| Abstract [eng] |
Rapid advances in the ever-developing information technologies and their implementation in medicine have led to the creation of the electronic healthcare system. One of the main objectives of the system is to ensure that by using the latest information and communication technologies, patients would be supplied with high-quality healthcare services on time, and healthcare institutions would be able to ensure communication and safe information exchange between them through electronic means. In Lithuania, the implementation of the e-healthcare system was being implemented through multiple stages, however, not particularly successfully, as divided opinions emerged regarding the quality, safety insurance and passive use of the system. In response to the matter, the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania has issued an order stating that all data related to aid provided in a healthcare institution, both to visiting patients and patients at home, as well as issuing e-prescriptions, childbirth certificates, medical death certificates, driver's medical exam certificates, in all personal healthcare establishments will have to be managed by electronic means starting with 1 March 2018. |
