of the union members and employees”, in 2024, Tan Lac District’sLabor Federation has implemented many activities towards the grassroots. They have been paying attention and protecting the legitimate and the legal rights of the union members, employees, the civil servants, and laborers, which has been contributing to motivating and encouraging the spirit of the union members and the laborers to enthusiastically compete in labor production, actively contributing to the development of the agencies, units and enterprises.
On December 23, the Department of Education and Training held a meeting to encourage the selected team participating in the national high school excellent student competition for the school year of 2024-2025. There was the attendance of Mr. Nguyen Van Chuong, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.
