You're reading: Government sets up electronic register of patients

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved the procedure for the formation and functioning of an electronic register of patients.

This is stipulated in government instruction No. 546 dated June 6, 2012.

According to the document, the register will increase the
effectiveness of medical aid, ensure timely medical care, and provide
reliable statistic data.

The register will be a single data system for the collection,
registration, storing, saving, sharing, updating, using, and elimination
of information on individuals and the medical aid provided to them.

The Health Ministry of Ukraine will manage the register. The register
will be the ministry’s information resource supported by information
technologies, electronic document management, and electronic digital
signatures.