Regional e-health platform in Poland set to improve quality and accessibility of medical services

Patients and healthcare professionals in the Polish Voivodeship of Pomorskie will profit from a new regional e-health platform that will intensify the exchange of medical documentation and improve the quality of and accessibility to medical services. 13 healthcare centers will implement the new platform, with CompuGroup Medical (CGM) leading the consortium. The German company is one of the leading e-health providers in the world. 

One of the key objectives of the platform is the efficient exchange of medical documentation at the regional level. The new platform will include, for instance, the availability of crucial emergency data and access to electronic health records. Although fully integrated with the national e-health system P1, this platform will allow for the processing of a wider range of data within the patient’s electronic health record. 

Patients with chronic diseases like diabetes or COPD, among others, will benefit from improved data exchange with laboratories through one joint e-registration, while decision-making processes related to emergency treatment can be enhanced through the availability of essential emergency data. In addition, through the platform patients will be able to make an appointment with their general practitioner or specialist online at the most convenient time and place for them. The e-health platform is to be implemented within 20 months and will be open to all interested healthcare centers in the region. 

The implementation of the platform is the largest one-time contract in the history of the Polish subsidiary of CompuGroup Medical. As the consortium leader, CGM plans to base the implementation on its solutions, including the introduction of the CGM CLININET hospital information system in the healthcare centers which will participate in the project.