Business Consulting Institute organized on 8 July, in Chisinau, the Round Table "Synergy of e-Health and digital competences in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine".
During the event, BCI presented a Report about the e-Health system in the Republic of Moldova, a electronic brochure and a video spot about eHealth. The representative of the Georgian partner and project coordinator, David Tsiskaridze, presented the situation in the Georgian eHealth sector and, via the ZOOM platform, so did the representative of the Ukrainian project partner, Irina Kuropas.
The event was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Health and medical institutions, as well as experts involved in the digitization of healthcare.
The Round Table participants made a number of recommendations for strengthening the e-Health system in Moldova, namely:
Transparency in system management. The Moldovan Ministry of Health needs to take control of fragmented information and ensure transparent management of the system.
Affordable IT architecture and user-centered design. A high-performance infrastructure can only be built by professional engineers, and this public procurement should not be based on who offers the lowest price. Quality software is the key to delivering quality services.
Digitization and digital literacy. Developing e-Health digital literacy in citizens should not be at the bottom of the priority list. The first function of digital tools is to optimize mechanical processes and partially compensate for the lack of trained staff. Digitization may prove to be the solution to the shortage of medical personnel in Moldova.
Encouraging research and innovation. Brains are a resource that, if untapped, goes elsewhere. Through grants, subsidies, partnerships, idea competitions and other tools, the government must encourage eHealth research and innovation.
Using private medical expertise. Private medical institutions have more expertise in eHealth. They should therefore be actively consulted by the Ministry during the construction of the centralized system.
The event was organized in the framework of the Project "Synergy of e-Health and e-Skills in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine: a way to increase the resilience of Eastern Partnership civil society in times of crisis".
The project is funded by the European Union.