The Ministry of Health has put the National Strategy for Digitalization in Health 2026-2030 into public consultation, a document that provides for the elimination of handwritten forms and the introduction of patient data only once in the system, to be used several times within the entire health system.
“Digitalization in health is no longer a promise or an isolated project. It becomes, clearly and assumed, a system policy. We put the National Strategy for Digitalization in Health 2026-2030 for public consultation and we clearly say how we take pen and paper out of hospitals and how we integrate technology into the actual functioning of the health system”the Minister of Health, Alexandru Rogobete, sent on Thursday evening.
According to him, the document leads to elimination “files passed between institutions, handwritten files and computer systems that do not “talk” to each other”. “We introduce the simple and correct rule: “entered once, used several times”. Integrated, secure and interoperable medical data”, explained the minister.
Rogobete points out that without properly integrated technology, “medical staff and patients lose precious time, essential information is lost, and decisions end up being taken without complete data”. The document provides for the construction of a digital environment in which medical data is no longer fragmented, but circulates safely and controlled between hospitals, outpatient clinics, family medicine and emergency.
“We make the electronic health record functional, so that medical information is available to professionals, not on paper passed between institutions. We establish interoperability as the rule, not the exception: the same standards, the same data, for the entire public system. We invest in digital skills for the medical staff, so that the technology is used daily, not just ticked off in projects”, the minister also sent.
The minister stated that the strategy “put data where it matters: in the hands of healthcare professionals and in support of patients”. “Thank you to all the professionals who contributed to the development of this strategy: doctors, nurses, hospital managers, specialists from the Ministry of Health, IT experts, industry representatives, patient associations and professional societies. It was a real team effort, built on expertise, dialogue and responsibility”Rogobete concluded his message.
