Medical experts learn about telemedicine in Germany
(VOV) -Medical experts from the Administration for Medical Services (AMS) at the Ministry of Health (MoH), Thanh Hoa and Yen Bai provinces have conducted a study tour of Germany to learn about telemedicine under the programme "Strengthening Provincial Health Systems”, implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
It was intended to gain knowledge from different institutions in Germany about how to plan, implement and manage such a Telemedicine Network.
Subsequently, the 20 participants learned at the German Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) which steps a government needs to undertake in order to implement the network.
They also got hands-on experience from Hospitals and private medical practices on how to make use of modern information technologies (IT) for treatment and knowledge transfer.
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The group of 20 participants was composed of experts from the MoH and from GIZ, hospital leaders from seven hospitals, including the Viet Duc Hospital in Hanoi, and managers from the provincial Departments of Health (DoH) in Yen Bai and Thanh Hoa provinces.
In her closing remarks, Vice Minister Prof. Nguyen Thi Xuyen highlighted the considerable potential of telemedicine for treating patients in Vietnam and the valuable experience all participants of the study tour had made.
The Vietnamese-German Development Cooperation’s Programme “Strengthening Provincial Health Systems” has supported Vietnamese partners since 2009 and is commissioned and funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
On behalf of BMZ, the programme is carried out by GIZ. During its implementation period from 2009 to 2017, the programme aims at strengthening the capacity of provincial DoHs and decentralised health facilities in cost efficient health management and needs-based delivery of quality health services, with a major focus on preventive and curative services.
The necessary equipment for the pilot telemedicine network will be provided through the financial cooperation with the KfW Development Bank.