Singapore healthcare providers must soon contribute to national electronic records
09-Nov-17, ZD Net
Singapore will introduce a new bill mandating all healthcare providers in the country to contribute to the national electronic health record system (NEHR).
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Launched in 2011, the system was developed to create a central database from which clinical summary records from different providers could be stored and shared to facilitate the delivery of healthcare.
Touting the maxim "one patient, one health record", the database is owned by the Ministry of Health and managed by its agency Integrated Health Information Systems (IHIS). Data contribution currently is voluntary for private healthcare licensees and the ministry, over the years, has been encouraging all providers to participate.