From next year, the IT platform of social health insurance (PIAS) will be replaced in 2026 with a system “modern, safe and accessible”announced the National Health Insurance House (CNAS). The e-prescription, medical letter and referral disappear.
The mentioned documents are moving to the new Health platform that will operate from August 2026, the Minister of Health announced to Digi 24.
“The electronic prescription, medical letter, referral and all documents basically disappear and move to this platform. You go to a pharmacy, based on the CNP or the health card or the new identity card (to begin with we will work on all three systems, slowly, slowly we want to go to the area of the integrated identity card) the pharmacist will see the medical prescription in the platform and issue you the antibiotic without another document”explained the minister.
At the moment, the platform is in a degree of technical execution of over 65% at the moment, according to the Minister of Health.
Alexandru Rogobete explained that in this platform it will be possible to view the referral tickets in electronic format, the electronic prescriptions, the medical letter, the electronic file of the patient, the history of medical services.
“This system has reached its limits and can no longer keep up with the needs and expectations of patients”
Practically, over 95% of all bureaucratic activity between the patient and the medical service provider is digitized, explained the minister.
“The considerable age, the increased number of users from year to year, the increased number of IT requests performed simultaneously, the huge volume of integrated data are just some of the elements that show us that this system has reached its limits and can no longer keep up with the needs and expectations of patients and medical service providers“, CNAS explained.
The modernization and resizing of the IT platform administered by the institution is carried out with European funds, within the National Recovery and Resilience Program (PNRR).
According to the Minister of Health, there will be a transition period, so that, at the beginning, the services will be accessed both through the existing health card, whose validity period has been extended, even if it is written on them that they are expired.
“We are talking about the new electronic identity card and we are trying to find a more digital version, if possible”said the minister.
The new system should radically simplify the interaction between patients, doctors and health institutions, eliminating red tape and unnecessary paperwork.
This is presented as “the largest digitization project in the history of the Romanian medical system”.
The changes that come with the new platform
Typed documents and paper forms are eliminated.
Dispatch tickets, medical letters and sick leaves will be fully digital, instantly accessible.
The electronic patient record and electronic prescription become functional and fully integrated;
The patients’ medical history will be able to be consulted safely, anytime and from anywhere, including from the phone or computer.
