HCMC PAC joined national HMIS discussions

At the office of administration for HIV/AIDS control (VAAC), the department of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) has been assigned to take lead on every HMIS activity which includes (but is not limited to) development of a national plan for implementation of electronic information system for HIV/AIDS control, and establishment and support for implementation of a national HIV ID system. The department will start the first activity with support of development partners (DPs) including CDC, CHAI, WHO, FHI... and take the e-Health project in HCMC as a pilot province. The second activity has been brought up to discussion by VAAC, HCMC PAC, CHAI, WHO, FHI and other DPs, and a national unique patient ID (HIV focused) is expected to be established this December.

Presentation about approaches for establishment of a national unique patient ID (with a focus on HIV patients) is available at http://goo.gl/OvoxU

In recent meeting to discuss the national unique patient ID, HCMC introduced its e-Health project to a broader audiences including VAAC and other DPs.Presentation to introduce the e-Health project  in HCMC is available at http://goo.gl/UnENN (in Vietnamese). English readers can find an earlier version at https://sites.google.com/site/hcmchis/updates.

HCMC PAC carries out procurement for HMIS (phase #2)

HCMC PAC - After the successful deployment for pilot (beta testing) of two software applications - the Core OPC/EMR and the Master Patient Index (MPI) - at District 1 and Thu Duc, the project team including contracting software vendors have been actively providing on-site support for end-users of these sites. In plan, the MPI system will be piloted in a larger scale at 18 additional VCT sites this December, while the advanced functions including reporting, clinical decision support, interoperability, and PMTCT will be continuously added to the OPC/EMR until 2013.

In order for this further development of the OPC/EMR, HCMC PAC will carry out a public procurement process, of which the plan is already approved by HCMC leaders, and contracts should be signed no later than December 10th. This procurement also includes development of technical requirements specifications for a drug management and quantification system.